30 January 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 5 Day 30 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 17 miles Flagstaff Today 45° \13° Wind 9mph \ Gusts 21mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 1008mi \ Nearest Lightning 967mi
Jan Averages for Flagstaff: 44° \ 16° \5
Days of moisture
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
28—2/4
Cordova Ice Worm Days Link
Catholic Schools Week
Meat Week
National Anesthesiologists Week Link
Daily Observations
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day Link
Croissant Day Link
Inane Answering Message Day
National
Escape Day
National Croissant Day
Yodel for Your Neighbors Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice winter day with a little too much wind.
I’m
getting ready for another storm. Should
arrive late tonight or early tomorrow. Anywhere from 3-10” depending on which weather-guy
I believe.
I
watched Netflix until just after midnight. Today is just a nice lazy day.
A
19-year-old Russian girl has been arrested and now must wear an ankle monitor
after she posted negative Putin remarks regrading Ukraine on her social media. She
faces 3 years in prison. She is one of 61 cases in the courts for social media
posts.
Today
we find out who will play in the Super Bowl in Phoenix.
African Animals Abound…
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Arizona is a great state…
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Located on
Arizona's western border, Parker Dam is the deepest dam in the world at 320
feet.
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South
Mountain Park/Preserve in Phoenix is the largest municipal park in the country.
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Palo Verde
Nuclear Generating Station, located about 55 miles west of Phoenix, generates
more electricity than any other U.S. power plant.
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Oraibi, a
Hopi village located in Navajo County, Arizona, dates back to before A.D. 1200
and is reputed to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in America.
Facts…
Judy Garland
was born to a pair of vaudeville performers and theater operators, and by the
time she came along, her two older sisters had already started appearing
onstage — so in some ways, showbiz was inevitable. After begging her parents to
let her perform, she got her big debut at the family’s theater when she was
just two years old. She had been tasked with singing her favorite holiday song,
“Jingle Bells,” and got so excited that she sang it more than once in a row.
This started
a new era of Judy and her sisters performing as a trio, although she emerged
quickly as the standout of the group. While all three were talented, and even
appeared together in the 1929 short film The Big Revue, it was Judy who caught
the attention of performers and promoters on the road. At just 13 years old,
she signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and started going to school on the MGM lot
with other child stars, including Mickey Rooney.
Judy’s legal
name was Frances Ethel Gumm, after her parents, Frank and Ethel. The couple had
expected a boy after having two girls, and planned to name him Frank Jr., so
Frances was both a compromise and an inside joke. In everyday life, she was
simply known as “Baby” or “Baby Gumm.”
The last
name “Garland” came about while she and her sisters, then known as the Gumm
Sisters, were touring. ”Gumm Sisters” didn’t exactly roll off the tongue, and a
popular comedian emceeing a series of performances came up with “Garland
Sisters.”
“Judy,”
however, didn’t come until later, and for a time she was known professionally
as Frances Garland. The first name came along after one of her older sisters
decided to go by a stage name. Sick of both “Baby” and “Frances,” she picked
her own fresh moniker from Hoagy Carmichael’s latest hit, “Judy.” She was
especially drawn to one line: “If she seems a saint but you find that she
ain’t, that’s Judy.”
She
encountered some family resistance to the new name, but refused to respond to
anything but “Judy” as soon as she’d made her decision, so it stuck pretty
quickly.
Slang Origins
1978: Ditz
Meaning: a person who is eccentric,
silly, inane
Ditz is a noun formation of the word
ditzy, but otherwise its roots are unclear. Some believe it is a corruption
from an African American slang term “dicty” which meant “conceited or
snobbish.” It’s most often used to describe women, implying that they are not
able to think and remember things as well as men.
Mysterious sites…
Temple of Bacchus (Lebanon)
The Baalbek temple complex in northeast
Lebanon is one of the most intriguing Roman ruins on the planet. Its
centerpiece is the well-preserved and monumental Temple of Bacchus. The age of
the temple is unknown, although it was most likely erected in the second
century CE. Most historians agree that emperor Antoninus Pius commissioned it
in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine and intoxication. What has been baffling
archaeologists ever since the temple’s rediscovery in the late 19th century is
how the Romans succeeded in building it. It is staggering to think that humans
without heavy machinery could hoist the 42 Corinthian columns (19 of which
remain standing) of the colonnade, since each stands 62 feet tall and 7.5 feet
in diameter.
Historical Events
1806 – The original Lower Trenton Bridge (the
Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), spanning the Delaware River between
Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, was opened.
1969 – The Beatles’ rooftop performance
and recording for Let It Be took place at Apple Records.
1972 – Bloody Sunday: British
paratroopers opened fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern
Ireland, killing 14 people.
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