16 Feb

 

 



Flagstaff Today 45°: 26° Week 8 Day 47

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine

Wind 3 mph Gusts 6 mph

Active Fire: 68 miles away Risk of Fire: Very Low

Nearest lightning: 930 miles away

Feb Averages: Temps: 46°\20° Moisture: 4 Days 

Weekly Observations

6-17

INVICTUS GAMES Link 

8-17

Take A Friend Snowmobiling Week  Link

14-21

National Condom Week
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week

15-22

National Entrepreneurship Week  Link
National FFA Week 
Link 

16-22

Build A Better Trade Show Image Week 

National Engineers Week
National Justice for Animals Week 
Link  Link
National Sauna Week  
Link 
Through With The Chew 
Link

16-25

Date (Fruit) Week

Daily Observations

Daytona 500
Do a Grouch a Favor Day
International Syrah Day 
Link
Kyoto Protocol Day 
Link

National Almond Day 
National Buna Day 
Link
National Innovation Day NBA All Stars Game 2025

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Today’s Memes

 


 


Thoughts for the day

It sure is nice to have a nice winter day with no clouds in the sky.

I am not sure why we are changing our relations with all of Europe. Negotiations without Ukraine present and other moves by the current team on the ground in Europe, it sounds a lot like Colonization to me.

The Mayor Adams mess looks to me like the leadership of our country is simply providing Adams with a Sword of Damocles.

Forgotten American Heros…

Irena Sendler

Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker, saved over 2,500 Jewish children during the Holocaust.

Operating under the code name "Jolanta," she smuggled children out of the Warsaw Ghetto, providing them with false identities and safe homes. Sendler’s courage and ingenuity were paramount in ensuring their survival.

Her efforts went largely unrecognized during her lifetime, but she has since been honored posthumously.

A symbol of hope and heroism, Sendler’s actions remind us of the power of compassion and the impact of individual bravery in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Common Misconceptions…

“Hitler ‘fixed’ the German economy. He didn't. In fact, the … regime was very economic ineffective also the Weimar Republic actually recovered well from the 1923 hyperinflation and Germany's economy was growing strong before the [economic downturn of the late ‘20s and ‘30s].”

Random Thoughts…

The first VHS release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1990 retailed for $89.95.

Progress is made by lazy men looking for an easier way to do things.

If alien life is ever discovered, ‘aliens don’t exist’ will become the new popular conspiracy theory.

Pedro López, a South American serial killer confirmed to have killed 110 people and confessed to having killed more than 300 between 1969 and 1980, was released in 1998 on good behavior. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

Groucho Marx – Real Name: Julius Marx

The biggest film of 1979: Kramer vs. Kramer (Drama) earned ~ $106,000,000

A group of Lions is called a Pride or Sault or Troop.

If you are taking your toddler to a crowded place like a market or a theme park, tie a helium balloon to their wrist. If they get lost you will see the balloon from a distance and in a crowd.Historic Events

Click here for the history on 16 Feb

Birthdays

The Weeknd, 35 R&B Singer

Amanda Holden, 54 TV Actress

Ice T, 67 Rapper

Chloe East, 24 Movie Actress

Kim Soo Hyun, 37 Movie Actor

 

LaVar Burton, 68, actor

@97 – Anna Mae Hays, American general (d. 2018)

 

@89 – Henry M. Leland, American engineer and businessman, founded Cadillac and Lincoln (d. 1932)


@84 – Wayne King, American singer-songwriter, conductor (d. 1985)


@75 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (d. 1978; kidney disease)


@73 – Pamela Colman Smith, English occultist and illustrator (d. 1951)


@72 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (d. 1982; heart attack)


@67 – Robert Joseph Flaherty, American ‘Father of the Documentary Film’ (d. 1951)


@62 – Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono, American actor, singer, and politician (d. 1998; ski accidnet)


@42 – Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (d. 1996; OD)

…The End for today…

               

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