3 February 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 5 Day 34 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 45° \4° Wind 6mph \ Gusts 14mph
Air Quality: moderate \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 179mi \ Nearest
Lightning 3642mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Monthly
Observations
International Boost
Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month Link
International
Hoof-care Month
International Month of Black Women in The Arts Link
International
Prenatal Infection Prevention Month Link
Jobs in Golf
Month Link
Library Lovers Month
Love The Bus Month Link
Marfan Syndrome
Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month Link
Weekly
Observations
28—2/4
Cordova Ice Worm Days Link
Catholic Schools Week
Meat Week
National Anesthesiologists Week Link
1-5
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
1-7
Women's Heart Week
World Interfaith Harmony Week
2-8
Publicity for Profit Week
Daily Observations
American Painters Day
Bubble Gum Day Link
Feed The Birds Day Link
Four Chaplains Memorial Day
Give Kids A Smile Day Link
Golden Retriever Day
Missing Persons Day
National Carrot Cake Day
National Cordova Ice Worm Day
National Missing Person's Day
Golden Retriever Day
Missing Persons Day
National Carrot Cake Day
National Cordova Ice Worm Day
National Missing Person's Day Link
National Women's Physicians Day Link
The Day The Music Died
Veterinary Pharmacists Day
Wear Red Day
Working Naked Day
Women Physicians Day
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another
nice winter day. I headed out to get a haircut. So pleased I have a regular stylist
who knows what I like in a haircut. It has warmed up enough that snow on the
ground is starting to melt. The high piles around time will be here for quite a
while.
Not
surprised that the Republican congress is playing ‘what’s good for the goose,
is good for the gander’ with committee assignments. It is too bad that many in
Congress have not realized that ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves the world blind.
While
I have hardly enjoyed all the snow we got in January, I am glad I’m not in the
Northeast where they are having severe wind chill temps, or the South where
they are having ice storms. Snow doesn’t look so bad.
African
Animals Abound…
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Arizona is
a great state…
v The amount of copper utilized to make
the copper dome atop Arizona's Capitol building is equivalent to the amount
used in 4.8 million pennies.
v Near Yuma, the Colorado River's
elevation dips to 70 feet above sea level, making it the lowest point in the
state.
v The geographic center of Arizona is 55
miles southeast of Prescott near the community of Mayer.
v You
could pile four 1,300-foot skyscrapers on top of each other and they still
would not reach the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Facts…about
Groundhog day
Germans
started asking the groundhog about spring as an excuse to drink, eat and be
merry. The Pennsylvania Dutch are actually from Germany, aka Deutschland. The
first celebrants of Groundhog Day were Pennsylvania Dutch who used the holiday
as an excuse to get together and party. Feb. 2 is almost exactly halfway
through winter, so what better time to gather together with your friends and
neighbors to eat some good food, drink some good drink, and look ahead to the
coming spring?
In the 1880s
some friends in Punxsutawney, Penn., went into the woods on Candlemas Day to
look for groundhogs. This outing became a tradition, and a local newspaper
editor nicknamed the seekers "the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club."
Starting in 1887 the search became an official event centered on a groundhog
called Punxsutawney Phil. A ceremony still takes place every year.
Phil's
official title is: Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages,
Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet Extraordinary. Phil was
given that name by Freas, the newspaper editor, in 1886 in a series of
announcements in his newspaper, The Punxsutawney Spirit.
Slang
Origins
1982: Rad/radical
Meaning: cool
Another bit of surfer slang: they used
“radical” to mean at the limits of control, such as when the time came to ride
a “radical wave.” Other previous uses, such as in radical political parties,
also implied moving to the edges of what was expected.
Mysterious
sites…
Great Zimbabwe Ruins (Zimbabwe)
The Great Zimbabwe
Ruins are the largest ruins in sub-Saharan Africa. This medieval city was once a trading hub and
possibly the capital of the Queen of Sheba’s realm. The remains consist of
the Great Enclosure (perhaps a royal residence), the Hill Complex (possibly the
religious heart of the city), and the Valley Ruins (houses which suggest the
city once had a population of 20,000 people). In total, the Great Zimbabwe
Ruins extend across an area of 200 acres. The city is thought to have been
abandoned in the 15th century, for reasons scientists aren’t sure of.
Historical
Events
1959 – The Day The Music Died: Big
Bopper, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Pilot Roger Peterson crashed in a
cornfield near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1943 – Four Chaplains Memorial Day (in
honor of George Fox, Alexander Goode, Clark Poling, and John Washington). Each
gave their life belts to other sailors when the SS Dorchester was torpedoed
near Greenland.
Birthdays
Today
@96 – Henry Heimlich, American physician and author (d. 2016)
@96 – George Nissen, American gymnast; inventor of the Trampoline (d.
2010)
@90 – James A. Michener, American author and (d. 1997)
@89 – Joey Bishop [Joseph Abraham
Gottlieb ],
American actor (d. 2007)
“The
secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new
adventure. So, you see, they’re always looking ahead to something new and
exciting. The secret is not to look back.”– Norman Rockwell
80
– Blythe Danner, American actress
@79 – John Ford, American film director (d. 1973)
73
– Morgan Fairchild [Patsy Ann McClenny],
American actress
“What
is the answer? In that case, what is the question?”– Gertrude Stein
67
– Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
“Sure
I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of
that.”– Nathan Lane
@61 – Horace Greeley, American journalist, abolitionist, politician
(d. 1872)
47
– Isla Fisher, Omani-Australian actress
@46 – Beau Biden, American soldier and politician (d. 2015; cancer)
@43 – Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982; heart attack)
“Being
on Batman allowed me to do something we actors are taught never to do:
overact.”– Victor Buono
@38 – Felix Mendelssohn, German pianist, composer, conductor (d.
1847; strokes)
33
– Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
@30 – Charles‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934; shot by
FBI)
