Mar 14

 

Week 12 Day: 73  Ave. sky cover: 60% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 47° \30°  Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 17mph
Moderate risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 209mi \ nearest Lightning: 3012mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
11-17	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
13-19	Campfire USA Birthday Week  Teen Tech Week
14-20	International Brain Awareness Week Link National Fix A Leak Week  Link
14-18	Native American Awareness Week Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

High clouds are blocking the sun. Weather guy says no moisture, just wind.

I made my motel reservations in Denver for my trip to Tahiti. I may have to rent a car to be able to get the necessary covid test. Glad I’m coming in at night, so I have until 3p the next day to get the test.

My cable provider is driving me crazy. I can only get CNN for a couple of yours each day. Every time I call I get a different story. Yesterday’s tech guy said that since I am such a good customer, they will come out and replace all my equipment, at no charge. I have not had a good experience with their tech support guys who show up. I said I would wait until I return from an upcoming trip to do that. Frustrated. It was reported that a journalist was killed and another one was injured.

Russia just keeps moving closer and closer to war, now attacking near the Poland (NATO) border. I hope this doesn’t mess up our trip. 

Favorite Memes

	True Life on Navajo Rez in AZ

 

A bit of Humor

What do you call a tiny pig reciting Shakespeare?

Hamlet.

Trivia

Question: What color are elephant hawk-moths?

 

 Question: How are an insect’s eyes different from human eyes?

 

 Question: How many eyes do caterpillars have?

 

 Question: What’s the largest group of insects?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Pink

Answer 2: They are made up of thousands of tiny lenses

Answer 3: Twelve

Answer 4: Beetles

Historical Events

Ø    1794 – Eli Whitney was issued a US Patent (#X0072) for his cotton gin.

Ø    1899 – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was issued a US Patent (#621,195) for the invention of his “Navigable Balloon,” the rigid airship, known as the Zeppelin.

Ø    1947 – The US signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in the Philippines.

Ø    1950 – The FBI released its first ‘Ten Most Wanted’ criminals list.

Ø    1958 – The Recording Industry Association of America awarded the first Gold Record (500,000 sold) to Perry Como for Catch A Falling Star.

Birthdays Today

89 – Michael Caine, English actor and author

89 – Quincy Jones, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer

@81 – Hank Ketcham, American author, cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (d. 2001)

@76 – Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955; aneurysm)

74 – Billy Crystal, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

@37 – John Luther ‘Casey’ Jones, American engineer (d. 1900; train crash)

34 – Stephen Curry, NBA

25 – Simone Biles, gymnist

 

Mar 13

 

Week 12 Day: 72  Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 40° \15°  Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 13mph
Moderate risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 346mi \ nearest Lightning: 1692mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

4-13	Paralympic Games
5-12	Girl Scout Week Link  Link
6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
6-13	Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
11-17	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
11-13	World Rattlesnake Roundup
13-19	Campfire USA Birthday Week  Teen Tech Week

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice day with lots of sunshine.

I updated the Focus Travel Club website.  Took longer than expected as some of the files just wouldn’t open. Got it figured out after a couple of hours. Several new trips were added: Portugal, Mississippi River Cruise and more.  Check it out.

For those of you that still do Daylight Savings Time…this is the weekend to ‘spring forward’. I’m in AZ so, unless I travel to the Navajo Rez or out-of-state, my clocks just keep on ticking and don’t get changed. I’ve really enjoyed not having the sudden wake to the sun when I changed in the spring on the Rez. It has been slowly getting a tad lighter every day for several weeks.

I wish I was a fly on the wall in Putin’s headquarters. Just what is his plan? What is his endgame? If his plan was to invade Ukraine, it would have made common sense to do it when we had a more Pro-Russia administration.  He just waited. So confusing.

The Buffs played a good game against AZ last night. Buffs lost by 10 but still a good b-ball game.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What did the customer say to the barber?

“I mustache you a question, but I’ll shave it for later!”

Trivia

Question: How far can a skunk spray?

 

Question: What animal is covered in quills?

 

 Question: A Pomsky is a mixture of what two dog breeds?

 

 Question: How much weight can ants lift?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: 10 feet

Answer 2: Porcupine

Answer 3: Pomeranian and Siberian Husky

Answer 4: 5,000 times their own body weight.

 

Historical Events

Ø    1639 – Formerly ‘New College,’ Harvard College was renamed after clergyman John Harvard.

Ø    1862 – The US government forbade all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.

Ø    1871 – The Planet Uranus was discovered by William Herschel.

Ø    1930 – The discovery of a ninth planet, named Pluto, was announced by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory. Pluto was later degraded to a ‘Dwarf Planet.’

Ø    1943 – “Operation Flash”, an attempt to assassinate Adolph Hitler failed.

Ø    1956 – Elvis Presley released his first Album

Ø    1969 – Disney’s The Love Bug opened in theaters.

Ø    1969 – Apollo 9 returned safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.

Ø    1993 – Storm of the Century affected the Eastern US, dropping feet of snow

Ø    2013 – Pope Francis was elected in the papal conclave as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church.

Ø    2020 -Breonna Taylor was killed when police officers forcibly entered her home in Louisville, Kentucky, sparking extensive protests against police brutality.

Birthdays Today

101 – Al Jaffee, American cartoonist; fold art in Mad Magazine

83 – Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter

@74 – L. Ron Hubbard, American author, founder of Scientology (d. 1986; stroke)

72 – William H. Macy, American actor

72? – Charo [María del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza], Spanish-American singer, guitarist, actress

66 – Dana Delany, American actress

62 – Adam Clayton, English-Irish musician, U2

50 – Common [Lonnie Rashid Lynn], American rapper

46 – Danny Masterson, American actor

37 – Emile Hirsch, American actor