6 Nov

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day 310	Sky Cover 5% Visibility 31mi	Wind 8mph Gusts 23mph	FlagToday 65° \31°
Active fire: 36miles Risk of fire: Extreme	Nearest Lightning:718mi	Air Quality: Fair Sunshine	Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23°   Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 National Fig Week: 1-7 World Communication Week: 1-7 Give Wildlife A Brake! Week:3-9   Link  National Book Awards Week: 3-9 National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week: 3-9  Link

National Radiologic Technology Week: 3-9  Link   National Veterans Small Business Week: 3-9  Link Polar Bear Week: 3-9 Childrens Book Week: 4-10 Link    National Patient Accessibility Week: 4-8

Daily Observations

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict International Stress Awareness Day Link   Marijuana Recreational Legalization Day (Colorado & Washington)  Link

Marooned Without a Compass Day National Basketball Day: Link National Nachos Day Link Saxophone Day

Today’s Thoughts

Wind gusts are messing up a very nice day.

Daylight time has ended for another year. Flagstaff doesn’t spring forward or fall back. We just keep rolling along.

CU Buffs fell to Oregon State.

Still doing my PT at home…sure don’t want that pain again.

Enjoy

 

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Lawyer©Provided by ALot.com

Most Americans (including the north) pronounce the word 'lawyer' in a way that 'law' rhymes with 'boy.' However, Southerners emphasize the 'law' part, so it makes a 'saw' sound.

Random Trivia…

mmm, Random BBQ Smell©Pixabay

If you could breathe in space without dying, it would in fact smell like barbecue, gunpowder, and diesel. These combined scents are created by dying stars.

Historic Events

Television’s Meet The Press premiered (NBC) in 1947. The show debuted on radio in 1945

Good Morning America premiered (1975) on ABC

The Phil Donahue Show premiered in 1967. By 1970, the show was national. It was the first “talk show” as we know them today.

Birthdays with some quotes

@87 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (Lost in Space) (d. 2002)
@86 – Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton Ziglar), American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)
“Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. The worst people give you a lesson. And the best people give you memories.”
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily.”
@85 – Ray Conniff, American composer, and conductor (d. 2002)
85 – P.J. Proby, American Singer/Songwriter, and actor
@83 – Mike Nichols, German/American performer (EGOT winner, d. 2014)
@79 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer (invented the saxophone, d. 1894)
@78 – James Naismith, Canadian YMCA coach (invented basketball, d. 1939)
@77 – John Philip Sousa, American commander, composer, and conductor (d. 1932; heart failure)
“Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you’ve never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth.
77 – Sally Field, American actress
75 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist, and activist
@74 – Guy Clark, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016; lymphoma)
“Ain’t no chance if you don’t take it.”
@67 – Glenn Frey, American Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016; pneumonia)
67 – Maria Shriver, American journalist, and author
@59 – Harold Ross, American journalist, publisher, co-founded The New Yorker (d. 1951; heart failure)
57 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, and director
53 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter
@51 – Charles Dow, American journalist, and economist (d. 1902; heart attack)
51 – Thandie Newton, English actress and singer
51 – Rebecca Romijn, American model, and actress
@40 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator, professor a pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting, (d. 1941; polio)
35 – Emma Stone, American actress
@27 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004; friendly fire)

…The End for today…