8 Nov

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day 312	Sky Cover 5% Visibility 26mi	Wind 6mph Gusts 14mph Red Flag Warning	FlagToday 63° \37°
Active fire: 36miles Risk of fire: Extreme	Nearest Lightning:1607mi (Guatemala)	Air Quality: Moderate Fair Sunshine	Nov. Avg Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 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   Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13 National Donor Sabath: 8-10

Daily Observations

First Folio Day Abet and Aid Punsters Day Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day  Link Domino Day Link  Dunce Day Link HBO Day International Day of Radiology Link Intersex Day of Remembrance  Link

National Cappuccino Day National Harvey Wallbanger Day National Parents As Teachers Day National S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. Day Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day World Town Planning Day Link X-Ray Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Windy day.

I headed out early to do some shopping. Found most of what I needed.

Gas was only $3.67 when I filled up. Can’t believe I can say: ONLY!

I am happy to say I know quite a few 80+-year-olds that I consider friends. All are still active and doing fairly well. That being said, I now believe Biden to too old to be the leader of the free world. He has done a lot to help out people in the country, and a decent job on Foreign Affairs; however, he has obviously slowed down a lot during this administration. If the choice is Biden or Trump, I’ll still vote for Biden.

Enjoy

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Caramel ©Provided by ALot.com

This is another one that's kind of divided amongst the various regions of the United States. Southerners pronounce the word with three syllables and emphasize the second syllable ('care-uh-mel'). Other areas, especially the north, pronounce it with two syllables and eradicate the second syllable that the Southerners emphasize (kar-mel).

Random Trivia…

The Perfect Mate ©Getty Images

If life is getting you down at all, here's a fact specifically designed to cheer you up: Seahorses are monogamous life-mates that travel in pairs while holding each other’s tails.

Historic Events

1519 – Cortez and his troops took Montezuma, the Aztek Emporer, hostage, effectively taking over the nation.

1889 – Montana was admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

1933 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.

1966 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League (NFL) to merge with the American Football League (AFL).

1971 - HBO launched with the broadcast of the  movie Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.

Birthdays with some quotes

@85 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
@84 – Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
@78 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001; asthma attack)
@78 – Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998; diabeitis)
@74 – Milton Bradley, American businessman (founded the Milton Bradley Company, d. 1911)
74 – Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist (gun rights)
74 – Bonnie Raitt, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
“We can live in fear or act out of hope.”
73 – Mary Hart, American journalist, and actress
69 – Rickie Lee Jones, American Singer/Songwriter, and producer
@64 – Bram Stoker, Irish novelist, and critic (created Count Dracula, d. 1912; syphilis)
“Nothing is too small. I counsel you, put down in record even your doubts and surmises. Hereafter it may be of interest to you to see how true you guess. We learn from failure, not from success!”
62 – Leif Garrett, American singer, actor, and television personality
57 – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and TV host /personality
“Chefs are nutters. They’re all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls, and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.”
56 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
53 – Tom Anderson, American businessman (co-founded Myspace)
52 – Tech N9ne (Aaron Dontez Yates), American musician, record producer, and actor
51 – Gretchen Mol, American model, and actress
50 – David Muir, Journalist
@49 – Joe Flynn, American actor (McHale’s Navy) (d. 1974; heart attack)
@49 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949’ hit by car)
“Every problem has two handles. You can grab it by the handle of fear or the handle of hope.”
49 – Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author, and illustrator (created Naruto)
48 – Tara Reid, American actress
@37 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst (d. 1922; peritonitis)
@37 – Minnie Riperton, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 1979)

…The End for today…