8 Jan

 

8 January 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 2 Day 8 \ Ave. Sky Cover a5% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 45° \9°  Wind 4mph \ Gusts 9mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 571mi \ Nearest Lightning 994mi
Jan Averages for Flagstaff: 44° \ 16° \5 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

2-8
International Consumer Electronics Show
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week
3-6
No Tillage Week
6-9
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week
6-Feb 21
Carnival Season
7-14
National Personal Trainer Awareness Week
8-14
Home Office Safety and Security Week  
National Mocktail Week

Daily Observations

Argyle Day
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
Bubble Bath Day Link
Earth's Rotation Day
National English Toffee Day  Link
Midwife's Day or Women's Day
National Joy Germ Day
National Sunday Supper Day Link  
National Winter Skin Relief Day 
National Winter Skin Relief Day  Link
Show and Tell Day at Work
War on Poverty Day
World Typing Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It’s a day with sunshine and cool temps.

Finally, we have a working Congress. There were some tense moments in the next to last vote. Now it is time for everyone in Congress get about the business of legislating. Here’s hoping that the circus has ended and that everyone in the House takes their oath seriously. McCarthy has wanted this position forever…now he has to prove he is a real leader that can handle a very vocal minority of Republican Representatives. Every Representative, of any party, gets to speak, but after the vote, if they lose, has to lick their wounds and move on.  If they win, they take a short moment in the sun and move on.

Flagstaff council named January ‘Human Trafficking Awareness Month’. And yes, it is a problem here too.

Checked my bank statement and found that my Federal Retirement increased by $500/mo. Nice surprise. SS hasn’t changed yet.

Waterfalls around the world

Facts…

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef more than lives up to its name: It’s one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the largest coral reef ecosystem on the planet, covering an area of approximately 135,000 square miles. That equates to nearly the entire size of Germany, or the land area of the states of Washington and North Dakota combined. But although most of us have heard of it, how much do you really know about this remarkable place? Here are seven things you might not know about the Great Barrier Reef.

The Great Barrier Reef extends for 1,429 miles along the coast of Queensland, Australia, and according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), it's the largest living structure on Earth. But that figure disguises the fact that the Great Barrier Reef comprises about 2,500 to 3,000 separate but interconnected smaller reefs, as well as over 900 coral or sand islands known as cays. There are also different types of reef. The term “barrier reef” refers to a type of reef that forms on the outer edges of the continental shelf, separated from land by a deep lagoon. Fringing reefs are closer to the shoreline and tend to form near islands. Platform and patch reefs are small and isolated, while ribbon reefs are long and narrow and lack a lagoon. 

Slang Origins

1958: Passion pit

Meaning: a drive-in movie theater

Bemoaning the behavior of “kids these days” is a time-honored tradition that dates back to at least Plato, as every generation seems to forget they had their own ways of causing trouble. In the ‘50s, this occurred in drive-in movie theaters. Instead of watching the newest flicks under the stars, teens often used these occasions as opportunities to get intimate, away from watchful eyes.

Historical Events

1851 – Jean Foucault proved that Earth rotated on its axis.
January 8, 2016 Birthday (fictional) Replicant Roy Batty, Blade Runner, Film
1982 – AT&T was broken up into 22 smaller companies, nicknamed ‘Baby Bells’.
1918 – President Woodrow Wilson proposed the ‘Fourteen Points for a Just Peace’.
1964 – President Lyndon Johnson announced the ‘War on Poverty’ during his State of the Union Address.

Birthdays Today

@99 – Larry Storch, American comedic actor (d. 2022)
90 – Charles Osgood, American journalist
86 – Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
@83 – Soupy Sales [Milton Supman], comedian, and actor (d. 2009)
@80 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress (d. 2022)
@80 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (d. 1992)
@76 – Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (d. 2018’ ALS)
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk. – Stephen Hawking
@69 – David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2016; liver cancer)
@67 – William Hartnell, English actor (d. 1975; strokes)
65 – Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman, and politician
65 – Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
@59 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, and dancer (d. 1970; lung cancer)
You don’t have to be naked to look naked.– Gypsy Rose Lee
@48 – Graham Chapman, English actor, Monty Python member (d. 1989; cancer)
46 – Amber Benson, American actress
@42 – Elvis Presley, American singer, The King (d. 1977; OD)
I’m so nervous. I’ve always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.– Elvis Presley
38 – Kim Jong-un, leader of N. Korea
23 – Noah Cyrus, American actress, singer