25 Mar

 

 


Flagstaff Today 63°: 29° Week 13 Day 84

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine

Wind 4 mph Gusts 7 mph

Active Fire: 347 miles away Risk of Fire: High

Nearest lightning: 1346 miles away

Mar Averages: Temps: 52°\24° Moisture: 4 Days 

Weekly Observations

3-4/19

Orthodox Lent

5-4/19

Lent

 

21-27

International Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
23-29

National Protocol Officer's Week
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week
Link

24-30 

Shakespeare Week Link
25-31 

National Farm Workers Awareness Week Link Link
National Physicians Week
Link

Daily Observations

All Womens' Equal Pay Link
American Diabetes Assoc. Alert Day 
Link  
International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The Transatlantic
International Day of The Unborn Child 
 Link
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members 
Link

 

Lobster Newburg Day
Maryland Day
Medal of Honor Day
National Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy
National Medal of Honor Day
Old New Year's Day
Pecan Day
Tolkien Reading Day
Vaffeldagen (Waffle Day) 
Link 
World Math’s Day
Link

Today’s Quote                                                               

 

Today’s Memes

 



 

Thoughts for the day

A nice spring day.

After trying several test, my doctor has referred me to a Gastro guy to figure out my loose stools. It may take awhile to get in. I’ll know later today.

President Trump has a worse criminal recorded that 99% of those he is deporting. Hmmm.

As DOGE is ‘scrubbing’ information from websites is the 2025 version of burning books. Something to think about.

 

Trivia for all

 



 

Random Thoughts…

§  Sliced bread was originally advertised as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.”

§  A group of Misers is a Horde.

§  America has its own super-volcano – at Yellowstone National Park. Its super-eruptions tend to occur every 600,000 – 800,000 years; the last one was about 600k ago.

§  New York City has 520 miles of coastline – more than the coastline of Miami, San Francisco, Boston, and Los Angeles combined.

§  The ancient Roman Colosseum had a retractable roof.

§  North Korea has its own distinct basketball rules, such as three points for a dunk, four points for a three-pointer that does not touch the rim, minus one point for missing a free throw, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

99 – Gene Shalit, American journalist, critic

81 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor
78 – Sir Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight), English singer-songwriter,
63 – Marcia Cross, American actress
43 – Danica Patrick, American race car driver
41 – Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter, actress

@77 – Howard Cosell, broadcaster, journalist, author (d. 1995; embolism)

@76 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter, Queen of Soul (d. 2018; hospice)

@61 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, actor (d. 1999; heart attack)

@30 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964; drowned)

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