17 Feb

 

Flagstaff Today 51°: 20° Week 8 Day 48 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 1 mph Gusts 2 mph Active Fire: 68 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 1537 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
17-23	Hockey Week Across America Link

Daily Observations

Analog to Digital TV Day Café au Lait Day (Coffee with Milk Day) Hockey USA Day Link Human Spirit Day My Way Day National Cabbage Day

National PTA Founders Day Link Presidents Day Public Science Day Random Acts of Kindness Day Link   Who Shall I Be Day Link World Human Spirit Day

Today’s Quote                                                               

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

Happy Presidents’ Day. Celebrate our Presidents.

There are 31 days, 12 hours, and 5 minutes until Spring begins…but who is counting.

A dozen large eggs at Fry’s is $8.99. Thanks, Mr. President, for helping with high prices.

Last night SNL ran their Season 1 Episode 1. It was a great trip down memory lane. The show is celebrating 50 years on the air.

I am so glad I am not a Federal employee right now. It must be very difficult to receive an email that you have been terminated, then a few hours or days later that memo is rescinded. This is no way to run a country.

Forgotten American Heros…

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a Union Army officer known for his heroic stand at the Battle of Gettysburg. His leadership at Little Round Top was crucial in securing a Union victory, earning him the Medal of Honor.

Originally a college professor, Chamberlain’s transition to military leadership was marked by bravery and strategic acumen.

His ability to inspire troops and make critical decisions under pressure exemplifies true heroism. Chamberlain's legacy as a military leader and educator continues to be celebrated, highlighting the profound impact of his actions during the Civil War.

Common Misconceptions…

“That Marie Antoinette said ‘let them eat cake’. There is no record of her saying it, while numerous royals were accused or believed to have said the same thing throughout the 18th century”

Random Thoughts…

Tom and Jerry were originally called Jasper And Jinx.

I just realized Miss Piggy is a plus-sized pig who craves attention. AKA a “huge ham”.

A Bible was printed with a typo in 1631, which told Christians to commit adultery… It was known as the ‘Wicked Bible’.

A group of Dolphins is called a Pod.

101 Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Lady, and the Tramp, and Mulan are among the only Disney cartoons where both parents are present and don’t die throughout the movie. 

Whoopi Goldberg – Real Name: Caryn Johnson

Isaac Newton, who revolutionized mathematics and physics, spent almost as much time writing about and studying alchemy, and firmly believed in its viability as a science. 

The lint that collects in the bottom of your pockets has a name, ‘gnurr’.

You’ve probably never heard the number 4,138,352,490 said or used in any way, as well as nearly all other numbers.

Phony Bologna REALLY shouldn’t rhyme.

The Internet is MUCH more powerful than the pen or the sword. AND, it’s irrational.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Michael Jordan, 62 Basketball Player Ed Sheeran, 34 Pop Singer Paris Hilton, 44 Reality Star Billie Joe Armstrong, 53 Rock Singer Bonnie Wright, 34 Movie Actress Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 44 Movie Actor Denise Richards, 54 Movie Actress Chord Overstreet, 36 TV Actor Larry the Cable Guy, 62 Movie Actor Jason Ritter, 45 TV Actor Jerry O'Connell, 51 TV Actor  @95 – Hal Holbrook, American actor (d. 2021)

@89 – Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedic actor (d.2023) @84 – Walter ‘Red’ Barber, American sportscaster (d. 1992) @84 – Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse-midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service (d. 1965) @81 – Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969) @77 – Mary Ann Mobley, model and actress, Miss America 1959 (d. 2014; Crohn’s Disease) @75 – Buster Crabbe, American Olympian, actor (d. 1983; heart attack) @70 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American businessman, founded Montgomery Ward (d. 1913) @68 – Thomas Malthus, English demographer (d. 1834) @66 – Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006; heart attack) @47 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (d. 1989; murdered)

…The End for today…