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Flagstaff Today 70°: 34° Week 18 Day 123 Wind 4 mph Gusts 11 mph Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Active Fire: 17 miles away Risk of
Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 62 miles away May Averages: Temps: 68°\35° Moisture: 3 Days
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Monthly Observations
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Link Fibromyalgia Education & Awareness
Month
Drum Month Freedom Shrine Month
EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome)
Awareness Month Link Gardening for Wildlife Month
Family Reunion Month (Between
Mother's Day and Father's Day)
Family Wellness Month Get
Caught Reading Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Weekly Observations
Barbed Wire Days: 1-4 Spring
Astronomy Week: 3-10
Toad Suck Daze: 3-4 (World)
Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
Daily Observations
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Link )
Bombshell's Day (Victoria's Secret)
Chocolate Custard Day
Free Comic Book Day Link
Garden Meditation Day
Herb Day Link
Indigenous Arts Day
International Doodle Dog Day
International Female Ride Day Link
Join Hands Day Link
Kentucky Derby
Learn To Ride A Bike Day
Mariachi Day
National Auctioneers Day)
Lumpy Rug Day
National Fitness Day
National Homebrew Day Link
National Play Outside Day Link
National Scrapbooking Day )
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Link
National Special-abled Pets Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
Raspberry Tart Day (also August
11)
SAN (Storage Area Network) Architect Day Link
Spring Astronomy Day
Start Seeing Monarchs Day Link
Sun Day Link
Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Wild Koala Day Link
World Naked Gardening Day Link
World Press Freedom Day
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for the day
A nice spring day. Warm and sunny.
I had a nice lunch with Faith and Andy. They headed back to Phoenix.
Faith’s relatives are coming to visit.
Football icon Hershel Walker is to be the new ambassador to the Bahamas.
Flag had 1200+ at the May Day Rally.
NAU announced the lay-off of 7 staff after DOGE stopped funding their NIH
infectious disease grant. Sad.
Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…
The Moche: Peru ©Miguel Alan Córdova Silva on Wikimedia
The Moche civilization, flourishing on Peru’s northern coast, was known
for its remarkable craftsmanship in pottery and metallurgy. Their vivid, lifelike
ceramics depicted scenes of daily life and myth, showing a culture obsessed
with fertility and human sacrifice.
Random Thoughts…
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George Lucas came up with R2-D2’s name while making
American Graffiti. When asking for Real 2 Dialog Track 2, a sound editor
abbreviated it to “R2-D2.”
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When I was a kid, I thought getting a yearly bonus to
buy a pool was going to be a major life event.
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Toto is the real hero in The Wizard of Oz. If he hadn’t
have run and pulled the curtain to expose the Wizard as a man Dorothy could
still be stuck in Oz.
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Spike Lee – Real Name: Shelton Lee
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You know you’re desperate when you look past the first
page of the google search
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The popular “Keep Calm and Carry On” slogan was
originally created by the British government as a form of propaganda to
motivate citizens to stay strong during World War II.
· Adding an exclamation point to the end of every sentence can make even the most boring text sound more exciting!
Misunderstood History…
The Dark Ages Weren’t Actually Dark
The term "Dark Ages" makes
it sound like civilization collapsed after Rome fell. In reality, this period
saw major advancements in science, philosophy, and art.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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91 – Frankie Valli, American singer |
@94 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and activist (d. 2014) @94 – Dodie Smith, English author playwright (d. 1990) @86 – Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the
Ronco Company (d. 2021)
@74 – Bing Crosby,
American singer and actor (d. 1977; heart attack) @73 – James Brown, American
singer-songwriter, performer, actor (d. 2006; congestive heart failure) @67 – Sugar Ray Robinson (Walker
Smith Jr.), American boxer (d. 1989; heart disease) @52 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000;
liver cancer) |
…The End for today…
