19 Jan

 

Flagstaff Today 48°: 13°  Week 4 Day 19 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 16 mph Gusts 32 mph chilly wind Active Fire: 367 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 1891 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture: 4 Days

Weekly Observations

Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 19-25 National Activity Professionals Week: 19-25  Link Hunt For Happiness Week: 19-25 National Handwriting Analysis Week:19-25 Snowcare for Troops Week: 19-25 Sugar Awareness Week: 19-25

International Snowmobile Safety & Awareness Week: 11-19 Link  Sundance Film Festival: 16-26 National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23 Week of Christian Unity: 18-25

Daily Observations

Artist as Outlaw Day Bald Eagle Appreciation Days-20 Good Memory Day National Popcorn Day Link  National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day)  Link

Tenderness Towards Existence Day Tin Can Day World Day of Migrants and Refugees World Quark Day Link World Religion Day Link  World Snow Day Link

Today’s Quote                                                               

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

Chilly wind but bearable outside.

Interesting: in a fire--a gas powered car burns up in 1-2 hours, an electric vehicle takes about 12 hours. Both give off toxic gas during their entire burn.

 

I wonder if China would allow an American made app that collects the same data as Tic Toc would be allowed? Facebook collects much of the same data and is banned in China.

 

Biden states the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified. He will leave office with many pending law suits to this proclamation. He also commuted 1500 nonviolent offenders. What about Leonard Peltier?

 

Mayan Culture of Mexico and beyond…

They believed flat foreheads were the most desirable aesthetic.

The Mayan people were a very vain group, always looking to attain the highest aesthetic standard. According to Mayan aesthetic, flatter foreheads were the ideal look. 

To achieve this, mothers used to use boards to press the foreheads of their babies to flatten them out. This was most often done among the higher-class citizens.

 

Random Thoughts…

‘Lived’ and ‘Died’ mean the same thing.

 

A group of Lice is called a Flock.

 

Chester Gould’s friend, Al Gross invented the walkie-talkie, and that was the inspiration for Dick Tracey’s wrist radio in January 1946.

 

There are 6 American Flags Planted on the Moon. They are probably all white now, bleached by the Sun’s rays.

 

Origin of city nicknames…

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: ‘City of Brotherly Love’

Philadelphia's nickname is actually very logical, as the city’s name combines the Greek words for love (phileo) and brother (adelphos). This idealistic sobriquet stems from the city’s founder, William Penn, a 17th century Quaker pacifist who imagined his new city as a place of religious tolerance where no one would be persecuted. Whether or not his dream succeeded, the city has long fought for human rights, including the New World’s first organized protest against slavery in 1688.

 

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Dolly Parton, 79 Country Singer Jodie Sweetin, 43 TV Actress Shawn Johnson, 33 Gymnast Shawn Wayans, 54 Movie Actor Paula Deen, 78 Chef

@99 – George Burns, American comedian (d. 1996)   @83 – James Watt, Scottish-English chemist, engineer (d. 1819) @73 – Frederico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993; heart attack) @74 – Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter, The Everly Brothers (d. 2014; COPD)   @67 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906; pneumonia) @63 – Robert E. Lee, general, academic (d. 1870; stroke)   @54 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (d. 2003; heart attack)   @40 – Edgar Allan Poe, American short-story writer, poet, and critic (d. 1849; congestion of the brain?)   @27 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (d. 1970; OD) #27club

…The End for today…