10 Apr

10 April 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 15 Day 100 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 23 miles Flagstaff Today 66° \29°  Wind 4mph \ Gusts 10mph 
Air Quality: Moderate \ Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 742mi \ Nearest Lightning 450mi
Apr. Averages for Flagstaff: 60° \ 27° \3 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

3/19-4/16   National Cherry Blossom Festival 

3/22-4/20   Consider Christianity Week
                  International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
                  National Cleaning Week

4-10          Hate Week

         National Dental Hygienist Week

8-16          National Robotics Week

9-15          Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week 

         National Dog Bite Prevention Week  

         National Occupational Health Nursing Week  

         National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week

         Pan American Week

        National Student Employment Week 

Daily Observations

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day  Link
Cinnamon Crescent Day
Dyngus Day
Easter Monday
Farm Animals Day
Encourage a Young Writer Day
National Farm Animals Day
National Siblings Day Link
Salvation Army Founder's Day
Safety Pin Day
Siblings Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sure hope everyone enjoyed Easter. Mine is going well.

This is a season of rebirth. I hope that the religious wars are stopped. It is so sad to see people dying in the name of any deity.

I am still thinking of a retort to the owner of my townhouse regarding the new rules & regulations. I should not come off as a whiner and still make a point.

I wish the judge and the politicians in trouble with the law would just let the process work itself out. Some of them are just digging a deeper hole.  

Enjoy…

 

Facts…

While dream interpretation may not be accurate, it is certainly not new. The Beatty Papyrus, written around 1350 B.C. and discovered at Thebes, is the oldest dream dictionary existing today. It describes special dream-interpreting priests called 'Masters of the Secret Things' or 'Learned Ones of the Magic Library.'

Common themes occurring in different types of dreams include Animals, Anxiety, Authority, Bad Dreams and Nightmares, Being Lost Dreams, Buildings, Colors, Danger, Flying, Houses and Home, Places, Money, Sex, Scenery, Wars, Weather and Work.   

More Slang origins…

Can’t Never Could

Although this phrase is filled with negatives, it’s actually an example of positive thinking. This is like saying “you can’t get anything done without a positive attitude.” Or in other words, if you’re thinking about all the things you can’t do, you won’t be able to achieve much.

Southerners summed up this sentiment beautifully with the phrase: “Can’t never could!”

Beauty in our 50 states…

8. Michigan

Taken on their own, the Upper or Lower Peninsulas could have ranked in the upper tiers of this list. Combine them, and you get 3,288 miles of pure Michigan coast, and the most beautiful state east of the Mississippi River. And that's saying a lot for a Midwestern state—just look at how Michigan's neighbors fared. From the unspoiled forests of the UP to the sandy beaches of Lake Michigan to the craggy coast of Lake Huron, and the more than 11,000 inland lakes between, you could spend years exploring Michigan, and never reach the end of those good waters.

Historical Events

1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in New York City.
1963 – The submarine USS Thresher sank, killing 129 American sailors.
1970 – The Beatles broke up as a band.
2019 – Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project announced the first-ever image of a black hole, located in the center of the M87 galaxy.

Birthdays Today

@90 – Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (d. 2020)
@96 – Harry Morgan (Harry Bratsberg), American actor (d. 2011)
@85 – John Madden, American football player, coach sportscaster (d. 2021)
@83 – William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912)
“Most Christians would like to send their recruits to Bible college for five years. I would like to send them to hell for five minutes. That would do more than anything else to prepare them for a lifetime of compassionate ministry.”– William Booth
@83 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (d. 2015)
@82 – Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter, actor (d. 2003)
@71 – Chuck Connors, American baseball player, actor (d. 1992; lung cancer)
71 – Steven Seagal, American actor and martial artist
“Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.”– Steven Seagal 69 – Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist, author
@64 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)
“What a newspaper needs in its news, in its headlines, and on its editorial page is terseness, humor, descriptive power, satire, originality, good literary style, clever condensation and accuracy, accuracy, accuracy.”– Joseph Pulitzer
64 – Babyface (Kenneth Brian Edmonds), American singer-songwriter, producer
“The reality is, some people don’t want you to change or go anywhere different.”– Babyface 64 – Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist
@63 – (Commodore) Matthew Perry, American naval officer (d. 1858; rheumatic fever)
55 – Orlando Jones, American comedic actor
43 – Charlie Hunnam, English actor
41 – Chyler Leigh, American actress
39 – Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter, actress
36 – Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress
35 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor
32 – AJ Michalka, American actress, singer
31 – Daisy Ridley, English actress
28 – Ian Nelson, American actor