Apr 15

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 33 Day 230 Ave. Sky Cover 70%\ Visibility  22mi. Flagstaff Today  78° \ 53° 
Wind  4mph \ Gusts  8mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:  6mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 6 days Sunshine 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

13-19
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: Link  Link 
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
US Amateur Golf Week
15-19
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week

Daily Observations

Bad Poetry Day  Link Birth Control Pills Day Fajita Day Ice Cream Pie Day International Pinot Noir Day  Link KMen's Grooming Day  Mail Order Catalog Day Kool-Aid Day Link

National Badge Ribbon Day Nat’l Day of Action Against Bullying & Violence  Link  National Fajita Day Serendipity Day National Fajita Day Serendipity Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Monsoon is staying. The Hurricane on the west coast is bringing lots of moisture to the desert.

I had a nice lunch with Andy and Faith. Turns out Mary has a dental appointment so she and Mike couldn’t make it. Andy and Faith got back this morning after visiting Andy’s brother in Blanding.

The people of Maui continue to clean up after the fires. Sadly, Some residents are being offered low-ball prices for their land by builders. Local government is telling everyone not to sell.

UNREAL: Alabama U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville, whose only qualifications for public office were his role as a football coach, just disclosed that he recently traded $250,000 in stock futures dealing with wheat, soy, corn and cattle.

So why is this such a big deal?

He just happens to also sit on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

He is literally influencing the agricultural futures he is trading on with legislation he has private information on.

Corruption at its finest. And he is the guy holding the military hostage.

Enjoy

 

Statue of Liberty …

Bartholdi planned for the statue to be covered in gold.

In order to make the statue visible after dark, Bartholdi proposed that Americans raise the money to gild her. However, given how daunting and arduous a task it had been to gather even enough money to place the statue in New York harbor, no one followed through on paying the enormous cost of covering the massive statue in gold.

Hoax proved wrong…

The Profumo affair

In 1963, British Secretary of State for War John Profumo denied having a sexual relationship with would-be model Christine Keeler in what became known as the "Profumo affair."  Keeler was also involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché. Profumo later admitted the liaison and resigned from the government and from Parliament.

Random Trivia…

Vladimir Pravik was one of the first firefighters to reach the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26th, 1986. The radiation was so strong that it changed his eye color from brown to blue. Like the majority of the first responders to the radioactive disaster, Vladimir died 15 days later from severe radiation poisoning.

Historic Events

• 1872 – The first mail-order catalogs were published by Montgomery Ward. In 2000, the retail outlet was closed.
• 1920 – The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution granted women the right to vote.
• 1960 “The Pill” – birth control went on sale.

Birthdays with some quotes

96 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
@91 – Max Factor, Jr. (Francis Factor), American businessman (d. 1996)
90 – Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, and producer
@85 – Shelley Winters (Shirley Schrift), American actress (d. 2006)
“I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful, and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be an artistic, tasteful, patriotic and progressive religious experience.”
@71 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field’s (d. 1906; pneumonia)
@38 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 1972; plane crash)
” If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth.”
86 – Robert Redford, actor
80 – Martin Mull, American actor, and comedian
” Like a guide dog, paintings help you see.”
71 – Elayne Boosler, American comedic actress
65 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress
61 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist, and author
@57 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, and dancer (d. 2009; pancreatic cancer)
54 – Edward Norton, American actor
45 – Andy Samberg, American actor, and comedian
@35 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer (d. 1809; suicide?/murder)
“As I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils, I will believe it a good comfortable road until I am compelled to believe differently.”
30 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress
@? – Virginia Dare, first child born to English parents in the Americas (d. before age 3) 

…The End for today…