29 Jun

 

Flagstaff Today 86°: 50° Week 27 Day 180 Wind 7 mph Gusts 19 mph Active Fire: 168 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Nearest lightning: 282 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jun Averages: Temps: 70°\43° Moisture: 1 Day

Weekly Observations

National Marina Days: 19-9/1  Link                                       Water Ski Days: 26-29  Link

National Insect Week: 23-29                                     
Watermelon Thump Seed Spitting Week: 26-29 Link 

National Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness: 27 -7/4
World Police and Fire Games: 27-7/6 Link                     National Tom Sawyer Days: 28-7/5 Link  
Fireworks Safety Week: 28-7/4

Daily Observations

Almond Butter Crunch Day                                                                   International Mud Day Link
Camera Day                                                                                               Log Cabin Day

Descendants Day World                                                                Camera Day Link 

International Day Of The Tropics                                               World Scleroderma Day  Link

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

A little breezy today.

I finished my reading and am ready for a good discussion today on the issues around climate change in the turmoil of the world. My short takeaway is that there is still time, but the world needs to get much more serious about climate change. There are the politicians, the NGO’s, and the numerous organizations that are working on a climate solution.

I am feeling very good today and ready to conquer the world.

Each day it becomes more difficult to understand what is happening in Gaza, Iran, Congo, and other violent places. The news from those areas and more is seldom positive. The world needs a ‘big picture’ politician to lead us out of this mess.

Historic Figures who never existed…

St. Christopher©Domenico Ghirlandaio on Wikimedia

A revered figure in Christianity, St. Christopher is often regarded as the "patron saint of travelers," as he'd devoted his life to carrying the weak and poor across a river. As the legend goes, he was transporting a child on his shoulders one night, who—initially unbeknownst to him—turned out to be Christ, symbolizing that St. Christopher was bearing the weight of the world. Despite the tale becoming widespread and recounted in biographical texts, no evidence proves his existence, and he was later removed from the Catholic Church's universal calendar.

Random Thoughts…

In the film Erin Brockovich, the real Erin Brockovich makes a cameo as a waitress named Julia R.

Despite making dozens of recordings of his voice on wax cylinders, no known recordings of Mark Twain’s voice are known to have survived.

David Foster Wallace’s book The Pale King features a sentence that is 1,185 words in length.

People knocked on wood to request good luck from mystical creatures they believed lived in the trees or to distract spirits with evil intentions.

The small bumps or ridges found on the F and J keys on a computer keyboard are to help users correctly position their left and right hands without having to look at the keyboard.

In biblical times, Noah warned people about a flood. In modern times, NOAA warns people about floods.

The top 1% of bands and solo artists earn 77% of all revenue from recorded music.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

81 – Gary Busey, American actor 64 – Sharon Lawrence, American actress 58 – Melora Hardin, American actress 49 – Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedic actor, musician and, songwriter

@64 – Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857) @66 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967; stroke) @59 – Frank Loesser, American composer, conductor (d. 1969; cancer) @64 – Slim Pickens, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1983; brain tumor) @59 – Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd ), American singer (d. 2003; cancer)

…The End for today…