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Flagstaff
Today 46°:
22° Week 52 Day 362 Air
Quality: Fair Overcast Wind
1 mph Gusts 4 mph Active Fire:
346 miles away Risk
of Fire: Low Nearest
lightning: 854 miles away Dec
Averages: Temps: 45°\18° Moisture: 5 Days |
Weekly Observations
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14-1/5/25 Christmas Bird Count Week Link Halcyon Days: 14-28 (Always 7 days before and 7 days after
the Winter Solstice) |
25—1/2/25 Chanukah It's About Time Week Kwanzaa |
Daily Observations
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Howdy Doody Day |
National Fruitcake Day |
Today’s Quote
Today’s Meme
Thoughts for the day
The storm for Christmas day never
materialized. However; the day after Christmas is overcast, but no
precipitation is in the forecast. Crazy!
I made or got several calls from
friends on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I talked to Cheryl who is happy in
her own little world. I also talked to my brother
Richard. He and Laura are doing great and enjoying their 2nd place
in San Miguel. I also talked to Lori and Lisa, Bob Echardt’s daughters. Lisa is
still working in Chicago and Lori is in Loveland. They used Lori’s RV to escape
for a spa vaca in Buena Vista. Both are doing well. I also texted Robin and
Frank, Laura’s parents, in Chicago. They
are doing well and we plan to meet up when they come to their condo in Surprise
later this year. A good Christmas all around.
Flagstaff’s pinecone drop on New Year’s
Eve was just ranked as one of the top 5 in unique NYE celebrations. Nice!
It looks like the NBA v NFL for Christmas
Day viewership is in full swing. The Nuggets lost to the Suns in their game.
On a serious note, the Māori are in a constitutional
battle with New Zealand over their sovereignty. It will be a tough legal battle
and one that should not be necessary.
After hundreds of years of believing
that the Bald Eagle was the National Bird, a law was signed by Biden to make it
so.
Inventions…NEW
Samuel Leeds Allen - Modern Sled: " Flexible Flyer
sled" is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samuel Leeds Allen patented the Flexible Flyer sled in 1889
during his farming equipment company’s off-season. His design included a
steering mechanism that allowed riders to control the sled by shifting their
weight. The Flexible Flyer became America’s most popular winter toy. Allen’s
basic steering design is still used in modern sleds.
Random Thoughts…
Biggest film of 2012: The Avengers (Action) earned ~ $623,000,000 (in the
USA)
Boy George – Real Name: George O’Dowd
The Hatfield-McCoy Feud was settled by the doctrine that possession is nine-tenths of the law,
giving possession of the pig that the McCoys claimed was their property.
Charles Darwin collected
a Galápagos tortoise during his 1835 visit to the
Galápagos Islands as part of his round-the-world survey expedition. It lived
175 years and died of heart failure at the Australia Zoo in 2006.
A group of Jellyfish is called a Smack or Brood.
The Noid, Domino’s 80’s Pizza mascot, was retired after a paranoid
schizophrenic named Kenneth Lamar Noid entered a Domino’s Pizza in Atlanta and
held two employee’s hostage at gunpoint. He believed the commercials were
making fun of him.
Quirky town names…
Why, Arizona
This desert town got its name from a highway intersection
shaped like the letter Y. When naming it, the state required at least three
letters, so they settled on Why. It’s a tiny community with a big backstory. It
is located in Pima County.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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@90 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress (d. 1992)
@58 – Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, astronomer (d. 1630) |
…The End for today…
