4 May

 

Flagstaff Today 63°: 33° Week 19 Day 124 Wind 12 mph Gusts 20 mph Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy Active Fire: 131 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 13 miles away May Averages: Temps: 68°\35° Moisture: 3 Days

Monthly Observations

Gifts From The Garden Month Go Fetch!                  Food Drive for Homeless Animals Month 
Global Civility Awareness Month                              Haitian Heritage Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month            Heal the Children Month
Global Health and Fitness Month                              Healthy Vision Month
Global Youth Traffic Safety Month                            Home Schooling Awareness Month

Weekly Observations

Barbed Wire Days: 1-4
Toad Suck Daze: 3-4
Spring Astronomy Week: 3-10

(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
National Small Business Week: 4-10 Link
Be Kind To Animals Week:  4-10 
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 4-10 Link 
Dog Anxiety Awareness Week: 4-10
Drinking Water Week:  4-10  Link 
Flexible Work Arrangement Week:  4-10 
Goodwill Industries Week: 4-10 
Geek Week: 4-10  Link  
National Hug Holiday Week: 4-10
International Clitoris Awareness Week:  4-10 
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 4-10 
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week:  4-10
National Correctional Officer's Week: 4-10 Link
National Family Week:  4-10 
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: 4-10
National Pet Week:  4-10  Link
National Root Canal Appreciation Week: 4-10 Link 
National Travel & Tourism Week: 4-10  Link  
National Wildflower Week: 4-10
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link 
Pet Appreciation Week: 4-10    Link Link
Public Service Recognition Week: 4-10 Link
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week) : 4-10 Link 
Tick Awareness Week: 4-10
Update Your References Week:  4-10

Daily Observations

International Bereaved Mothers' Day Link
International Firefighters Day  Link  Link
Intergalactic Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You!) Link
International Respect for Chickens Day  Link
International Unmothers Day
Lemonade Day  Link  
May Day for Mutts Link 
Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of The Bikes Day
National Infertility Survival Day
National Business Broker's Appreciation Day
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day Link 
National Self-Employed Day Link
National Weather Observers Day Link
Petite and Proud Day
Rural Life Sunday

World Give Day
World Laughter Day Link  Link

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

Earlier the sun was shining, now it is overcast and look like rain.

My brother sent me a listing for the house we grew up in.  In 1954 my parents bought the brand new house with an unfinished yard and basement for $13,950. My parents lived there for almost 45 years. My dad, my maternal grandfather, his friends and neighbors finished the basement, built a patio, dug several different wells over time, and added a half-court basketball court. It is on the market for $635,000 and just closed. The various owners have really changed the place that I can’t even recognize either the outside or the inside anymore.

Trump wants a 6600-troop parade with tanks and other military vehicles for his birthday parade. This is not the America I know.

This too is scary: 45% of Americans gave Trump an ‘F’ on his first hundred days. I sure hope that doesn’t mean he has to repeat his first 100 days. 

Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…

The Epirote Greeks: Greece/Albania ©Ferdinand Bol on Wikimedia

This one on the list, often overshadowed by Sparta and Athens, was famed for its warrior culture. King Pyrrhus, one of their most famous rulers, led them in costly victories against the Romans. His "Pyrrhic victory" became a term for success at an unreasonably high cost.

Random Thoughts…

·      “Warp Factor” in Star Trek refers to a cubic function of the speed of light, so while Warp 1 is the speed of light, Warp 2 is 8 times the speed of light, Warp 3 is 27, and Warp 10 is 1000 times the speed of light.

·      A group of Nouns is called a Collective.

·      An “initialism” is a type of acronym that cannot be pronounced as a word but must be read letter-by-letter, like FBI or UCLA.

·      Before the English-speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhrea” which is the old English term for red-yellow.

·      The names of the two stone lions in front of the New York Public Library are Patience and Fortitude. They were named by then-mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. 

Misunderstood History…

Napoleon Wasn’t Short ©Wikimedia

Napoleon is often mocked as a tiny dictator with a "short man complex." But at 5’6”, he was actually average height for Frenchmen of his time. British propaganda exaggerated his height to make him seem weak and ridiculous.
The confusion comes from differences between French and British measurement systems. He wasn’t short—he was just the victim of a smear campaign.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

66 – Randy Travis, American singer-songwriter 58 – Ana Gasteyer, American comedic actress 55 – Will Arnett, Canadian comedic actor 47 – Erin Andrews, American sportscaster, journalist

@82 – Alice Liddell, English model (d. 1934) @63 – Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (d. 1993; rare cancer)   @16 – Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog (d. 1872)

…The End for today…