13 Jan

 

Flagstaff Today 35°: 18°  Week 3 Day 13 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind - mph Gusts 19 mph Active Fire: 300 miles away Risk of Fire: Low Nearest lightning: 1657 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture: 4 Days

Weekly Observations

Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17 Internat’l Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 11-19 Link  Healthy Weight Week: 12-18

Home Office Safety & Security Week: 12-18   Idiom Week: 12-18 National Mocktail Week: 12-18

Daily Observations

Delta Sigma Theta Day Korean American Day  Link Make Your Dream Come True Day Link National Clean Off Your Desk Day National Sticker Day  Link

Plough Monday Link  Public Radio Broadcasting Day Rubber Ducky Day  Stephen Foster Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A nice winter day with occasional gusty wind/

I’m washing bedroom linens. It’s going well.

LA has hundreds of fire fighters trying to get ahead of the fires during this calm day. Winds are expected again on Monday which will hamper fire crews.

There will be many hearings today for Trump’s incoming cabinet nominees.

Mayan Culture of Mexico and beyond…

There are still 70 Mayan languages used today.

The earliest Mayan people spoke one language, but as the centuries went on, several dialects developed. Today, the Mayan people of Mexico and Central America speak about 70 Maya languages. 

Most of these people are also fluent in Spanish, though many are not.

Random Thoughts…

Shakespeare made up the name “Jessica” for his play Merchant of Venice.

Barry Manilow wrote McDonald’s “You Deserve a Break Today” jingle.

The Scary Statistic: Accidental Injury odds: 1-in-36

Biggest film of 1985: Back to the Future (Action/Adventure) earned ~ $212,000,000

Billy The Kid – Real Name: Henry McCarty

Origin of city nicknames…

Hershey, Pennsylvania: 'The Sweetest Place on Earth'

When it comes to nicknames, Hershey’s ‘The Sweetest Place on Earth’ has to be one of the most appropriate. The town was founded in 1903 by the legendary chocolate maker, Milton S. Hershey, a man whose business acumen was matched by his benevolence. Hershey built a model town for his workers which included Hersheypark, an amusement park which has grown over the decades to become a major tourist attraction. He also founded a school for orphan boys to which he endowed his entire fortune of company stock. Sweet indeed.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Patrick Dempsey, 59 TV Actor Liam Hemsworth, 35 Movie Actor Orlando Bloom, 48 Movie Actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 64 TV Actress Ginger Zee, 44 TV Show Host Trace Adkins, 63 Country Singer

@60 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1656) @65 – Salmon P. Chase, American senator, abolitionist (d. 1873; stroke) @67 – Horatio Alger, Jr, American author (d. 1899) @88 – Alfred Fuller – American businessman (d. 1973) @80 – Sophie Tucker (Sofia Kalish), Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966) @84 – Robert Stack (Charles Langford Modini Stack), American actor (d. 2003) @91 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear (d. 2017) @76 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American comedic actor (d. 2007; pneumonia) @88 – Charles ‘Rip’ Taylor, American comedic actor (d. 2019) @80 – Richard Moll, American actor (d. 2023) @48 – Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997; lymphoma)

…The End for today…