12 May

 

Flagstaff Today 72°: 41° Week 20 Day 132 Wind 5 mph Gusts 7 mph Wind advisory until 7pm Mon Active Fire: 180 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Nearest lightning: 362 miles away Air Quality: Fair Partly Cloudy Sunshine May Averages: Temps: 68°\35° Moisture: 3 Days

Monthly Observations

Skin Cancer Awareness Month  Link             Tennis Month
Spiritual Literacy Month                                Tay-Sachs and Canavan Diseases Month
Strike Out Strokes Month Textile Month  Link
Sturge-Weber Awareness Month Link            Tourettes Syndrome Awareness Month Link
Teen CEO Month                     Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observations

(World) Dystonia Awareness Wek: 3-11 Link                  Universal Family Week: 10-16 

Children's Book Week: 5-11 Link                                               National Public Gardens Week: 9-18 Link 

National School Nurse Week: 6-12  Link  Link

Display Week: 11-16 Link 
Economic Development Week: 11-17  Link               Salute to Moms 40+ Week: 11-17 
Food Allergy Awareness Week: 11-17 Link               Hoarding Awareness Week: 12-16  Link
International New Friends, Old Friends Week: 11-17
National Hospital Week: 11-17 Link                          Salvation Army Week: 11-17  

National Nursing Home Week: 11-17                        Work At Home Moms Week:  11-17
National Police Week: 11-17                                      Reading is Fundamental Week:  11-17 Link 
National Return To Work Week:  11-17                     Neuroscience Nurses Week: 11-17
National Skilled Nursing Care Week: 11-17 Link       National Women's Health Week:11-17 
National Stuttering Awareness Week: 11-17            National Transportation Week: 11-17
National Tick Awareness Week: 11-17)

Daily Observations

Buddha Day Link  (Celebration Date)                                              Migratory Bird Day
Day of Vesak Link  (Traditionally on the Full May Moon)                         Nutty Fudge Day 
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Link                                         Root Canal Awareness Day
Hoarding Awareness Day Link                                                National Nutty Fudge Day Link
International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases  Link
International Day of Plant Health                                            National Sapphire Segulah Day Link
International Nurses Day Link   Link                                    National Women's Check-up Day Link 
Limerick Day                                                                                       Native American Rights Day
ME/CFS International Mother's Day Link Link                                  Odometer Day

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

A nice spring day.

I’m looking forward to a busy week. It’s all good.

Trump wants a new Air Force One and the US is taking too long, so he is accepting a luxury jet from Qatar to be the next Air Force One. This sure feels wrong, but time will tell.

Native American Tribes That Dominated History

Chickasaw

The Chickasaw, located in the Southeastern Woodlands, were renowned warriors and shrewd diplomats. They effectively formed strong alliances with European powers to maintain their autonomy.

Their strategic location enabled them to control important trade routes, bolstering their influence. The Chickasaw were known for their fierce resistance to incursions and their ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Their society was organized around kinship and community ties, which provided stability. The Chickasaw's adept use of diplomacy and warfare ensured their survival and autonomy, leaving a legacy of resilience and strength in the face of adversity.

Random Thoughts…

The only Americans with their own personal zip code are the President (20500) and Smokey Bear (20252).

A group of Reindeer is called a Herd.

A group of Butterflies is called a Flight or Flutter.

There is an “i” in the center of the word “hurricane.”

Misunderstood History…

Christopher Columbus Didn’t Prove the Earth Was Round

Educated Europeans had known the Earth was round since ancient Greece. Columbus’ real mistake was underestimating its size—his crew nearly starved before reaching land.
The flat-Earth myth was made up centuries later to make him seem heroic.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

75 – Bruce Boxleitner, American actor 66 – Ving Rhames, American actor 63 – Emilio Estevez, American actor 57 – Tony Hawk, American skateboarder 44 – Rami Malek, American actor

@96 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003) @94 – Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer (d. 2023) @90 – Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra , American baseball player, coach, manager (d. 2015) @90 – Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse, social reformer, and statistician (d. 1910) @83 – Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (d. 2001) @75 – Edward Lear, English limericks (d. 1888; heart disease) @74 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian, politician (d. 1924; stroke) @71 – Tom Snyder, American journalist, talk show host (d. 2007; leukemia) @71 – George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2008; heart attacks)

…The End for today…