27 January 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 4 Day 27 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 33° \8° Wind 5mph \ Gusts 10mph
Air Quality: Fair\Very Low Moderate High Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 133mi \ Nearest Lightning 2376mi
Jan Averages for Flagstaff: 44° \ 16° \5
Days of moisture
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
19-29
Sundance Film Festival
22-28
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
Data Privacy Week Link
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
National School Choice Week Link
Snowcare for Troops Week
Snowcare for Troops Week
23-28
National Medical Group Practice Week
23-25
Westminster Dog Show
24-27
International Hoof-Care Week Link
25-27
National Mentoring Summit Link
26-29
Angouleme
International Comics Festival Link
Daily Observations
Auschwitz
Liberation Day
Fun at Work Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the
Holocaust Link
National Big Wig Day Link
National Chocolate Cake Day
National Chocolate Cake Day
National Geographic Day
National Pre-school Fitness Day Link
National Seed Swap Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Viet Nam Peace Day
World Breast Pumping Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
It
is still chilly. Snow isn’t melting. The local Safeway, about a mile from my
place, had a partial roof collapse yesterday from the heavy snow. The store is
closed while things are checked out.
Right now it is a 20”x20” hole that also broke the water suppression pipe,
causing quite a mess. No one was injured.
I
had a nice lunch with Faith and Andy this afternoon. All is well.
Our
small ski area here uses ‘dynamic pricing’ for one-day ski passes. With all
snow this month, lots of people want to ski. The more demand, the higher the
price. On Saturday a one-day lift ticket was $306. No word on the number of
tickets sold, but the picture of the parking lot shows that not too many are
skiing. It should be noted that Vail was selling one-day lift tickets for $265.
Our ski area is about 1/10th the size of the Vail ski area.
Strange
for sure…the Republican party of AZ spent over $$530,000 on a bus tour and
party to celebrate their expected November win in state elections. Republicans
did not get many wins and were not in the mood to party. However; Kari Lake,
the Republican nominee for Governor who lost, raised over $2.5million in the
days after the election she lost.
African Animals Abound…
 Aardvark  |
 Aardwolf  |
Arizona is a great state…
§ The world's largest solar telescope is
located at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Sells, Arizona..
§ Bisbee, Arizona is known as the Queen
of the Copper Mines because during its mining heyday it produced nearly 25
percent of the world's copper and was the largest city in the Southwest between
Saint Louis and San Francisco.
§ Billy the Kid killed his first man,
Windy Cahill, in Bonita, Arizona.
§ Arizona grows enough cotton each year
to make more than one pair of jeans for every person in the United States.
Facts…
Height (in
feet) of the highest wave ever surfed by a human: 86
Number of
people in the U.S. who live in counties located along the coast: 127million.
Miles of
coastline in New Hampshire, the least of any coastal state: 13
Percentage
of U.S. landmass that is Alaska: 17%
Slang Origins
1976: Boogie
Meaning: dance, especially to rock music
The disco era swept the nation in the
mid-70s; a fire that burned hot and fast before finally fizzling in 80s. Movies
like “Saturday Night Fever” (1977) and songs like KC and the Sunshine Band’s
“Boogie Shoes” (1975) immortalized this era of distinctive style and vibrant
dance floors.
Mysterious sites…
Easter Island Moai (Chile)
Over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile,
Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) is the one-time home of a Polynesian people
called the Rapa Nui. Scattered across the island are around 1,000 moai, giant
hand-carved stone statues of human-like figures that are half-buried in the
earth. The Rapa Nui landed on the island sometime between 700 and 800 CE, and
are believed to have started making the moai around 1100 CE. Each moai weighs
14 tons and stands 13 feet tall on average, so it’s hard to imagine how they
were transported and hauled into place. One theory is that the islanders used a
system of ropes and tree trunks. Their purpose has also been the subject of
much debate. To the Rapa Nui, the statues may have stored sacred spirits.
Historical Events
1945 – The Auschwitz concentration camp,
with about 6,000 prisoners was liberated by Soviet Forces.
1944 – The Siege of Leningrad, which
began on September 4, 1941, ended. More than 1/2 of the city’s population was
killed.
1973 – The Vietnam Peace Agreement was
signed in Paris (taking effect January 28th). Colonel William Nolde was killed
in action, becoming the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty.
Birthdays Today
@75 – Reynaldo Rey, American actor (d. 2015; stroke)
75
– Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, actor
I
do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than
myself.– Mikhail Baryshnikov
68
– John Roberts, American jurist, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court
67
– Mimi Rogers, American actress
@65 – Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), English novelist, poet, mathematician
(d. 1898; flu)
If
you drink much from a bottle marked “poison” it is almost certain to disagree
with you, sooner or later.– Lewis Carroll
@60 – Jerome Kern, American composer, and songwriter (d. 1945;
stroke)
The
fact that the theatre-going public likes my music is no credit to me. There are
many other composers who write better music that the public doesn’t like.–
Jerome Kern
@64 – Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986; cancer)
When
you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.–
Donna Reed
59
– Bridget Fonda, American actress
58
– Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor
54
– Patton Oswalt, American comedian, and actor
So
when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just
garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and
think, ‘The good outnumber you, and we always will.’– Patton Oswalt
@52 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American singer-songwriter,
pianist, producer, actor, created Alvin and the Chipmunks (d. 1972; heart attack)
@39 – Sabu, Indian-American actor (d. 1963; heart attack)
@35 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist, and composer (d. 1791; swelling)
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