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Flagstaff Today 84°: 50° Week 28 Day 187 Wind 6 mph Gusts 9 mph Active Fire: 261 miles away Risk of
Fire: High Nearest lightning: 528 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\51° Moisture: 8 Day
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Monthly Observations
Nat’l Minority Mental Health
Awareness Month……...…Nat’l Vacation Rental Month
Nat’l Parks & Recreation Month……………………………Nat’l Watermelon Month
Nat’l Picnic Month……………………………….Nat’l Wheelchair Beautification Month
Nat’l Roadside Traffic Safety Awareness Month………Sandwich Generation Month
Nat’l Rodeo Month……………………………………………Sarcoma Awareness Month
Weekly Observations
National Independent Living Week: 1-7 National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Freedom Week: 4-10 National
Marijuana Facts Week: 4-10
Roswell UFO Days: 4-6 Link
Tour de France: 5-27 Link
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 6-12
National Theraputic Recreation Week: 6-12 Link
Daily Observations
Fried Chicken DayNat’l Link National Fried Chicken Day
Hand Roll Day Link (Food) Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day Link
International Kissing Day or World Kiss Day Nat’l Umbrella
Cover Day
National Air Traffic Control Day Virtually Hug a Virtual
Assistant Day
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for the day
A great summer day. Warm, calm, and a very blue sky.
The Texas flooding is devastating. Nature can be brutal.
I watched the 45th Capitol 4th on PBS. It was well
done and reminded me of the patriotism that built this country. I also learned that there are 14 territories held
by the USA. They are 5 inhabited…American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands and…
9 uninhabited… Baker Island, Howland Island ,Jarvis Island, Johnston
Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island
No wonder people are confused about the ‘big, beautiful bill. Trump keeps
saying no tax on Social Security. Others say it is only a few who won’t pay tax
on their SS. I’ve tried to find the truth, but don’t seem to be able to. Guess
I’ll just wait until tax time to find out. I did find out about ‘no tax on tips’.
That’s what Trump said, but it is only for people who earn less than $26,000/year
and itemize their deductions on the Federal form. Sneaky.
Famous Quotes That People Have Always
Misinterpreted
"Houston, we have a
problem" – John Swigert
This quote was said by John
Swigert, but it was misinterpreted. What Swigert actually said was, “Ok,
Houston; we’ve had a problem here.” It’s thought that the misquote was due to
Jim Lovell, who said the now famous “Houston, we have a problem” in the film
Apollo 13.mous
Historical Myths That People Still Believe
Famous Historical Myths That People
Still Believe Today
The Pyramids Were Built by
Slaves ©Ricardo Liberato on Wikimedia Commons
Many believe the Egyptian
pyramids were built by slaves, but evidence suggests otherwise. Archaeologists
have found the tombs of workers who were well-fed and respected, not treated as
slaves. The builders were likely skilled laborers who took pride in their work.
Random Thoughts…
France, Britain, and Ireland are home to a combined 15 of the 20 oldest
known buildings in the world. The oldest, Barnenez in France, dates to 4800 BC.
Over 2,000 years older than the oldest pyramid in Egypt.
A group of Parrots is called a Company or Pandemonium.
The Monopoly guy has an actual name: Milburn Pennybags
The average American woman of today weighs the same as the average American man of the 1960s
TV’s Mythbusters once tested a combination of common materials that made an extremely powerful explosive. They deleted the tapes and swore to never release the information, then contacted DARPA and warned them about the possibility of misuse from the combination.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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87 – Gene Chandler, American sing er-songwriter 79 – George W. Bush, 43rd President 50 – 50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson III), American rapper, 46 – Kevin Hart, American comedian, actor 39 – David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr |
@97 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d.
1985) @94 – Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady (d. 2016) @86 – Della Reese, American actress and singer (d. 2017) @83 – Ned Beatty, American actor (d. 2021) @82 – Merv Griffin, American actor, talk show host, producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007) @59 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977; stroke) @55 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (Bill Haley & His
Comets) (d. 1981; heart attack) @50 – Will James, American author, illustrator (d. 1942) @47 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954; bronchopneumonia) |
…The End for today…
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