1 Feb

 

1 February 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 5 Day 32 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 12 miles Flagstaff Today 40° \11°  Wind 8mph \ Gusts 12mph 
Air Quality: Fair  \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 179mi \ Nearest Lightning 1489mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5 Days of moisture
High clouds with sunshine

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month Link
African-American Cultural Heritage Month
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
An Affair To Remember Month  Link
‘Atsa’ Biyaazh, which means Baby Eagle In Navajo
Bake for Family Fun Month Link
Barley Month Link
Beat The Heat Month 

Weekly Observations

Thru 2/4
Cordova Ice Worm Days  Link
Catholic Schools Week
Meat Week
National Anesthesiologists Week Link

1-5
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
1-7
Women's Heart Week
World Interfaith Harmony Week 

Daily Observations

Candy-Making Day
Car Insurance Day
CBC Day  Link
Change Your Password Day Link
Chinese New Year 2022
Dark Chocolate Day
Decorating With Candy Day
Freedom Day

G.I. Joe Day
Global School Play Day Link 
Hula in The Coola Day
International Brownie Camera Day 2023  Link 
International Day of Black Women in The Arts  
International Face & Body Art Day 
National Candy Making Day
National Get Up Day  (About Perseverance. Not Getting Out Of Bed.)
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
National Signing Day for College Football Link 
Robinson Crusoe Day
Serpent Day Spunky Old Broads Day
World Hijab Day  Link 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It looks like our late January storm was a bust. It has been raining/snowing on and off, but nothing is sticking. I made a run to Sam’s this morning and roads were only wet. I was able to get a parking space with no problem and only a short walk to the front door.

I am used to huge long icicles from the roof in front of my office window upstairs. Unusual today to see small icicles on a couple of branches on the Blue Spruce outside the window.

Average between January 1991-2022: 28.3 days with snow annually; 90.1” of snow annually. Both these stats have Flagstaff as #1 for the state.

The Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix in February. Business hope to make lots of money. As of today, motel 6 is charging $850/night over the Bowl weekend. Glad I have no reason to be in the Phoenix area that weekend.

African Animals Abound…

Arizona is a great state…

·        Rainfall averages for Arizona range from less than three inches in the deserts to more than 30 inches per year in the mountains.

·        Rising to a height of 12,643 feet, Mount Humphreys north of Flagstaff is the state's highest mountain.

·        Roadrunners are not just in cartoons! In Arizona, you'll see them running up to 17-mph away from their enemies.

·        The Saguaro cactus is the largest cactus found in the U.S. It can grow as high as a five-story building and is native to the Sonoran Desert, which stretches across southern Arizona.

Facts…

The award typically celebrated a young actor’s achievement in the previous year, and in 1939 Garland had starred in two films: Babes in Arms and The Wizard of Oz. At the time she accepted the award, presented by her former classmate and previous Juvenile Oscar recipient Mickey Rooney, she was just a few months shy of her 18th birthday. The award really does look tiny with a teenager holding it — and even tinier next to full-size Academy Awards, like the one her daughter Liza Minnelli won for Cabaret in 1973.

The Juvenile Oscar wasn’t awarded every year, so it took a special situation to warrant the special trophy. Just 12 were awarded in the 26 years it existed; the last one was awarded in 1961 to Hayley Mills, who appeared in Pollyanna the year before. A 16-year-old Patty Duke won a regular Best Supporting Actress award two years later. 

Slang Origins

1980: Chill out

Meaning: calm down; relax

Chill out, or telling someone to "take a chill pill," are said to come from the recognition of ADHD in the early ‘80s, and medication used to alleviate the symptoms. These claims, however, may just be a coincidence.

Mysterious sites…

Göbekli Tepe (Turkey)

Could a set of ruins in southeastern Turkey be remnants of the world’s first temple? That’s one of the key questions archaeologists ponder as they explore Göbleki Tepe, a series of huge stone pillars that are some 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the landmark was ignored for centuries, dismissed as little more than a cemetery. In the mid-1990s, excavations began and experts soon realized it was a treasure trove of history. The pillars weigh as much as 10 tons each and create massive stone circles. Radar surveys of the area indicate a number of additional circles are still buried underground. Göbleki Tepe is older than writing and older than agriculture. But who were the Neolithic people who built this, and how and why did they do it?

Historical Events

1790 – The United States Supreme Court held its first session.
1898 – Travelers Insurance issued the first automobile accident insurance.
1960 – The Greensboro ‘Sit-In’ took place in North Carolina, protesting discrimination.
1964 – Hasbro introduced the G.I. Joe action figure (retail price: $2.49)
1982 – Late Night with David Letterman premiered on NBC.

Birthdays Today

@85 – Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of Body Building & Fitness (d. 2008)
“I’ll retire when the Good Lord calls me.”– Ben Weider
86 – Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian
@84 – Don Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d.2021)
@76 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (d. 2007; heart failure)
“Dissidents should be paid 13 months’ salary for a year, otherwise our mindless unanimity will bring us to an even more hopeless state of stagnation. It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.”– Boris Yeltsin
@77 – Terry Jones, English actor, Monty Python (d. 2020; dementia)
“The Romans did not see (the tale of Romulus, Remus, and the she-wolf) as a charming story; they meant to show that they had imbibed wolfish appetites and ferocity with their mother’s milk.”– Terry Jones
@74 – Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (d. 2012; cancer)
@66 – Langston Hughes, American poet and playwright (d. 1967; after surgery)
@65 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011; cancer)
@59 – Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960; heart attack)
“I’m just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.”– Clark Gable
@56 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004; heart failure)
“I can’t hang out as loose as I used to, but I can still go down Jefferson Avenue and look in the faces of winos, pimps and junkies, all the things I’m made of.”– Rick James
55 – Pauly Shore, American comedian and actor
@54 – Lisa Marie Presley, American singer-songwriter, actress (d. 2023)
52 – Michael C. Hall, American actor
@36 – Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983; car accident/drowning)
35 – Rhonda Rousey, American fighter athlete
@28 – Brandon Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1993; shot of film set)
29 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter