Aug 30

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 242 Ave. Sky Cover a%\ Visibility  5mi. Flagstaff Today  86° \ 52° 
Wind  3mph \ Gusts  9mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:  556mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 11 days Sunshine 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4…..Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
25-31…..Be Kind To Humankind Week

Daily Observations

Beach Day Frankenstein Day Grief Awareness Day Internat’l Cabernet Sauvignon Day  Link Internat’l Day of The Victims of Enforced Disappearances Link

International Whale Shark Day  Marshmallow Toasting Day National Beach Day Link National Grief Awareness Day  Link National Holistic Pet Day National Toasted Marshmallow Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Another warm day…no moisture in the forecast.

I got a checkup and oil change for my ride. This is my first new vehicle where I haven’t put so many miles I have to do the maintenance sooner than recommended. Now the recommended date comes and I’m not even close to the necessary mileage.

One faculty member killed in yesterday’s U. of North Carolina. At least the perp is in custody.

Arizona State Univ. (ASU)announced it will not participate in post-season games. Hmmm

NAU, the local university announced that this fall there are more 1^st year students on campus in its 124-year history…9,250 students.

Enjoy

 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

From Urban Sugar Donuts in Portland, Maine, to Homegrown Smoker Vegan BBQ in Portland, Oregon, there’s a food truck for every taste in every state in the U.S., including Alaska’s Quickie Burger and Hawaii’s Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck. The fast-growing industry (more than 4,000 food trucks roam the U.S., generating $1.2 billion in annual revenue) traces back to street vendors selling food from push carts in 17th-century New Amsterdam (New York City) and post–Civil War chuck wagons that fed wagon trains heading west. Gourmet food trucks became a thing in 2008, when Kogi BBQ began selling $2 Korean barbecue tacos on the streets of LA. Now websites and apps like Food Truck Fiesta, Eat Street and Roaming Hunger let you find food trucks in your neighborhood in real time.

Random Trivia…

Mary indeed had a little lamb. Her name was Mary Sawyer. She was an 11-year-old girl who lived in Boston and one day was followed to school by her pet lamb. In the late 1860s, she helped raise money for an old church by selling wool from the lamb.

Historic Events

• 70 – Titus ended the siege of Jerusalem after destroying The Second Temple.
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 1984 – The Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41-D) takes off on its maiden voyage.

Birthdays with some quotes

93 – Warren Buffett, American businessman, and philanthropist
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”@92 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
@91 – Bill Daily, American comedic actor (d. 2018)
@87 – Shirley Booth, American actress (d. 1992)
@85 – Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (d. 2005)
@83 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (d. 1991)
@83 – Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (d. 2010)
@83 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (d. 2002)
@80 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (d. 2004)
75 – Lewis Black, American comedian, and author
“It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got saran wrap – fix it!”
@73 – Joan Blondell, American actress (d. 1979l leukemia)
‘There’s a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a deadpan are getting away with it. I’d hate to see them on stage with a dog act. ‘
73 – Peggy Lipton, American model, and actress (d. 2019)
@65 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001; heart failure)
60 – Michael Chiklis, American actor
@53 – Mary Shelley, English novelist, and playwright, Frankenstein (d. 1851; brain tumor)
“Live, and be happy, and make others so.”
51 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
50 – Lisa Ling,  American journalist, and author
“Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don’t have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.”
@42 – Huey Long, American lawyer, 40th Governor of Louisiana (d. 1935; assassinated) 

…The End for today…

 

Aug 29

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 241  Ave. Sky Cover 30%\ Visibility  28mi. Flagstaff Today  83° \ 53° 
Wind  6mph \ Gusts  7mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:  155mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 11 days Partly cloudy
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week

Daily Observations

According to Hoyle Day Chop Suey Day Lemon Juice Day Individual Rights Day Link International Day Against Nuclear Tests

More Herbs, Less Salt Day  Link National Sarcoidosis Day: Link  (Presidental Declaration-Bush) National Sport Sampling Day Link National Whiskey Sour Day

Today’s Thoughts

 A warm day

I went out early to do some shopping. All good here at 7000’.

It was nice to see Simon Biles win her 8^th US Gymnastics title on Sunday. She is a true champion.

Russian authorities say that they have DNA to show that Prigozhin died. I hope an outside of Russia verifies this test.

