Daily Almanac for
Flagstaff
Week 52 Day 357 \ Ave. Sky Cover a% \ Visibility 25 miles Flagstaff Today 51° \23°
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 9mph Air Quality: \ Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest
active fire 332mi \ Nearest Lightning 1561mi
Dec Averages for Flagstaff: 43° \ 17° `
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
Andisop (Meteorological
Fiddling): 5-24 Link
Christmas Bird Count Week: 14-1/5 Link
Halcyon Days: 14-28
Halcyon Days: 14-28
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 15 - 1/1/23 Link
Posadas: 16-24
Saturnalia: 17-23
Chanukah: 18-26
Gluten-free Baking Week:
18-24 Link
Cookie Exchange Week: 19-23
Daily Observations
Festivus
Family Roots Day Link
Human Light Celebration
Metric Conversion Day
National Roots Day
National Pfeffernüsse Day (This spice delicacy is believed to
have originated in Germany, but it is also very popular in Denmark and the
Netherlands.)
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A
nice day. I stopped at the car wash after shopping. Line was too long. I’ll try
later.
Zelensky
met with Biden, then gave a speech to Congress. His speech certainly was
playing to the crowd. It is now not a surprise as to how he got elected. Quite
the orator. I don’t know much about him, so I’ll hold off on my opinion until I
know more.
The
Cpap was supposed to arrive around 2pm yesterday. He called and said it would
be about 5pm. He showed up and checked my oxygen maker machine. All good. A new
filter replaced the dirty one.
The
cold wave we had here has moved out…now 2/3 of the states are getting it. I’m
sure glad I don’t have to travel by plane. Airports are already a mess. Flights
around the states are either delayed or out-right cancelled.
If
you are traveling over the holiday, stay safe. Show your Christmas spirit while
traveling.
Favorite
Memes
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If…
• I went to the paint store to get
thinner. It didn’t work.
Slang
Origins
1945: Cool cat
Meaning: an interesting or fashionable
person
Another product of jazz slang, the
concept of a “cool cat” combined two concepts from African American slang.
“Cool,” a term with a complicated history, had been recorded in the community
as early as the 19th century. The term “cat” had also been used to refer to a
man, but by 1930, referred specifically to jazz devotees before combining in
the ‘40s to create the slang term we know today.
Mysteries…
WHERE IS CLEOPATRA'S TOMB?
Ancient writers claim that Cleopatra VII
and her lover, Mark Antony, were buried together in a tomb after their deaths
in 30 B.C. The writer Plutarch (A.D. 45-120) wrote that the tomb was located
near a temple of Isis, an Egyptian goddess, and was a "lofty and
beautiful" monument containing treasures made of gold, silver, emeralds,
pearls, ebony and ivory.
The location of the tomb remains a mystery.
In 2010, Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former antiquities minister, conducted
excavations at a site near Alexandria now called Taposiris Magna, which
contains a number of tombs dating to the era when Cleopatra VII ruled Egypt.
While many interesting archaeological discoveries were made, Cleopatra VII's
tomb was not among them Hawass reported in a series of news releases.
Archaeologists have noted that even if Cleopatra's tomb does survive to this
day, it may be heavily plundered and unidentifiable.
Historical
Events
1913 – The Federal Reserve Act was signed
into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
1947 – The transistor was demonstrated at
Bell Laboratories.
1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade
Center in Manhattan, New York, New York topped out at 1,368 feet, making it the
tallest building in the world.
1975 – The US Congress passed the Metric
Conversion Act. It was authorized in 1866.
Birthdays
Today
89
– Akihito, Emperor of Japan
@83 – John Jay,
American politician, 1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1829)
“Too many in your state [Pennsylvania], as in this [New York], love
pure democracy dearly. They seem not to consider that pure democracy, like pure
rum, easily produces intoxication, and with it a thousand mad pranks and
fooleries.”– John Jay
78
– Wesley Clark, American general
“The final frontier is perhaps the most difficult, but it’s also the
most important – and that’s the frontier of the human spirit. For too long,
people have allowed differences on the surface; differences of color,
ethnicity, and gender – to tear apart the common bonds they share. And the
human spirit suffers as a result. Imagine a world in which we saw beyond the
lines that divide us, and celebrated our differences, instead of hiding from
them. Imagine a world in which we finally recognized that, fundamentally, we
are all the same. And imagine if we allowed that new understanding to build
relations between people and between nations.”– Wesley Clark
76
– Susan Lucci, American actress
“You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.”–
Susan Lucci
70
– William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, political pundit
58
– Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter
@51 – C.J. Walker,
first female American millionaire (d. 1919; hyper-tension)
@38 – Corey Haim,
Canadian actor (d. 2010)
@38 – Joseph Smith, founder
of the Latter Day Saints (d. 1844; shot escaping jail)
34
– Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013
