23 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 69°: 33° Week 17 Day 113 Wind 4 mph Gusts 9 mph Air Quality: Sunshine Active Fire: 168 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Nearest lightning: 1113 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Weekly Observations

23-29 Disability Book Week Link 23-26 American Quilters Society Week  Link 23-27 International Mariachi Week  Link

18-23 Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week 19-24 International Wildlife Film WeekLink 19-27 National Park Week 20-26 Administrative Professionals Week Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week  Link ) Chemists Celebrate Earth Week 4/20-5/2 Festival of Ridvan 20-26 Fibroid Awareness Week Medical Laboratory Professionals Week Link National Coin Week National Karaoke Week National Infertility Awareness Week Link National Paperboard Packaging Week National Pediatric Transplant Week National Pet ID Week Link  Link National Princess Week  Link  Numismatic Week ( National Coin Week  Link  Sky Awareness Week 21-25 Financial Practice Week 21-25 National Playground Safety Week Link National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Link Link Link Link 21-28 International Dark Sky Week Link National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW)  Link Transplant Nurses Week Link Undergraduate Research Week  Link 22-24 National Catholic Educational Association Week

Daily Observations

Administrative Professionals Day or Secretary's Day Link  Link Link Content Creator Day English Language Day Link English Muffin Day Impossible Astronaut Day Link and Link (Dr. Who) Lover’s Day Movie Theatre Day National Library Outreach Day

National Lost Dog Awareness Day Link  Link Picnic Day Spanish Language Day Link Take a Chance Day Talk Like Shakespeare Day World Book & Copyright Day  Link World Book Night  Link World Laboratory Day

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

Another nice spring day.

I went out and got some grocery shopping done.

There is going to be an 18-hole miniature golf course right on Route 66. It’s about a mile from where I live and taking the place of the convenience store that closed about a year ago. The first 9-holes will be right on Route 66 with the other 9-holes behind the old convenience store. I hope this is one of those ‘build it and they will come’ things. When my brother and I were growing up there was a Putt-Putt miniature golf course on Wadsworth…a short bike ride from our home.

The winner of the Women’s Division Boston Marathon lives and trains here in Flagstaff. There are lots of marathon runners who train here…the 7000’ builds up their lungs.

Trump keeps his orders right up to the legal line. He has many awaiting deportations from a prison and even loaded the buses for the airport before they turned around and went back to the prison. They only had less than 12 hours to find due process. The ACLU found a federal judge to stop them from deporting.

Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security went to dinner with her extended family on Easter. She was carrying a $4,000 dollar bag with her Gov’t badge, driver’s license, credit cards, keys to her apartment, and $3,000 in cash. Even with her Secret Service protection, a guy walked up, picked up her bag and walked out of the restaurant with no one noticing. This incident should have concerned us all about security.

Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…

The Minoans: Crete, Greece ©Carole Raddato on Wikimedia

Minoans were masters of art, architecture, and trade. Their island civilization flourished from around 3000 BCE to 1450. They excelled as seafarers, establishing extensive trade networks across the eastern Mediterranean, including contacts with Egypt and the Near East. Also, their advanced palaces, such as Knossos, showcase their cultural sophistication.

Random Thoughts…

Paul Desmond, the composer of the jazz classic, “Take Five” left all the profits from the song to the Red Cross after his death.

 

The mechanical shark used in the movie ‘Jaws’ was nicknamed Bruce, after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer.

 

Kids today are so coddled – Teddy Ruxpin, Elf on the Shelf, Toy Story. In my day, if dolls magically came to life, they murdered you and everyone you loved.

Taught in High School but not true…

The Salem witch trials involved burning witches

No one was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials; most were hanged. The confusion comes from witches being burned at the stake in Europe as heretics. In the colonies, witches were accused of committing crimes against the government, which was a felony punishable by hanging. I guess all the drama of ‘Would she go up in a quick burst of smoke’ would be taken away if we put hangings in the movies.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

86 – Lee Majors, American actor 65 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress 64 – George Lopez, American comedian, actor 48 – John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor 48 – John Oliver, English comedian, actor, television host 48 – Kal Penn, Indian-American actor 46 – Jaime King, American actress, model

@89 – Max Planck, German physicist, academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947) @85 – Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, diplomat (d. 2014) @77 – James Buchanan, 15th President (d. 1868)   @73 – William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670) @62 – Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005; kidney disease) @57 – Halston (Roy Halston Frowick), American fashion designer (d. 1990; AIDS) @52 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988; heart attack) @57 – Jan Hooks, American comedic actress (d. 2014; cancer)

…The End for today…