13 Nov

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 46 Day  317	Sky Cover 5%	Wind 10mph Gusts 20mph	FlagToday  54° \29°
Active fire: 36 miles Risk of fire: High	Near Lightning: 927mi Chihuahua Mexico	Air Quality: Fair Sunshine	Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13 World Antibiotic Awareness Week: 9-15 International Fraud Awareness Week: 10-16 Link  National Cider Week: 10-16  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   World Kindness Week: 10-16  Link     National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 11-17   National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 11-17  Link National Young Readers Week: 11-17 Link

Daily Observations

Actor’s Day National Indian Pudding Day National Mom’s and Dad’s Day Sadie Hawkins Day (official since 1937) Start a Rumor Day (we heard)

World Kindness Day International Pathology Day Link  Sandwich Day   Sandwich Day  Link World Kindness Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Cooler and a tad windy.

There have been many changes in the past decade. One seems to be the philosophy of oppressor vs victim. Another is that of radical vs moderate. Which will win is anybody’s guess. I just hope the philosophy that follows protects our freedoms.

Budget crisis deadline is rapidly approaching. Congress needs to deal with this NOW!

Enjoy

Words pronounced differently in the North and South States…

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Southerners typically pronounce this so it rhymes with the word 'out.' Northerners (and a lot of others) pronounce it, so it rhymes with the word 'root.'

Random Trivia…

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A food fact for you: Emperor Claudius once issued an edict permitting farting at Roman dining tables after learning that a man almost met a fatal end due to his refusal to release his flatulence. You don't want to gamble your life on a mere whim.

Historic Events

1841-James Braid saw a demonstration of animal magnetism, which lead to his study of a subject he eventually named hypnotism ()

1927- the Holland Tunnel opened to traffic, being the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.

Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia was first shown at New York’s Broadway Theatre.

The Supreme Court of the United States declared Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, ending the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott.

1974 - Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murdered his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house (112 Ocean Avenue) that would become known as The Amityville Horror.

1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC.

Birthdays with some quotes

@84 – Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist ‘right to privacy’ (d. 1941)
“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. “
@84 – Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, activist founded the Westboro Baptist Church (d. 2014)
82 – David Green, American businessman, and philanthropist (founded Hobby Lobby)
@81 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2016)
76 – Joe Mantegna, American actor, and voice artist
68 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, comedian, and talk show host
@67 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000; cancer)
63 – Neil Flynn, American actor
“I don’t want to appear selfish, but stop what you’re doing and focus on me.”60 – Vinny Testaverde, American football player
56 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
53 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
@44 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (d. 1894; stroke)

…The End for today…