10 Nov

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week45 Day 314	Sky Cover 5%	Wind 10mph Gusts 11mph	FlagToday 46° \20°
Active fire: 11miles Risk of fire: High	Nearest Lightning:918mi	Air Quality: Fair Sunshine	Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

World Origami Days: 10/24-11/11 Childrens Book Week: 4-10 Link    Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13 National Donor Sabath: 8-10 World Antibiotic Awareness Week: 9-15 International Fraud Awareness Week: 10-16 Link

National Cider Week: 10-16 Link  National Split Pea Soup Week: 10-16 Link National Nurse Practioner's Week: 10-16 Link  Link Perioperative Nurse Week: 10-16 Link Roc Your Moc Week: 10-16 Link   World Kindness Week: 10-16  Link

Daily Observations

Area Code Day International Accounting Day  Link  Marine Corps Birthday National Forget-Me-Not Day National Vanilla Cupcake Day NET Cancer Awareness Day  Link

Sesame Street Day Veterans International Accounting Day Windows Day (Microsoft) World NET Cancer Day Link World Science Day for Peace & Development Link

Today’s Thoughts

Very cool Fall Day.  

Andy, Faith and I had a great lunch. Good food, good conversation, fun.

NBC did a good job at the debate last night…candidates got to speak. Interruptions were minimal, rebuttals were well controlled. Those who are watching should realize, they probably won’t be on the Republican ticket until 2028. None are there to be a VP.

Screen Guild Actors announce agreement on salary and AI restrictions. It is down to the final member approval after a 100 day strike.

Enjoy

 

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

Aunt©Provided by ALot.com

The majority of Southerners pronounce the word 'aunt' just like 'ant.' Northerners (specifically Northeasterners) pronounce 'aunt' like 'daunt.'

Random Trivia…

Random Access Boo-Yah©Pixabay

Here's a fact for the ages: a singing birthday card has more computing power than the entire Allied forces had during WWII.

Historic Events

• In 1775, The United States Marine Corps was founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, PA, by Samuel Nicholas.
• 1951 – Area Codes were introduced in the United States.
• New York diamond merchant Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958.
• Sesame Street was first broadcast in 1969.
• 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
• Bill Gates introduced Windows 1.0 in 1983.
• 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announced a $37 billion merger, the largest merger in US history up to that time.

Birthdays with some quotes

@94 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer (designed the AK-47, d. 2013)
@81 – Carl Stalling, American pianist, and composer (d. 1972)
76 – Roy Scheider, American actor (d. 2008)
@72 – Russell Means, Oglala Lakota Nation (d. 2012; cancer)
“Before I was six years old, my grandparents and my mother had taught me that if all the green things that grow were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the four-legged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all the winged creatures were taken from the earth, there could be no life. If all our relatives who crawl and swim and live within the earth were taken away, there could be no life. But if all the human beings were taken away, life on earth would flourish. That is how insignificant we are.”
78 – Donna Fargo, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
@77 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967; cirrohis)
@75 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (discovered The Crab Nebula, d. 1771)
76 – Dave Loggins, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
@72 – George Jennings, English plumber and engineer (invented the flush toilet, d. 1882)
67 – Sinbad (David Adkins), American comedian, actor, and producer
63 – Neil Gaiman, English author, illustrator, and screenwriter
“We are always living in the final days. What have you got? A hundred years or much, much less until the end of your world.”
@62 – Martin Luther, German monk, and priest (leader of the Protestant Reformation, d. 1546)
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”
@58 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor, and singer (d. 1984; stroke)
55 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian, actor, and producer
54 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress, and producer
53 – Warren G, American rapper and producer
45 – Eve (Eve Jihan Cooper), American rapper and producer
@22 – Jason Dunham, American soldier (Medal of Honor recipient, d. 2004)
40 – Miranda Lambert, American Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
34 – Taron Egerton, Welsh actor
@32 – Brittany Murphy, American actress (d. 2009; OD)
29 – Zoey Deutch, American actress
@28 – Big Pun, American rapper (d. 2000)
@25 – Michael Strank, American sergeant (flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima, d. 1945)

…The End for today…