2 Feb

 

Flagstaff Today 54°: 26°  Week 5 Day 33 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 5 mph Gusts 7 mph Active Fire: 68 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 2078 miles away Feb Averages: Temps: 46°\20° Moisture: 4 Days

Monthly Observations

Declutter For A Cause Month Dog Training Education Month Link  Link Fasting February  Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month Feline Fix By Five Month

Free and Open Source Software Month  Link From Africa to Virginia Month Give Kids A Smile Month Link Great American Pies Month  Link International Boost Self-Esteem Month

Weekly Observations

1-7 Women's Heart Week World Interfaith Harmony Week 1-8 Freelance Writer Appreciation Week 2-8 Publicity for Profit Week African Heritage & Health Week Burn Awareness Week Link   Children's Authors & Illustrators Week

Daily Observations

Ayn Rand Day  Link California Kiwifruit Day Candelmas Crepe Day Crepe Day or La Chandeleur  Link Dump Your Significant Jerk Day Grammy Awards Groundhog Day Groundhog Job Shadow Day Heavenly Hash Day Hedgehog Day

Imbolc (Gaelic festival) Lung Leavin' Day  Link Marmot Day Link Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day Link Self-Renewal Day Sled Dog Day Tator Tot Day "The Record of a Sneeze" Day World Animal Reiki Day  Link  World Wetlands Day Link World Play Your Ukulele Day  Link

Today’s Quote                                                               

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A nice warm day with not a cloud in the sky.

I know that our area needs moisture, I just hope it comes as rain.

Another plane crash with 7 dead and more injured…another event to let the under-educated make baseless assumptions as to the cause.

Mayan Culture of Mexico and beyond…

Their knowledge of medicine was advanced.

Mayan healers were known as shamans, and they were integral parts of Mayan society. They were known for performing cleansing rituals and had a deep understanding of how to use plants to help cure ailments. 

Shamans were able to create painkillers and anesthetics in order to perform more painful procedures.

Random Thoughts…

The first avocado tree in the United States was planted in Florida in 1833.

 

The question “Can you hear me?” technically only has one answer.

 

A baby spider is called a spiderling.

 

During the production of Saving Private Ryan, Matt Damon was intentionally kept out of the boot camp training with the other stars to make them resent his character more.

 

When you rearrange the letters “ELEVEN PLUS TWO” you get “TWELVE PLUS ONE”

 

Origin of city nicknames…

Houston, Texas: ‘Space City’

“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” With these historic words spoken by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Houston cemented its reputation as 'Space City'. However, the story of Houston's connection to space exploration began in 1962, when NASA established the Manned Spacecraft Center in the city, which was later renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973. It was from here that the Apollo 11 moon landing was coordinated. Today, visitors can explore the recently restored original Mission Control room at the Johnson Space Center, reliving one of the most pivotal moments in world history.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Shakira, 48 Pop Singer Tom Blyth, 30 Movie Actor Duane Chapman, 72 Reality Star Graham Nash, 83, English-American singer-songwriter Christie Brinkley, 71, American actress and model   Tom Smothers, 87, comedian and actor

@89 – Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)   @88 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum (d. 1949) @77 – Ayn Rand, (Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum) Russian/American novelist and philosopher (d. 1982; heart failure) @94 – Liz Smith, American journalist and author (d. 2017) @64 – Stan Getz, American saxophonist (d. 1991; liver cancer) @62 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009; cancer) @58 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, poet (d. 1941; perforated ulcer)

…The End for today…