2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 34 Day 234 Ave. Sky Cover 90%\
Visibility 15mi. Flagstaff Today 68° \ 58°
Wind 2mph \
Gusts 4mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning: 143mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 7 days Overcast
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get
Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority
Enterprise Development Week
20-26
Brake Safety Week Link
World Water Week Link
World Princess Week Link
21-25
National Safe at
Home Week
21-27
National
Composites Week Link
Daily Observations
Be An Angel Day
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National Tooth Fairy Day Link Link
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Today’s Thoughts
It’s
a rainy summer day, remnants of Hurricane Hilary.
It
rained most of last night, mostly gentle rain with about an hour of heavy rain.
I headed out to get some distilled water for my CPAP. The light rain stopped just
as I pulled into the store parking lot.
The
news media is stuck on the Georgia indictment of 19…watching to see if Trump is
treated differently than the other 18 suspects. I guess it is important.
Enjoy
Unique National
Treasures for the US …
Katherine
Johnson
A mathematics genius, Katherine Johnson was
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015 at age 97. The longtime NASA
researcher and analyst recently got more recognition when Taraji
P. Henson played her (she was the “girl” John Glenn asked
to provide calculations for his Friendship 7 mission) in the movie Hidden
Figures.
Random Trivia…
Between the 11th and 19th centuries, a number of Buddhist monks
successfully mummified themselves. They adopted a practice called Sokushinbutsu
in which they gradually weaned themselves off food and water and essentially
starved themselves to death over the course of a thousand days. It was believed
that by successfully mummifying themselves, the monks would achieve true
enlightenment.
Historic Events
- 1851 –
The first America’s Cup was won by the yacht ‘America’. America’s Cup is
the oldest international sporting trophy.
- 1864 –
Twelve nations signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules
of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
- 1945 –
The Vietnam Conflict began.
- 1989 – 1989 – Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson
to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000
strikeouts. He retired with 5,714 strikeouts.
Birthdays with some
quotes
@94 – Honor Blackman,
English actress and republican (d. 2020)
@91 – Ray Bradbury,
American science fiction writer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
“Looking back over a
lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.”
” You don’t have to burn
books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
@88 – John Lee Hooker,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
” Poor people have the
blues because they’re poor and hungry. Rich people can’t sleep at night because
they’re trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.”
@87 – Jerry Iger, American
cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (d. 1990)
@80 – Valerie Harper,
American actress (d. 2019)
” I don’t think of dying,
I think of being here now.”
@78 – Norman Schwarzkopf,
Jr., American general (d. 2012)
@75 – Cindy Williams, TV
actor (d. 2023)
78 –
David Chase, American director, producer, and screenwriter
@73 – George Herriman,
American cartoonist, Krazy Kat (d. 1944)
@73 – Dorothy Parker,
American poet, critic, and satirist (d. 1967)
“If you want to know what
God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
“I hate writing. I love
having written.”
56 – Ty
Burrell, TV actor
@55 – Claude Debussy,
French pianist, and composer (d. 1918; bedridden)
“Music is the silence
between the notes.”
55 –
Rich Lowry, American writer and magazine editor (National Review)
53 –
Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef, and author
50 –
Kristen Wiig, American comedic actress
45 –
James Corden, English actor, and television presenter
28 –
Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
…The End for today…
