Aug 30

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 242 Ave. Sky Cover a%\ Visibility  5mi. Flagstaff Today  86° \ 52° 
Wind  3mph \ Gusts  9mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:  556mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 11 days Sunshine 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4…..Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
25-31…..Be Kind To Humankind Week

Daily Observations

Beach Day Frankenstein Day Grief Awareness Day Internat’l Cabernet Sauvignon Day  Link Internat’l Day of The Victims of Enforced Disappearances Link

International Whale Shark Day  Marshmallow Toasting Day National Beach Day Link National Grief Awareness Day  Link National Holistic Pet Day National Toasted Marshmallow Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Another warm day…no moisture in the forecast.

I got a checkup and oil change for my ride. This is my first new vehicle where I haven’t put so many miles I have to do the maintenance sooner than recommended. Now the recommended date comes and I’m not even close to the necessary mileage.

One faculty member killed in yesterday’s U. of North Carolina. At least the perp is in custody.

Arizona State Univ. (ASU)announced it will not participate in post-season games. Hmmm

NAU, the local university announced that this fall there are more 1^st year students on campus in its 124-year history…9,250 students.

Enjoy

 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

From Urban Sugar Donuts in Portland, Maine, to Homegrown Smoker Vegan BBQ in Portland, Oregon, there’s a food truck for every taste in every state in the U.S., including Alaska’s Quickie Burger and Hawaii’s Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck. The fast-growing industry (more than 4,000 food trucks roam the U.S., generating $1.2 billion in annual revenue) traces back to street vendors selling food from push carts in 17th-century New Amsterdam (New York City) and post–Civil War chuck wagons that fed wagon trains heading west. Gourmet food trucks became a thing in 2008, when Kogi BBQ began selling $2 Korean barbecue tacos on the streets of LA. Now websites and apps like Food Truck Fiesta, Eat Street and Roaming Hunger let you find food trucks in your neighborhood in real time.

Random Trivia…

Mary indeed had a little lamb. Her name was Mary Sawyer. She was an 11-year-old girl who lived in Boston and one day was followed to school by her pet lamb. In the late 1860s, she helped raise money for an old church by selling wool from the lamb.

Historic Events

• 70 – Titus ended the siege of Jerusalem after destroying The Second Temple.
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1984 – The Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41-D) takes off on its maiden voyage.

Birthdays with some quotes

93 – Warren Buffett, American businessman, and philanthropist
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”@92 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
@91 – Bill Daily, American comedic actor (d. 2018)
@87 – Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)
@85 – Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (d. 2005)
@83 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
@83 – Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010)
@83 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
@80 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
75 – Lewis Black, American comedian, and author
“It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got saran wrap – fix it!”
@73 – Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979l leukemia)
‘There’s a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a deadpan are getting away with it. I’d hate to see them on stage with a dog act. ‘
73 – Peggy Lipton, American model, and actress (d. 2019)
@65 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001; heart failure)
60 – Michael Chiklis, American actor
@53 – Mary Shelley, English novelist, and playwright, Frankenstein (d. 1851; brain tumor)
“Live, and be happy, and make others so.”
51 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
50 – Lisa Ling,  American journalist, and author
“Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don’t have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.”
@42 – Huey Long, American lawyer, 40th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1935; assassinated) 

…The End for today…