5 Nov

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day 309	Sky Cover 5% Visibility 29mi	Wind 2mph Gusts 9mph	FlagToday 66° \29°
Active fire: 4mi Risk of fire: Extreme	Near Lightning:702mi (N. Idaho)	Air Quality: Fair Sunshine	Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 National Fig Week: 1-7 World Communication Week: 1-7 Give Wildlife A Brake! Week:3-9   Link  National Book Awards Week: 3-9 Nat’l Animal Shelter Appreciation Week:3-9   National Book Awards Week: 3-9 Nat’l Animal Shelter Appreciation Week:3-9  Link

National Radiologic Technology Week: 3-9  Link   National Veterans Small Business Week: 3-9 National Veterans Small Business Week: 3-9  Link Polar Bear Week: 3-9 Childrens Book Week: 4-10 Link    National Patient Accessibility Week: 4-8   National Patient Accessibility Week: 4-8

Daily Observations

Election Day Fill Our Staplers Day Firewood Day Internat’l Day of Prayer for The Persecuted Church  Link   National Donut Appreciation Day National Love Your Red Hair Day  National Donut Appreciation Day National Love Your Red Hair Day Link

National Medical Cannabis Day  Link  Play Monopoly Day  Play Monopoly Day  Link Tsunami Awareness Day  Wiggle Jiggle Jell-O Day Link World Day of Romani Language World Tsunami Awareness Day

Today’s Thoughts

A nice fall day.

Our town has many controlled burns every fall. Every day is a little smoky. Today is not so bad.

The big vote around here is building a new hospital. It would be built of the far west side, near our county fair grounds…just inside the city limits in area with no commercial infrastructure. Both sides are spending big bucks in TV, newspaper, and internet ads. The pro-side sent out a flyer, claiming the local school district supported the new hospital. Just as they started arriving in the mailboxes, the District put out a statement that the district has not taken any stand and demanded a cease and desist order including that another flyer be sent out stating that the district did NOT have a stance on the hospital. It is a mail-in ballot that closes Nov. 7. I expect some lawsuits after the election results are public.  Dirty politics in our little mountain town.

Enjoy

 

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Fireflies©Provided by ALot.com

You've probably seen the cute little bugs that appear during the summer, the ones that light up and look like stars floating across the ground. In the south, they're known as fireflies. Northerners, on the other hand, call them lightning bugs.

Random Trivia…

Ferocious Females©dailymail

When armadillos mate, the female armadillo can postpone her pregnancy until she feels she is in a safe, nurturing environment for her little one. And all this can be done with no harm to the little unborn critter, who stays (presumably) blissfully unaware. It's an adaption known as “delayed implantation". No more babies by accident!

Historic Events

Basketball (also MLB player and TV Star) Chuck Connors became the first NBA player to shatter a backboard at Boston Garden in 1946.

The Nat King Cole Show premiered in 1956 on NBC.

In 2007, the Android mobile operating system was unveiled by Google.

Susan B. Anthony voted (illegally) for the first time and was fined $100 in 1872.

Birthdays with some quotes

@96 – Will Durant, American author, and philosopher (d. 1981)
Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.
@90 – Natalie Schafer, American actress Gilligan’s Island (d. 1991)
@86 – Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1998)
83 – Elke Sommer, German actress
81 – Art Garfunkel, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
@76 – Ike Turner, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2007)
@73 – Sam Shepard, American playwright, and actor (d. 2017; ALS)
76 – Peter Noone, English Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist (Herman’s Hermits)
75 – Bob Barr, American lawyer, and politician
68 – Kris Jenner, American talent manager, and businesswoman
65 – Robert Patrick, American actor
64 – Bryan Adams, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
63 – Tilda Swinton, English actress
60 – Tatum O’Neal, American actress, and author
56 – Judy Reyes, American actress, and producer
55 – Sam Rockwell, American actor
@53 – Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (d. 1967; TB)
51 – Corin Nemec, American actor, producer
37 – BoA, South Korean Singer/Songwriter, producer, and actress
36 – Kevin Jonas, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and actor
@26 – Gram Parsons, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist (d. 1973; OD)

…The End for today…