25 February 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 8 Day 56 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 16 miles Flagstaff Today 50° \23° Wind 3mph \ Gusts 7mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest
Lightning 2459mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
18-25
National FFA Week Link
National Sauna Week Link
Bird Health Awareness Week Link
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness
Week
National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness
Week
National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week Link Link
Through With The Chew Link
22-25
American Birkenbreiner Race
22-4/8
Lent
Daily Observations
International Sword
Swallowers Day
National Chili Day
National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
National Clam Chowder Day
Paczki Day
Open That Bottle Night Pancake Day
Rubber Ducky Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Sunshine and nice weather. I had lunch with
Faith and Andy. Good food, good conversation.
Local
schools are still having another snow day…that is 10 so far this school year.
When does equity become illegal? The Biden administration is promising 'equity' in its hiring. Some on the far right say this is blatant discrimination against 'White' people. I hope this is straightened out quickly and does not carry on forever.
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Facts…
The
Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers once combined to form the
Steagles
At one point
in history, Pennsylvania’s two National Football League teams, the Pittsburgh
Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles, combine to form one super team. This
occurred in the 1943 season. Both teams had lost many of their players to
military service during World War II, and the league allowed them to combine so
that they had enough players to field one team. This team was called the
Steagles, a clever combination of the Eagles and the Steelers. It only lasted
one season.
Slang
Origins
Cruisin' for a bruisin'
The '50s had their own version of "a
face that's just begging to be punched."
Trivia…
Antartica is the world's largest desert
The term 'desert' does not just refer to
endless sand and a glaring hot sun. There are various subtypes, and all of them
involve an extreme temperature and a barren landscape. One subtype of desert is
the polar desert, an area devoid of life where there is ice instead of sand and
freezing cold winds instead of boiling hot temperatures. This makes Antarctica
a polar desert, and at over 5.5 million square miles, it also takes the title
of the largest desert in the world, beating out the Sahara desert for the top spot.
90% of the world's population live in the
northern hemisphere
9 out of every 10 people live in the
Northern hemisphere. In total, that means approximately 6.6 billion people out
a total human population of 7.3 billion live above the equator. There is actually
much more liveable land in the northern hemisphere, with the completely
inhospitable Antarctica taking up a large portion of the Southern Hemisphere’s
landmass. While 90 percent of the population lives in the northern hemisphere,
most of it is not very north. The majority of the world’s population lives only
20 to 40 degrees north of the Equator.
Historical
Events
1791 – The First National Bank of the
United States was chartered in Philadelphia.
1919 – Oregon became the first US state
to levy a gasoline tax by placing 1 cent tax on every gallon of gas.
1964 – Cassius Clay became heavyweight
boxing champion of the world. He won the title 3 times and defended it 9 times.
1967 – Gene Kelly starred in Jack and the
Beanstalk on NBC (produced by Hanna-Barbara) it was the first TV special to
combine live-action and animation.
Birthdays
Today
88 – Sally Jessy Raphael, American
journalist, talk show host
@78 – Her bert ‘Zeppo’ Marx, American comedian
and Brother (d. 1979)
@78 – Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989; Parkinson’s)
@78 – Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist, bandleader
(d. 2007; cancer)
@78 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frech painter (d.
1919)
@77 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995; prostate cancer)
74 – Jack
Handey, American author
@71 – John Foster Dulles, American statesman (d. 1959; colon cancer)
@58 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (d. 2001;
cancer)
@58 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer (d. 2001;
cancer)
You can be standing right in front of the truth and not
necessarily see it, and people only get it when they’re ready to get it.–
George Harrison
57 – Téa
Leoni, American actress
52 – Sean Astin, American actor
@48 – Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor (d.
1921; peritonitis)
I suffer so much in this life. That is what they [the audience]
are feeling when I sing, that is why they cry. People who felt nothing in this
life cannot sing.– Enrico Caruso
48 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian
and talk show host
37 – Jameela Jamil, American actress
