17 May

 

17 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 20 Day 137	Ave. Sky Cover 90%\ Visibility  15miles	Flagstaff Today  66° \ 43°
Wind  10mph \ Gusts  19mph	Nearest active fire: 656miles	Nearest Lightning:  1mi
Air Quality: Moderate Low Risk of fire	May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Sunshine  Monsoon Rain

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

12-21 National Public Gardens Week  Link 14-20 Nat’l Eosinophil Awareness Week  Link  National Nursing Home Week   National Return To Work Week   National Transportation Week National Women's Health Week   Reading is Fundamental Week   Link  Salute to Moms 40+ Week   Work At Home Moms Week   World Trade Week

15-19  Hoarding Awareness Week Link National Police Week 15-21  American Craft Beer Week Link  International Heritage Breeds Week National Bike to Work Week Link   PGA Championship  Link Police Week 16-21 National Foul Ball Week 16-27 Cannes Film Festival 17-23  National Medical Transcription Week Link World Orienteering Days Link

Daily Observations

Cherry Cobbler Day EMSC (Emergency Medical Services) Day Link  International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia  Link Graduation Tassel Day Link National Employee Health & Fitness Day Link  National Juice Slush Day   Link National Walnut Day Link

Pack Rat Day Same Sex Marriage Day Syttende Mai Turn Beauty Inside Out Day World Hypertension Day  Link World Telecommunications and Information Society Day  Link World Neurofibromatosis Day (NF Day)  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Having our first monsoon of the season. This is very early, and usually starts in early July. I enjoyed watching the huge raindrops bounce a couple of inches off the ground. Even the thunder and lightning was enjoyable, knowing that the fire risk is low.

Congress is not moving fast enough on raising the debt limit. Compromise is the answer and to be honest, I don’t have faith in the Speaker’s ability to get his party to approve it. The ride is just getting bumpier every day they don’t raise the debt ceiling. I hope the ceiling is raised very soon.

Enjoy

Ocean Trivia

A Tsunami is technically a wave generated by an undersea earthquake?

Origins of State Names

New Mexico

New Mexico was obviously named after the modern-day country it borders, right? Wrong! You’d be surprised to learn that New Mexico was settled long before the country of Mexico was even named. In the 1500s, Spanish settlers referred to the upper area of the Rio Grande as Nuevo México, after the Aztec Valley of Mexico. The name comes from the Nahuatl word mexihco, and while the exact meaning is unclear, it seems most likely that the Aztecs named themselves after the tribal god of sun and war Huitzilopochtli, who was also referred to as Mēxihtli. The next time someone ponders which came first, Mexico or New Mexico, keep this bit of trivia handy to wow them.

Historic Events

• 1756 – Seven Years’ War formally began when Great Britain declared war on France.
• 1900 – The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, was first published in the United States.
• 1954 – The US Supreme Court declared a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• 2004 – The first legal same-sex marriages in the US were performed in the state of Massachusetts.

Birthdays with some quotes

@88 – Maureen O’Sullivan, Irish-American actress (d. 1998)
“It’s nice to be immortal. Film has given us immortality.”– Maureen O’Sullivan 81 – Taj Mahal, American blues singer-songwriter, musician
67 – Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
“You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.”– Sugar Ray Leonard
@65 – Bob Saget, American comedic actor, television host (d. 2022)
62 – Enya (Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin), Irish singer-songwriter
“As with anything creative, change is inevitable.”– Enya
@61 – Bill Patton, actor (d. 2017)
61 – Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American comedian, actor, talk show host
Slow down and self-edit and ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything: “Does this need to be said?” “Does this need to be said by me?” “Does this need to be said by me now?”– Craig Ferguson
58 – Trent Reznor, American singer-songwriter (Nine inch Nails)
“If you have something to say, then say it. Express yourself and break the rules.”– Trent Reznor
38 – Derek Hough, American actor, dancer
35 – Nikki Reed, American actress
33 – Ross Butler, actor