30 Mar

30 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 13 Day 89 \ Ave. Sky Cover a% \ Visibility 21 miles Flagstaff Today 59° \28°  Wind 11mph \ Gusts 22mph 
Air Quality: Moderate \ Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 245mi \ Nearest Lightning 1216mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 3/22-4/8
       Lent
       19-4/16
        National Cherry Blossom Festival Link  
22-4/20
       Ramadan
24-30
       National Farm Workers Awareness Week Link
25-31
       National Physicians Week Link
26-4/1
        Consider Christianity Week
         International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
         National Cleaning Week Link
26-4/9
         Passiontide
26-4/1
         Passion Week
29-4/1
         International Listening Association Week
30-4/2
        Mule Days

Daily Observations

Doctors Day   Link
Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day
I Am In Control Day Link
International Laundry Folding Day
Pencil Day
Take a Walk in the Park Day Torrents Day Link
Turkey Neck Soup Day Virtual Vacation Day  Link
World Bi-polar Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another nice spring day..

I got my latest Verizon upgrade notice yesterday. I went to the nearest Verizon store. It was a very good experience. It took some time, but I got the 14 max pro. So far I’m happy with it. The best part, I was able to do the change from my old iPhone right there and it only took about 20 minutes. Verizon is learning about customer service.

Last week a local bank was robbed by a young man. Yesterday he and his buddy…aged 16 and 15, were arrested in in Barstow,  CA. Turns out CA, AZ and a few other states had arrest warrants active for both of them.

Last night, CNN had a segment on Assault Weapons and how the bullets explode internally of the victim. The video shot an assault weapon bullet into that gel-material, then shot a regular rifle bullet into gel-material. This should be mandatory videos for every person in Congress and state legislatures. I believe this would change their attitude about gun reform laws we so desperately need.

Enjoy…

 

Facts…

Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham because someone bet him it was impossible to write a children's book with fewer than 50 different words in it. 

More Slang origins…

Scarce As Hen’s Teeth

If something’s as scarce as hen’s teeth, you probably won’t have much luck finding it. This phrase is used to denote something that is extremely rare or in short supply.

Beauty in our 50 states…

19. West Virginia

You may not mean to drive to it, but you'll never forget driving through it. A favorite of base jumpers for its gorgeous gorges and outdoorsy types come to ogle America’s newest national park, West Virginia's scenery is full of unbroken, rolling old hills and rivers spilling down limestone. The Monongahela National Forest exemplifies the forested, rocky terrain that kids from Maine to Missouri grew up clambering through. One of the most overlooked corners of the country evokes the best parts of the eastern half of the continent.

Historical Events

1822 – The Florida Territory was created in the United States.
1856 – The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, DC hotel by John Hinckley Jr. He later told his wife, Nancy, ”Honey, I forgot to duck.”
2017 – SpaceX conducted the world’s first re-flight of an orbital class rocket.

Birthdays Today

@93 – Frankie Laine (Francesco Paolo LoVecchio), American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
“I did all the usual things. I think I did everything that everybody else does. I did auditions. I went to see people. I went to see the right people in some instances, the wrong people in others. The wrong time in others. The right time in others. Nothing seemed to make any difference. I quit 5 times! I always went back to try again when circumstances came around to it.”– Frankie Laine
93 – John Astin, American actor
93 – Rolf Harris, Australian singer-songwriter
86 – Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
“You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.”– Warren Beatty
78 – Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
“Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.” Eric Clapton
@71 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor (d.2022)
66 – Paul Reiser, American actor
61 – MC Hammer, American rapper
@59 – John Proctor, farmer hanged for witchcraft in the Salem Witch trials (d. 1692)
59 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter
@58 – Anna Sewell, English author, Black Beauty (d. 1878; TB)
58 – Piers Morgan, English journalist and talk show host
56 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter
44 – Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter
“It’s funny how you realize what’s important, and it’s not fame and money, even though it can be really nice. It’s happiness and whatever it takes to make you feel happy.”– Norah Jones
@37 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (d. 1890; suicide)
“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.”– Vincent Van Gogh
30 – Anitta (Larissa de Macedo Machado), Brazilian singer and entertainer