Daily
Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 40 Day 269 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 72° \40°
Wind 10mph \ Gusts 12mph Air Quality Fair
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 132mi \ Nearest
Lightning 371mi
Sep Averages for Flagstaff: 74° \ 42° (5days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
Astronomy Day
Compliance Officer Day Link
Family Day (4th
Monday)
Forget-Me-Not Day Link
Gold
Star Mother's and Family Day
Happy Daughters
Day Link
Internat’l Day For The Total
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Johnny
Appleseed Day Link
Love Note Day
National Dumpling Day Link
Pancake Day
Shamu the Whale Day
Situational Awareness Day Link
World Contraception Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Nice Fall
day.
Yesterday
was busy. A friend needed a ride to Holbrook to pick up her vehicle. Then it
was off to Buffalo Park to help some other friends at the astronomy exhibit. Then an artist friend came to town, and we met
at a local for restaurant for pie and catching up. Redwing was trying to ship one
of his paintings, a 6’ x 4’traditional ceremony piece. He must come back
Monday, as the shipping place couldn’t handle it until then. It was a great
day, but I was exhausted by the end of the day.
This morning
I flipped my mattress, as the season’s changed. That meant washing the mattress
pad and the summer quilt. All done and I now have a great fall quilt on my
bed.
It is a
football day. Broncos v 49ers tonight on my TV, Cards play Rams this afternoon.
I’ll be watching.
I listened
to Fareed on CNN this morning while I was busy in the bedroom. It was one of
his better programs. He interviewed a leader of S. Korea and had a good
discussion about their relationship with N. Korea, China, and Taiwan. It is all
so intertwined. Then he had several guests talking about the current unrest in
Iran around the young lady who died after being jailed, and then dying in jail,
for wearing the hijab incorrectly. Women in Iran are protesting by burning
their hijab in public. It is a very tense situation that could expand. Scary.
Favorite Memes
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Superstitions
Breaking a Mirror
Ancient
Romans believed that mirrors held pieces of your soul. This, coupled with the
myth that our body “renews” itself every seven years fueled the superstition
that breaking a mirror means you are damning your soul to seven years of bad
luck.
US Facts
Do-gooders
Americans were found to be the group of
people most likely to assist a stranger, according to the World Giving Index.
Historical Events
1580 – Francis Drake completed his
circumnavigation of the Earth.
1789 – George Washington appointed Thomas
Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
1957 – West Side Story debuted on
Broadway
1960 – The first televised Presidential
Debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.
1960 – Longest speech in UN history at 4
hours and 29 minutes, was given by Cuba’s Fidel Castro.
1962 – The Beverly Hillbillies premiered
on CBS.
1969 – Abbey Road, the last album by The
Beatles, was released.
1990 – The Motion Picture Association of
America announced a new rating of NC-17 to apply to adult films, replacing the
“X” rating.
2011 – On September 26th, 2011 Mikey
Welsh posted on Twitter, “Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack
in my sleep). Need to write my will today” followed by, “Correction – the
weekend after next”. He died October 8th, 2011 from a heart attack in his sleep
in a hotel room. In Chicago.
Birthdays Today
@96 – Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
“There is no fountain
of youth, What you put into your body is what you get out of it. You would not
feed your dog a coffee and doughnut for breakfast followed by a cigarette. You
will kill the damn dog.”– Jack LaLanne
@79 – George Raft,
American actor (d. 1980’ emphysema)
@76 – T.S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1965; emphysema)
“Everyone gets the
experience. Some get the lesson.”– T. S. Eliot
@74 – Julie London, American singer, and actress (d. 2000; lung
cancer)
@73 – Olivia Newton-John, singer (d. 1845; cancer)
@70 – Johnny Appleseed, American gardener, and environmentalist
(d. 1845)
“Do not worry at
being worried; but accept worry peacefully. Difficult but not impossible.”– Johnny Appleseed
@57 – Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and actor (d.
1982; heart disease)
64
– Jim Caviezel, American actor
60
– Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress
40
– Serena Williams, tennis champ
@38 – George Gershwin, American pianist, and composer (d. 1937; glioblastoma)
“Life is a lot like
jazz. It’s best when you improvise.”– George Gershwin
