4 Jan

 

Flagstaff Today 59°: 29°  Week 1 Day 4 Air Quality: Fair Partly Cloudy Sunshine Wind 5 mph Gusts 12 mph Active Fire: 427 miles away Risk of Fire: High Nearest lightning: 1189 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture: 4 Days

Monthly Observations

National Clean Up Your Computer Month National Codependency Awareness Month Link National Conscience Month National Glaucoma Awareness Month National Hot Tea Month

National Mail Order Gardening Month National Mentoring Month  Link National Opticians Month Link  Link National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month National Personal Trainer Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observations

Diet Resolution Week: 1-7  Silent Record Week: 1-7 Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8 National Personal Trainer Awareness Week: 4-11

12/14-1/5/25 Christmas Bird Count Week Link

Daily Observations

Dimpled Chad Day Link Earth at Parhelion @  7:38 pm  Link National Play Outside Day Link  Pop Music Chart Day Tom Thumb Day

National Spaghetti Day National Trivia Day World Braille Day  Link World Hypnotism Day  Link

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A nice winter day. Just hoping we get some precipitation soon.

Flagstaff 2024 weather stats: ave. temp: 49.1°; Total Precipitation: 19.16”, departure from normal: -11.36”; 2^nd warmest year since 1898

I filled up my vehicle: @2.74/gal…Nice! I get a machine to scan my kidneys this afternoon…just to be sure they are doing OK.

It’s getting harder and harder to remain positive about our government in action. This morning the House can’t elect a speaker…AGAIN!

Inventions…

Whitcomb Judson - Zipper

Whitcomb Judson created the “Clasp Locker” in 1893, which became the foundation for modern zippers. His invention was originally designed to help people close their boots quickly instead of dealing with multiple buttons. The design used a row of hooks and eyes that could be pulled together with a slider, similar to today’s zippers. Though his version wasn’t perfect, it sparked further developments that led to the modern zipper we use today.

Random Thoughts…

When Disneyland opened in 1955, it included a lingerie store with an exhibit on the history of the bra. It was hosted by an animatronic figure called “The Wizard of Bras”

In the year 774, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle recorded a “red crucifix” in the sky. Tree rings dated from that year all over the world show a spike in Carbon-14 levels. It is believed that the event was caused by a very strong solar flare, perhaps the strongest ever known.

There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, hire someone, or forbid your kids to do it.

China owns every panda in the world.

The housefly hums in the middle octave key of F.

Quirky town names…

Burnt Corn, Alabama

Burnt Corn got its name from a creek where settlers supposedly burned corn to make a clearing. The town’s name has become a unique symbol of its frontier heritage.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Jaeden Martell, 21 Movie Actor Coco Jones, 26 Movie Actress Charles Melton, 33 Movie Actor

@84 – Isaac Newton, English mathematician, and physicist (d. 1727) @78 – Jacob Grimm, German writer, Grimm’s Fairy Tales (with brother Wilhelm) (d. 1863) @43 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852; TB) @45 – General Tom Thumb (Charles Stratton), American circus performer (d. 1883; stroke) @71 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006; Alzeimer’s)

…The End for today…