University of North Carolian at Chapel Hills is in tahe middle of another active shooting situation. Lots of Police, students do not seem in distress at the sight. Good for a quick response by law enforcement. No injuries have been reported.

Enjoy

 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Gold Star Mothers

 

In 1928, Grace Darling Seibold, whose son was killed during WWI, founded American Gold Star Mothers, a support and service organization for women who lost their military son or daughter in the line of duty. In 1936, President Roosevelt established American Gold Star Mother’s Day (September 24 this year).

“We’re a service organization, and we like to believe that we turn our sorrow into service and that we continue the service that our fallen sons and daughters never got to finish,” says Candy Martin, former national president of American Gold Star Mothers, whose son, 1st Lt. Thomas Martin, was killed in Iraq in 2007.

Random Trivia…

Using forks used to be seen as sacrilegious. The widely used eating utensils were once seen as blasphemous and an offense to God. Why? Because they were "artificial hands" and, as such, considered to be sacrilegious.

Historic Events

• 29 – The martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist at the order of King Herod.
• 1839 – The ship Amistad was seized by abducted African slaves. After capture and imprisonment, they were declared free by the United States Supreme Court on March 9, 1841.
• 1967 – The Fugitive finale, on ABC, starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, was the most-watched program of all time, until the 1980 series Dallas “who shot J.R.?” episode aired.
• 1991 – The Soviet Communist Party suspended all activities.
• 2005 – Hurricane Latrina struck the Gulf Coast, damaging over 90,000 acres, costing $200 Billion in damages, and the loss of thousands of people.

Birthdays with some quotes

@90 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, and director (d. 2014)
@86 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
“If there’s anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving – go for it. I was told many times to forget show business – I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila!”
@86 – Richard Blackwell, American fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)
85 – Elliott Gould, American actor
@81 – John McCain, American soldier, and politician (d. 2018)
@81 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
@80 – Joel Schumacher, American director, and producer
@72 – John Locke, English physician, and philosopher (d. 1704)
“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.”
@67 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982; cancer)
@67 – Otis Boykin, American inventor, 26 tech pattens (d. 1982)
@76 – Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (d. 2018; stroke)
“Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes.”@50 – Michael Jackson, musician (d. 2009)
37 – Lea Michele, American actress
@34 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist, and composer (d. 1955; cirrhosis)
“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.”
30 – Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter
“I try to be cool, but I’m not very good at it.” 

…The End for today…

 

A0ug 28

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 240 Ave. Sky Cover 15%\ Visibility  16mi. Flagstaff Today  84° \ 53° 
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  6mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 192 mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 11 days Sunny 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
21-27
National Composites Week Link
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
26-27
International Bat Night

Daily Observations

Bow Tie Day Cherry Turnovers Day Crackers Over The Keyboard Day  Link National Power Rangers Day Link National Thoughtful Day Link National Weed Out Hate Day

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day  Link Radio Commercials Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day (lost pets) Link Read Comics in Public Day Link Red Wine Day

Today’s Thoughts

Great summer day. Warm, sunny, NICE! Had a little light rain last night.

Yesterday the Broncos beat the Rams…41-0. Rams were not ready for the NFL.

Yesterday a new class of ship was christened. The USNS Navajo is a towing, salvage, and rescue ship and the first on the new class. Nice!

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Rodeo

 

A quarter of a million turn up in Wyoming annually to watch bull riding, steer wrestling, barrel racing and more during Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo (established in 1897), where 1,500 contestants vie for $1 million–plus in money and prizes. Rodeos go back almost 150 years in the U.S., when cowboys would compete to see who could rope or ride the best. Rodeo is about prowess but also about community. And for community spirit it’s hard to beat Tennessee’s Franklin Rodeo, says Siri Stevens of Rodeo News. The Franklin Rodeo (with 18,000 annual attendees) pours funds (more than $2.5 million since 1949) into community charities including college scholarships, food banks, medical care, literacy programs and school libraries.

Random Trivia…

In Ancient Asia, death by elephant was a popular form of execution. They could be taught to slowly break bones, crush skulls, twist off limbs, or even execute people using large blades fitted to their tusks. In some parts of Asia, this method of execution was still popular up to the late 19th century.

Historic Events

• 1922 – The first radio ad took place on WEAF in NYC. It was a real estate commercial paid for by the Queensbosr Realty Corporation.
• 1955 – 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten and killed for a reputed flirtatious comment to a white girl, in Money, Mississippi.
• 1963 – The March on Washington was attended by 250,000 people and where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech.

