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Flagstaff Today 35°:
7° Week 3 Day 14 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 5 mph Gusts 10 mph Active
Fire: 350 miles away Risk of Fire:
Low Nearest lightning: 1637 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18°
Moisture: 4 Days |
Weekly Observations
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Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17 |
Idiom Week: 12-18 No Name Calling Week: 13-17 Link |
Daily Observations
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Caesarean
Section Day |
National Hot
Pastrami Sandwich Day |
Today’s Quote
Today’s Memes
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Thoughts for the day
Dang…it was cold last night. It is
slowly warming up.
The Broncos lost big to the Bills in the
Sunday Wild Card game. I got to watch it on live TV.
I am so thankful for remote start on
days like this. While it was still cold outside my vehicle was warm and toasty
when I headed out to buy some groceries.
I got a nice text message from Cheryl’s son,
Joey. He and his family have been on vacation and was happy to report that their
area in Lanchester was just smoky with no fire damage. I had texted him last
week, but he never answered. I checked the maps and saw that Lanchester had no
recent fires.
Mayan Culture of Mexico and beyond…
Chichen Itza is a Wonder
of the World.
Deep in the heart of the
state of Yucatan in Mexico sits the Mayan site of Chichen Itza. It's perhaps
one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world and just happens to be
one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
It's an architectural
marvel, as its position was determined by the sun and the moon. Each building
has its own symbolic meaning. This is one of the best-preserved Mayan cities
and one of Mexico's top-visited attractions.
Random Thoughts…
The original drawings of
Snoopy were based on Charles Schulz’s
childhood dogs, Snooky and Spike.
The stars of “Rebel
Without a Cause” all met an untimely death.
James Dean died in a car crash, Natalie Wood drowned, and Sal Mineo was
stabbed.
The only state that doesn’t contain any of the letters in the word “mackerel” is Ohio.
Sundance Kid – Real Name: Henry Longbaugh
Butch Cassidy – Real Name: Robert Leroy Parker
Origin of city nicknames…
New Orleans, Louisiana: ‘The Big
Easy’
There’s no definitive answer as
to where New Orleans came by its famous nickname. Suggestions range from the
legendary 'Big Easy Dance Hall', where jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden played in
1911, to the city’s relaxed approach to prohibition in the 1920s and 30s. But
the name didn’t really stick until the late 1960s, when local gossip columnist
Betty Guillaud used it to contrast the city’s laid-back vibe with the
high-stress atmosphere of the ‘Big Apple’. James Conway’s famous crime
novel The Big Easy followed in 1970, and the rest is history.
Historic Events
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History
Birthdays
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@100 – Hal
Roach, American director, and producer (d. 1992)
@60 – Benedict
Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801; dropsy) @53 – Mark Antony, Roman general politician (d. 30 BCE) |
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