17 Jun

 

Flagstaff Today 90°: 40° Week 25 Day 168 Wind 9 mph Gusts 21 mph Active Fire: 36 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Nearest lightning: 698 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jun Averages: Temps: 70°\43° Moisture: 1 Day

Weekly Observations

National Marina Days: 19-9/1  Link                                       World Sea Turtle Week: 8-16  Link         National Nursing Assistants Week: 12-18  Link  Link   Meet A Mate Week: 15-21
National Hermit Week: 13-20                                                National Play Catch Week: 15-21 
Animal Rights Awareness Week: 15-21 Link    Link              Universal Father's Week: 15-21  

Greencare For Troops Awareness Week: 15-21                   
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week: 15-21 Link  
National Old Time Fiddlers' Frolic: 16-21  Link         Learning Disabilities Week: 16-22 Link  Link
Meet A Mate Week: 16-22                                                National Pollinator Week: 16-22 Link 
National Waste & Recycling Workers Week: 16-24 Link 
Royal Ascot: 17-21  Link

Daily Observations

Apple Strudel Day                                                                                           Stewarts Root Beer Day
Eat All Your Veggies Day                                                                               World Crocodile Day Link
LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day Link                          World Day To Combat Desertification & Drought
National Garbage Man Day Link Link Link Link Link Link                World Tesselation Day   Link

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

Another hot June day.

The killer from MN has been captured and is in court. Good news.

The placement of my port is all set for Thursday. Thankfully Andy or Faith will be able to drive me. They will give me some drugs, so I can’t drive myself. It takes a little over 3 hours for the procedure. I’ll get my first treatment on Friday.  The infusion takes about 4 hours so no post on Thursday or Friday.

Historic Figures who never existed…

Lycurgus ©Merry-Joseph Blondel on Wikimedia

Allegedly the lawgiver of Sparta, Lycurgus was greatly mentioned by various Greek writers and worshipped as a god by Spartans—though he likely never existed at all. For one, almost nothing is known for certain about him or his life, and stories place him in conflicting eras. All this seems to suggest that he may be more mythical than real.

Random Thoughts…

“The only way to get smarter is by playing a smarter opponent.”
The biggest film of 2008: The Dark Knight (Action) earned ~ $533,000,000

A group of Crocodiles is called a Bask or Float.

A and W was the first franchisee-owned restaurant chain in the United States.

Popeye was created by Elzie Crisler Segar and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929.

Historic Events

Click here for 17 June history

Birthdays

82 – Newt Gingrich, American historian, politician 74 – Joe Piscopo, American actor 62 – Greg Kinnear, American actor 59 – Jason Patric, American actor 55 – Will Forte, American comedic actor 45 – Venus Williams, American tennis player 43 – Jodie Whittaker, English actress, The Thirteenth Doctor 38 – Kendrick Lamar, American rapper

@73 – M.C. Escher, Dutch illustrator (d. 1972)   @72 – Art Bell, American broadcaster, author (d. 2018; pneumoina) @58 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1968; respiratory failure)

…The End for today…