10 Apr

Flagstaff Today 72°: 33° Week 15 Day 100 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Active Fire: 3 miles away [controlled burn] Risk of Fire: Extreme Wind 6 mph Gusts 10 mph Nearest lightning: 1576 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Monthly Observations

Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month Pet First Aid Awareness Month Physical Wellness Month Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month Link Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month  Link  Link

Rosacea Awareness Month School Library Media Month Second Chance Month Sjogren's Awareness Month  Link Soy Foods Month

Weekly Observations

4-10 Hate Week National Dental Hygienest Week  Link Link 5-11 Week of The Young Child 5-13 National Robotics Week Link 6-12 Bat Appreciation Week Consider Christianity Week Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week  Link Passion Week (Beginning the 5th Sunday of Lent. Week before Holy Week) National Crime Victims Rights Week Link

6-12 cont. National Library Week  Link National Occupational Health Nursing Week  Link National Public Health Week National Window Safety Week 6-19 Passiontide (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks) 7-13 The Masters Tournament World Water Week   Link

Daily Observations

ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day  Link Celebrate Teen Literature Day Cinnamon Crescent Day Encourage a Young Writer Day Farm Animals Day National Alcohol Screening Day

National Farm Animals Day Poem In Your Pocket Day Link National Siblings Day Link  Link Link Salvation Army Founder's Day Safety Pin Day Siblings Day Take Action For Libraries Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

Another nice spring day with another large controlled burn. Luckily, smoke is not impacting my area.

I had a routine chest MRI this morning at 10:00. Filled out necessary forms, the MRI room freezing. The lady couldn’t find a vein so I needed an ultrasound. The guy usually sticks me a couple of times but she only did it once. The ultrasound was busy, so I waited in the room until 11:15. When I went out to ask how longer, they checked and it would be at least 15 more minutes and maybe 45. She said maybe you can reschedule for tomorrow. So, tomorrow at 11:00 the ultrasound and the MRI should both be available.

When I worked for the BIA, when there was a national conference or a regional conference there were no munchies, and we were told to be happy there was water and coffee. Today’s billionaire Secretary of Interior has his staff serve him his meals and they have to bake cookies (the ones from a tube) that must be served warm whenever he want them. He also uses a police helicopter for personal travel around DC so he doesn’t get stuck in traffic. Times sure have changed.

Trump and crew are planning a military parade for his 79^th birthday on June 14 that will traverse DC streets. At a cost of $92million, it seems a bit much for a Presidential birthday.

With all the chaos on Wall Street, remember…buy low, sell high is working out great for the super wealthy. Not so much for the average investor or retirees.

Just south of Flagstaff on I-17 there has been a problem with drivers hitting elk at high speeds. It started in the early 1970’s when the Interstate opened and has continued ever since. Now in 2025 AZ Game and Fish is going to build a multimillion-dollar crossover bridge. I sure hope that cuts down on elk-vehicle collisions.

 

Trivia for all

Random Thoughts…

v    Useless Pronunciation: M as in mnemonic

v    Today a 10-year-old kid with a $100 smartphone has access to more info than any human being on Earth had access to before the 90s.

v    A group of Mosquitoes is called a Scourge.

v    One of the 7 Wonders of the Middle Ages: The Great Wall of China, constructed 220 BC, through 1600s AD

v    The biggest film of 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (Drama) earned ~ $33,000,000

Historic Events

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Birthdays

73 – Steven Seagal, American actor and martial artist 71 – Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist, author 66 – Babyface (Kenneth Brian Edmonds), American singer-songwriter and producer 66 – Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 57 – Orlando Jones, American comedic actor 45 – Charlie Hunnam, English actor 40 – Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress 37 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor

@96 – Harry Morgan, American actor (d. 2011) @90 – Max von Sydow, Swedish-French actor (d. 2020)   @85 – John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021) @83 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (d. 2015) @83 – William Booth, English minister, founded The Salvation Army (d. 1912) @82 – Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003) @71 – Chuck Connors, American baseball player and actor (d. 1992; lung cancer) @64 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American journalist and publisher, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (d. 1911)   @63 – (Commodore) Matthew Perry, American naval officer (d. 1858; rheumatic fever)

…The End for today…