Sept 7

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 36 Day 250 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  29mi. Flagstaff Today  79° \ 48° 
Wind  5mph \ Gusts  10mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:  575mi
Air Quality: Fair         Moisture Days this month: 3 Sunshine 
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

National Head Lice Prevention Month National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15) National Home Furnishings Month National Honey Month Link National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Link National Mulled Cider Month Link National Mushroom Month Link National Guide Dog Month Link

National Head Lice Prevention Month National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15) National Home Furnishings Month National Honey Month Link National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Link National Mulled Cider Month Link National Mushroom Month Link

Weekly Observations

3-9 National Waffle Week 4-8 National Payroll Week 4-10 Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week International Air Ambulance Week  Link

5-9 Play Days 7-9 Popcorn Days Link

Daily Observations

Beer Lover’s Day Google Commemoration (Founded)   Day Grandma Moses Day Grateful Patient Day  Link International Day of Clean Air For Blue Skies

Napoleon Day National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day Link "Neither Snow nor Rain" Day Salami Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Another nice fall day.

Yesterday was very busy. The cable TV box in my office died. I went to the new Optimum office to switch it out. It is in a 4-story Apt. complex near the University with the first floor as commercial business. The office is on a major street in town, no parking except in lots. The only lot had many spaces, all numbered and reserved for residents. I finally parked in a numbered space. The customer service representative missed the class on friendliness, and the one on efficiency, and others but she was top student on the one on surliness.  She had to schedule a tech to come 8-11 today. I did call corporate to complain because to talk to the manager would be 3-5 days. Happily, the guy called at 8:15, arrived at 8:45, hooked up the new box and was gone by 9:00.

Remember Alex Murdaugh, the guy who was convicted of killing his wife and son, and is awaiting trial for money issues? His lawyers just asked for a new murder trial because they say they have proof that one of the clerks of the court hassled the jury members and told them Alex had lied. A retrial may be in the making.

Our local paper will have new ownership on Sept. 25. It was a local paper, sold to a conglomerate in Iowa, and now to another conglomerate from Sierra Vista in AZ.  No word on how this will change the paper, but it will be hard to be worse than what we had under the first conglomerate. Only time will tell. Just hoping the paper gets better.

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Pontoon Boats

The first pontoon boat was little more than a wooden platform strapped to two columns of steel barrels, an idea often credited to Ambrose Weeres, a 1950s farmer in rural Minnesota who wanted to create a boat that would fit a whole family. Since then, the vessel’s popularity has expanded far beyond the Land of 10,000 Lakes, becoming a cherished regular from California’s Lake Tahoe to Maine’s Moosehead Lake—and even on the airwaves with Little Big Town’s 2012 No. 1 hit, “Pontoon.”

Random Trivia…

When Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were beheaded, it is said that people dipped handkerchiefs in their blood to keep as souvenirs. In 2011, a group of scientists confirmed that a blood-stained handkerchief dated approximately 1793 was soaked in the blood of Louis XVI.

In 1644, English statesman Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of pie. He declared it a pagan form of pleasure. For 16 years, pie eating and making went underground until the Restoration leaders lifted the ban on pie in 1660.

Historic Events

• 1901 – The Boxer Rebellion in the Qing dynasty (China) officially ended with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• 1940 – Germany’s Blitz air attacks began in London, England.
• 1963 – The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio.
• 1996 – Tupac Shakur was shot and killed at an intersection in Las Vegas.

Birthdays with some quotes

@101 – Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), American painter (d. 1961)
“I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene.”
@94 – Elia Kazan, Greek American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 2003)
“I’ve come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one’s capacity – or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. The effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.”
@86 – Edward Francis Hutton, (d. 1962)
@83 – David Packard, American engineer, and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
@65 – William Friese-Greene, English photographer, cinematographer (d. 1921; heart attack)
80 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer
“Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.”
@69 – Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603; in her sleep)
“Grief never ends, but it changes. It is a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness nor a lack of faith: it is the price of love.”
69 – Corbin Bernsen, American actor
“If we stop exploring space, we’re going to lose the same part of us that found vaccines and penicillin, the part that searches for cures to cancer and AIDS.”
@61 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor (d. 1984; cardiac arrest)
50 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
36 – Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
30 – Taylor Gray, American actor
@22 – Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1959)

…The End for today…