18 Feb

Flagstaff Today 54°: 29° Week 8 Day 49 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 10 mph Gusts 18 mph cool breeze Active Fire: 68 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 1719 miles away Feb Averages: Temps: 46°\20° Moisture: 4 Days

Weekly Observations

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

Battery Day (Volta's birthday) Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day Crab Stuffed Founder Day Critical Care Transport Nurses' Day Link Global Drink Wine Day Link Hockey Is For Everyone Day  Link

National Battery Day National Drink Wine Day Link National Hate Florida Day (About the warm weather) Pluto Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh)   Thumb Appreciation Day Travel Africa Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

Another nice sunny winter day.

Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War, presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and served as the first U.S. president from 1789 to 1797.

I’m glad that Trump has time for the Super Bowl and the Daytona 500. At the very least he is not signing executive orders during these events.

Now Mexico is threatening to sue Google over the name change of the Gulf of Mexico.

Forgotten American Heros…

Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano, an African who was enslaved, gained freedom and became a prominent abolitionist in the 18th century. His autobiography, detailing the horrors of slavery, was crucial in the abolitionist movement.

Equiano's eloquence and passion provided a powerful voice for the voiceless, influencing public opinion on slavery.

His relentless advocacy for human rights and justice resonates today. Equiano’s life and work are a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the profound impact one individual can have on the course of history.

Common Misconseptions…

“People in the Middle Ages (sometime also before) considered water unsafe and preferred wine or beer to prevent illness. This is not true, as water was the most common drink available, and access to potable water (running, pulled from a well or provided by an aqueduct, as 13th-century Tyburn circuit) was a major consideration in location of settlements and fortifications. Many medieval monastic regulations advocated drinking water, especially on fasting days. Beer and ale were common because it not only tastier than water, but also nutritious, while wine was considered a delicacy and drunk for its taste (and intoxicating effect).”

Random Thoughts…

Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.

The ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by Robert Green, in Philadelphia.

The word “mesmerize” comes from the name of a German physician and hypnotist named Franz Mesmer who developed the theory of animal magnetism and used it as a healing practice.

Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, “Avatar” (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.

Daniel Radcliffe went through 160 pairs of prop glasses by the end of the Harry Potter series.

Garfield the Cat is named after Jim Davis’s grandfather, who in turn was named after US President James A. Garfield.

Autodefenestration is the act of throwing ones self out a window.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Dr. Dre, 60 Music Producer Matt Dillon, 61 Movie Actor John Travolta, 71 Movie Actor Yoko Ono, 92  Activist Molly Ringwald, 57 Movie Actress Vanna White, 68 Game Show Host

@91 – George Kennedy, American actor (d. 2016) @90 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (d. 2012) @88 – Toni Morrison, American novelist (d. 2019) @87 – Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006) @84 – Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (d. 1933) @77 – Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel (d. 1939; heart disease) @76 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist, co-created The Wizard of Id (d. 2007) @74 – Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician, academic (d. 1980) @74 – George Peabody, American merchant and philanthropist (d. 1869) @70 – Bill Cullen, American game show panelist and host (d. 1990; lung cancer) @59 – John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009; heart attack) @52 – Wendell Willkie, American politician (d. 1944; heart attacks)

…The End for today…