Birthdays with some quotes

@81 – Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)
80 – David Soul (David Richard Solberg), American actor
@80 – Peggy Ryan, American character actress (d. 2004)
@78 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor (d. 1978; suicide)
71 – Rita Dove, American poet
@69 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991; cancer)
67 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor
@66 – Roxie Roker, American actress (d. 1995; breast cancer)
65 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
“I had a ninth-grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.”
62 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
57 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter
54 – Jack Black, American comedic actor
“I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the Pink Panther theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.”
54 – Jason Priestley, Canadian actor
50 – J. August Richards, American actor
@46 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun, and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821)
“Live simply, so that all may simply live.”
“If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate… Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.”
41 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter
37 – Armie Hammer, American actor
37 – Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter
“I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.” 

…The End for today…

 

Aug 27

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 239  Ave. Sky Cover 25%\ Visibility  27mi. Flagstaff Today  82° \ 51° 
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  8mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:  66mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 10 days Sunshine 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
21-27
National Composites Week Link
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
26-27
International Bat Nights

Daily Observations

Banana Lovers Day The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day Go Topless Day Link  International Bat Night Just Because Day

Petroleum Day Link Pony Express Day Pots du Creme Day  World Rock Scissors Paper Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

There was another monsoon last evening. More expected tonight.

Our discussion group had to cancel as the presenter is suffering from gout. Rescheduled and all is good.

Warm summer days and evenings give me a chance to keep my front door open. Things are changing. There are one or two families with pre-teen kids. Within the last week or so, kids have been coming to my screened security door and asking for things. A boy came up and asked if I want to buy the golf club he was holding. Another asked me if I wanted to buy an unwrapped sandwich. Yesterday a girl asked if I could give her some money. I have no idea which unit or units they live in. Next time it happens I’m going to snap their picture and watch to see where they go.

Today marks the 60^th Anniversary of King’s March on Washington. I remember it but can’t believe it has been that long ago.

Bob Barker passed at 99. I remember him from The Price Is Right. RIP

Cards win over Vikings. Decent preseason game. Last few ‘knee plays’ is boring.

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Chocolate Chip Cookie

It’s the ultimate comfort food—warm, soft, sweet, homey. And it turns 79 this year. In 1938 Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, added cut-up bits of chocolate to the cookie she served with ice cream. A year later, she sold the rights to use her cookie recipe and the Toll House name to Nestle for $1. The cookie’s popularity was boosted by the hard times of the Great Depression and then WWII. Now it’s engrained in America, from care packages shipped to soldiers and college students to Pillsbury refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough to Chips Ahoy, Famous Amos, Mrs. Fields and Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream.

Random Trivia…

The WWII German Luftwaffe had a master interrogator, Hanns Scharff, whose tactic was being as nice as possible. Scharff’s best tactics for getting information out of prisoners included: nature walks without guards present, baking them homemade food, cracking jokes, drinking beers, and afternoon tea with German fighter aces. His techniques were so successful that the US military later incorporated his methods into their own interrogation schools.

Historic Events

• 1776 – In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeated Americans under General George Washington in The Revolutionary War’s Battle of Long Island..

• 1859 – Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.

• 2003 – The initial six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Birthdays with some quotes

@86 – Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), American-French photographer, painter (d. 1976)
82 – Harrison Page, American character actor
80 – Tuesday Weld, American actress
@78 – Martha Raye, American actress, and comedian (d. 1994; pneumonia)
“Ask any girl what she’d rather be than beautiful, and she’ll say more beautiful.”
@78 – Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, songwriter (d. 2007; heart attack)
” Being happy or unhappy – is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness – a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.”
76 – Barbara Bach (Goldbach), American actress
@70 – Paul Ruebens, actor (d. 2023; cancer)
@64 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (d. 1973; heart attack)
62 – Yolanda Adams, American singer
“Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right.”
62 – Tom Ford, Fashion Designer
54 – Chandra Wilson, American actress
47 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress
“Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.”
44 – Aaron Paul, American actor
“What’s so great about television. You’re able to tell a long story, where you couldn’t really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.”
@32 – Charles Rolls, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910; air show crash)
“Poor quality is remembered long after low prices are forgotten.”
31 – Blake Jenner, American actor, and singer

 

…The End for today…