8 February 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 6 Day 39 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 39° \12° Wind 5mph \ Gusts 6mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 191mi \ Nearest
Lightning 1870mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
2-8
Publicity for Profit Week
4-11
Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
5-11
African Heritage & Health Week
Burn Awareness Week Link
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week
5-12
5-12
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week
6-12 Children's Mental Health Week Link
6-10
International Networking Week
National School Counseling Week Link
Pride in Foodservice Week
Pride in Foodservice Week Link
Tax Identity Theft Week
Tax Identity Theft Week Link
Tinnitus Awareness Week
Tinnitus Awareness Week Link
7-14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link
National Marriage Week Link Link
Risk Awareness Week
7-12
Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
Love Makes the World Go Round; But, Laughter Keeps Us From
8-14
Getting Dizzy Week
Daily Observations
Boy Scout
Anniversary Day Link
Laugh and Get Rich Day
National Fly A Kite Day
National Molasses Bar Day
Opera Day
Wear Orange Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
I
keep hoping it will warm up enough to melt the piles of snow. At the current
rate, the snow/ice piles will be here until June.
I
will be listening to the President’s State of the Union tonight. As the country
remains so politically divided, it is important to hear this speech from the
head of our country.
As
if all the earthquakes weren’t enough…now they are dealing with cold weather in
their rescue efforts.
I
find in informative and interesting when two different governments respond to
the same incident in totally different outtakes. The ‘weather’ balloon incident
is fascinating. The US claims it was spying, the Chinese continue to say it was
little more than a weather balloon simply going off course. I’m still waiting
to see how the other world leaders see this incident.
Large
African Cities…
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Arizona is
a great state…
v Kartchner Caverns, near Benson,
Arizona, is a massive limestone cave with 13,000 feet of passages, two rooms as
long as football fields, and one of the world's longest soda straw stalactites:
measuring 21 feet 3 inches.
v You can carry a loaded firearm on your
person, no permit required.
v Arizona has one of the lowest crime
rates in the U.S.A.
Facts…
Cleopatra Was
in Rome When Julius Caesar Was Assassinated
Most of the
drama during the infamous “Ides of March” in 44 BCE took place at the Theater
of Pompey, where Julius Caesar — an emperor in all but name — was stabbed 23
times by Roman senators. But an untold side of the tale is that Cleopatra was
in the city when Caesar was assassinated. Two years earlier, Caesar brought
Cleopatra to Rome, along with their son Caesarion, and the foreign queen’s
presence in the capital was a sensation, especially when Caesar erected a
statue of her in the temple of Venus Genetrix. While some Romans were
suspicious of Cleopatra, she became a style icon for Roman women, many of whom
adopted her pearl jewelry and hairdo. Although Cleopatra remained in Rome
initially in an effort to solidify her son as Caesar’s legitimate heir, the
swift arrival of Octavian complicated matters and she soon decamped for Egypt.
Slang
Origins
1987: Cool beans
Meaning: excellent; impressive; somewhere
between “fine” and “great”
Catchphrase of DJ Tanner from "Full
House," “cool beans” is a nonsense phrase that’s been in use since the
1960s, though it was not popular until the TV show. Its roots are unknown,
though one investigation into its etymology found that it possibly stems from
the mid-19th century “some beans,” which comes from the phrase “full of beans.”
The horse-racing jargon referred to animals passing wind to increase their
speed.
Trivia…
Don and Doris Fisher opened their first
GAP store in 1969 to meet the unique clothing demands of customers between
childhood and adulthood, identified and popularized then as "the
generation gap."
Historical
Events
1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots was executed
by beheading, for plotting the death of Queen Elizabeth I.
1851 – Portland (The City of Roses) was
incorporated in Oregon.
1887 – The Dawes Act authorized the
President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide
it into individual allotments.
1922 – President Warren G. Harding
brought the first radio set in the White House.
Birthdays
Today
90
– John Williams, American pianist, composer, conductor
“There’s a very
basic human, non-verbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of
our human expression. It doesn’t have to do with body movements, it doesn’t
have to do with articulation of a language, but with something spiritual.”–
John Williams
83
– Ted Koppel [Edward James Martin Koppel],
English-American journalist
81
– Robert Klein, American comedian, actor
@80 – John Ruskin, English writer (d. 1900)
@77 – Jules Verne, French author, poet, playwright (d. 1905; stroke)
“Man’s constitution
is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the
rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of
starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.”– Jules
Verne
@76 – Jack Lemmon, American actor (d. 2001; bladder cancer)
@74 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995; cancer)
@73 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (d. 1996; lung cancer)
@71 – Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 1970;
stroke)
70
– Mary Steenburgen, American actress
68
– John Grisham, American lawyer, author
54
– Mary McCormack, American actress
51
– Big Show (Paul Donald Wight II), American wrestler,
actor
“There’s no greater
way to gain an audience’s sympathy than by being unfortunate.”– Seth Green @42 – Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010; fall)
39
– Cecily Strong, American actress
29
– Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
@24 – James Dean, American actor (d. 1955; auto accident)
