24 Jul

Flagstaff Today 80°: 51° Week 30 Day 205 Wind 4 mph Gusts 13 mph Active Fire: 54 miles away Risk of Fire: High Nearest lightning: 184 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\51° Moisture: 8 Day

Weekly Observations

Tour de France: 5-27  Link                                                           
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
National Moth Week: 19-27                                                                       RAGBRAI: 19-26
Captive Nations Week: 20-26                                Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 20-26 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 20-26  Link            National Zoo Keeper Week: 20-26   Link 
Women in Baseball Week: 20-26                                                           World Forest Week: 21-25 Link
Comic-con: 24-27 Link                                                                    National Tequila Week: 24-30  Link
Comic Con International: 24-27                                                                Quilt Odyssey Week: 24-26
Comi Great Texas Mosquitos Days: 24-26 Link 

Daily Observations

Amelia Earhart Day                                       National Drive-Thru Day
Cousins Day                                                 National Tell an Old Joke Day
Gorgeous Grandma Day                                National Tequila Day
Hot Enough For Ya Day Link                           National Thermal Engineer Day
Mormon Pioneer Day                                     National Sprinkle Day Link

Today’s Quotes                                                             

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

I had my regular teeth cleaning this morning. All good.

I was already a teacher when Ozzy hit the airwaves with Black Sabbath. I was teaching 7^th-8^th grade English when my supervisor, a Mormon, wanted to expel a student for wearing a Black Sabbath T-shirt. The student only knew about the band but the supervisor claimed it was ‘devil worship’. It took 3 of the young teachers to convince her that it was a band. She dropped the expel idea and just told him not to wear the shirt again. May Ozzy RIP.

Our Vets should receive the best medical treatment available for any injury, physical or mental, received while serving in our Armed Forces. I have known several vets who suffer from PTSD. Living in rural AZ, the best care is hardly available. The Trump administration is cutting their care. So disgusting.

I am so tired of President Trump sitting with invited world leaders that have to sit through his press conferences as he rambles about his issues with all his perceived American wrongs, usually aimed at previous administrations. It makes our country look weak and petty.

History Facts Americans Commonly Get Wrong

Paul Revere Wasn’t Alone on His Midnight Ride

“Paul Revere’s Ride” is one of the most famous moments in American folklore. But the truth is, Revere wasn’t the only rider spreading the alarm that the British were coming.
William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode with him, and many other lesser-known patriots also carried the message. In fact, Revere never even finished the ride—he was detained by British troops, while Prescott made it to Concord to warn the militia.

Literary Legends…

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck’s powerful social novels illuminate the lives and struggles of ordinary Americans during times of upheaval and hardship. Works like The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men stand out for their empathy, vivid characters, and piercing social critique. Steinbeck’s storytelling continues to resonate, capturing the resilience and dignity of those facing adversity. His Nobel Prize-winning legacy is explored in detail by the Nobel Prize organization.

Random Thoughts…

The shortest performance to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor was Anthony Quinn’s eight-minute role as Gauguin in Lust for Life.

The Aztec city of Tenochtitlán took conservation so seriously a person could be sentenced to death for cutting down a living tree without proper authorization.

The English language used to use double negatives, until Bishop Robert Lowth, proclaimed that “Two negatives in English destroy one another, or are equivalent to an affirmative.”

The Capital of Moldova is Chisinau

In the movie, Babe, 48 real piglets were used since they grow very quickly and all the pigs were female because the male parts would’ve been too obvious on screen.

Ibuprofen is relatively a new drug, only gaining approval in the US in 1974 and for over-the-counter purchase in 1983.

Biggest film of 1951: Quo Vadis (Drama) earned ~ $30,000,000

The average American adult reads 5 books per year.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

85 – Dan Hedaya, American actor 76 – Michael Richards, American comedic actor 74 – Lynda Carter, American actress, 1972 Miss World USA 72 – Claire McCaskill, American politician 62 – Karl Malone, American basketball player and coach 61 – Barry Bonds, American baseball player 57 – Kristin Chenoweth, American actress, singer 54 – Patty Jenkins, American film director, screenwriter 46 – Rose Byrne, Australian actress 44 – Summer Glau, American actress 43 – Elisabeth Moss, American actress 43 – Anna Paquin, Canadian-New Zealand actress 34 – Emily Bett Rickards, Canadian actress

@92 – ‘Honest Ed’ Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman, philanthropist (d. 2007) @88 – Ruth Buzzi, American comedic actress (d. 2025) @87 – Mark Goddard, American actor (d. 2023) @79 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer, educator (d. 1959) @77 – Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (d. 1998; heart failure) @76 – Gallagher (Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. ), American comedian (d.2022) @68 – Alexandre Dumas, French novelist, playwright (d. 1870; heart attack) @47 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet (d. 1948; in hospital fire) @41 – Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author (disappeared in 1937)

…The End for today…