14 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 74°: 34° Week 16 Day 103 Air Quality: Fair Partly Mostly Cloudy Red Flag Warning Sunshine Active Fire: 90 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Wind 5 mph Gusts 17 mph Nearest lightning: 7 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Weekly Observations

14-18 National Student Employment Week  Link 14-20 Osteopathic Medicine Week Link

6-19 Passiontide (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks) 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week 13-21 Orthodox Holy Week 13-19 Holy Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link  National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse) Pan American Week 13-20 Pesach or Passover World Irish Dancing Week

Daily Observations

Boston Marathon (128th)   Children with Alopecia Day International Moment of Laughter Day Make Lunch Count Day National Dolphin Day National Ex-Spouse Day  Link National Gardening Day Link National Pecan Day Link National Perfume Day Link

Pan American Day Pathologists' Assistant Day Link Peach Cobbler Day Plant Appreciation Day Scrabble Day Tannat Day Link Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year) World Chagas Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A warm day with lots of high clouds.

More talk on the Hill regarding insider trading with the tariff mess. Trump’s post on X didn’t stop when he said Buy Now. Then a few hours later he pulled back many tariffs. Sounds odd to me. An investigation is called for.

I added a couple of new sections to the blog, I hope you enjoy them.

Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…NEW

The Sumerians: Mesopotamia, Iraq ©Bjørn Christian Tørrissen on Wikimedia

Sumerians pioneered civilization over 5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, creating the world's first writing system—cuneiform. This breakthrough helped record laws, trade, and poetry. Have you ever heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh? It’s one of their famous literary works.

Taught in High School but not true…NEW

Chameleons change color to blend into their background ©Photo Credit: Kurit afshen/Shutterstock

This one ruins all cartoon lizards for the rest of time. Chameleons change color for communication and temperature regulation, not just camouflage. Maybe we can have a mood ring chameleon; he’s an empath, naturally.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

85 – Julie Christie, English actress 57 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor 48 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress 48 – Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer 29 – Abigail Breslin, American actress

@96 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000)   @90 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)   @83 – Pete Rose, American baseball player (d. 2024) @77 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002; kidney failure) @70 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936; heart attack) @58 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one-time owner of Stonehenge (d. 1934; heart disease)

…The End for today…