1 March 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 9 Day 60 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 13 miles Flagstaff Today 45° \25° Wind 8mph \ Gusts 11mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 122mi \ Nearest
Lightning 2591mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Monthly
Observations
Action & Skill Toys Month
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month Link
Alport Syndrome Awareness Month
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month Link
or Link
Asset Management Awareness Month Link
Brain Injury Awareness Month Link
Child Life Month Link
Clap 4 Health Month
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Credit Education Month
Weekly
Observations
22-4/8
Lent
26-3/4
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
28 - 3/2
International Energy Week Link
1-7
Hearing Awareness Week Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week Link
National Cheerleading Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week Link
National Pet Sitters Week Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Universal Human Beings Week: Link
Will Eisner Week Link
World Hearing Awareness Week
Daily Observations
Asiatic
Fleet Memorial Day Link
Baby Sleep Day
Breast Implant Illness Awareness Days-30
Dadgum That's Good Day (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks)
Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
Indie Music Day Link
Meteorlogical Spring (Temperature)
National Compliment Day
National Horse Protection Day
National Peanut Lovers Day Link
Peace Corps Birthday
Peanut Butter Lovers Day
Pig Day
Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Refired, Not Retired Day
Saint David's Day Link
Self-injury Awareness Day Link
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Day
World Compliment Day
Zero Discrimination Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Yesterday’s
procedure (litholapaxy)went very well. I
got there at 7:35. The nurse gave me the sedative about 9:50. I was awake and
ready to leave about 10:20. Faith brought me home, I had a light lunch and a
nice long nap. No pain, no problems. The surgical center and the Dr. called
this morning to be sure I was OK. All good. I did learn
something about phlebotomists before the procedure. I had called ahead and told
them I would need ultra-sound to find a vein. She put on the tourniquet and
felt, called in another lady who felt around, said she would get the
ultra-sound machine, removed the tourniquet and left to prep another patient. I
waited about 15 minutes. When she returned, she said I was next and she would
be back. I’m sure the other patient jumped the line while I waited. When she
came back without the machine, she put on the tourniquet and felt around and
said “I’m pretty sure I found a vein.’ She poked me and took a little blood and
taped down the catheter to the vein. She came in again about 15 minutes later
and wheeled me in to the OR. I now have a nice bruise on my arm. What I
learned: some phlebotomists find the ultra-sound machine as proof they can’t do
their job. They don’t care about the bruises they make.
I
am having a nice birthday. I’ve gotten several phone calls and lots of emails,
e-cards, and texts wishing me a happy day. Thanks to all my friends for taking
time to wish me a happy birthday. I had a nice conversation with my brother.
They are doing well also.
Last
night the seasonal snow fall was 118.5” this year. The next storm, due tonight,
should bring between 12-24” of new snow.
Enjoy…
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Facts…
Writing
systems were independently invented at least four times.
Much human innovation is a collective effort — scientists, innovators, and artisans building off the work of predecessors to develop some groundbreaking technology over the course of decades, or even centuries. But in the case of writing systems, scholars believe humans may have independently invented them four separate times. That’s because none of these writing systems show significant influence from previously existing systems, or similarities among one another. Experts generally agree that the first writing system appeared in the Mesopotamian society of Sumer in what is now Iraq. Early pictorial signs appeared some 5,500 years ago, and slowly evolved into complex characters representing the sounds of the Sumerian language. Today, this ancient writing system is known as cuneiform.
However,
cuneiform wasn’t a one-off innovation. Writing systems then evolved in ancient
Egypt, in the form of hieroglyphs, around 3200 BCE — only an estimated 250
years after the first examples of cuneiform. The next place that writing
developed was China, where the Shang Dynasty set up shop along the Yellow River
and wrote early Chinese characters on animal bones during divination rituals
around 1300 BCE. Finally, in Mesoamerica, writing began to take shape around 900
BCE, and influenced ancient civilizations like the Zapotecs, Olmecs, Aztecs,
and Maya. Sadly, little is known about the history of many Mesoamerican
languages, as Catholic priests and Spanish conquistadors destroyed a lot of the
surviving documentation.
A Look
back in time…Baby Boomers life
#3 Lead in Gasoline
Lead was used as an additive in gasoline for many years, and Baby Boomers grew up with the fumes from leaded gasoline being a standard part of the air they breathed.Today, lead in gasoline is banned in most countries because of its harmful effects on human health and the environment.
Beauty in
our 50 states…
48. Illinois
This largely featureless Midwestern state
compensates in the most effective way possible: plugging dozens of beautiful
skyscrapers along Lake Michigan. Yet outside Chicago, you can still find
dramatic vistas in Illinois—the knobby sandstone formations of the Garden of
the Gods in the state's southern tail, for one. And do scope those beautiful
Mississippi River views along that long meandering western border.
Historical
Events
1781 – The articles of Confederation were
ratified by the 13 original states.
1872 – Yellowstone National Park was
established.
1932 – The Charles (Jr.) Lindbergh
Kidnapping occurred.
1961 – The Peace Corps was established
1999 – Land Mines were banned in a United
Nations treaty.
Birthdays
Today
96 – Harry Belafonte [Harold George
Bellanfanti Jr.], American singer-songwriter, actor
@84 – Robert Conrad, American actor (d.2020)
@83 – Harry Caray, radio announcer (d.1998)
“Everything
good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of something bad.”–
Harry Caray
@81 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (d.1994)
78
– Dirk Benedict, American actor, director
77
– Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter and actor
@77 – Dinah Shore, American radio and television personality (d. 1994;
ovarian cancer)
“Trouble
is part of your life.”– Dinah Shore
@73 – David Niven, English actor (d.1983; ALS)
@73 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general, politician, Nobel Prize
laureate (d.1995; assassinated)
@70 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman, commissioner of the NFL (d.1996;
brain cancer)
@69 – Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor (d.2016; ruptured Aorta)
69
– Catherine Bach, American actress
69
– Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
“I
think it’s in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that
when we as a species are scratching that itch we’re actually following an
evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it.
That’s the philosophical side.”– Ron Howard
67
– Tim Daly, American actor
57
– Don Lemon, TV host
49
– Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
@48 – Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (d.1940; heart attack)
45
– Jensen Ackles, American actor
@40 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, bandleader (d.1944
plane crash)
40
– Lupita Nyong'o, movie actor
@39 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (d.1849; long
illness)
“Nothing
is more odious than music without hidden meaning.”– Frederic Chopin
36
– Ke$ha, American singer
29
– Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter
