Sep 4

Sep 4, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 247

Ave. Sky Cover:  25%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   78°\ 50° Wind: 1mph\ Gusts: 2mph

Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 179mi. \ Lightning: 218mi.

Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

 

Global Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month  Link Go Wild for California Wild  Rice Month Link Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month Happy Healthy Cat Month Link Link Histiocytosis Awareness Month Link Hunger Action Month  Link Intergeneration Month International  or National Guide Dogs Month Link  Link International People Skills Month International Self-Awareness Month Link   International Speak Out Month International Strategic Thinking Month International Square Dancing Month International Women's Friendship Month Link ITP Awareness Month Link

 

Weekly Observations

 

Paralympic Games	24-9/5
US Open Tennis Championships	30-9/12
International Enthusiasm Week National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link Self-University Week Link	1-7
Chuckwagon Races Golden Onion Week	2-5
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link	3-7
International Air Ambulance Week   Link	4-12
Shetland Wool Week: Cancelled	4-5

 

Daily Observations

 

Appreciation Day Eat an Extra Dessert Day Macadamia Nut Day Newspaper Carrier Wildlife Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What has 1 head, 1 foot & 4 legs? A bed

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

Our retirement group had a very long lunch, yesterday. Catching up is great. While we all worked at the same school for many years, we all have different stories of happenings there. We all had different friends there even though we all knew of each person’s existence, we each only knew many of them in the work environment. Now that schools are open, so there are school shootings. So sad that North Carolina had 2 different schools with a shooting yesterday...leaving on dead, one injured. I wish the parents and others who disrupt meetings to stop mask mandates used that energy to stop school shootings. Weather guy says the weather will warm up and be dry…just in time for the Coconino County fair this weekend. It was cancelled last year, due to COVID, and I’m not sure if I’m going this year. Covid is still around. I get got a call from my Doctor and I’ll get my booster on Sept. 15 unless more changes between now and then. I get that this is all new to everyone, so things change. It is just hard to do much planning when one day it is ‘no masks if vaccinated’ to’ wear a mask in crowds’, no matter your vaccination status. ‘get the booster at 8 months, no 5 months if at risk.’ Guess we just have to roll with the punches.

 

 

Historical Events

 

1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France was deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

1882 – The first public electric lights were turned on in Manhattan, NYC.

1883 – 10-year-old Barney Flaherty was the first newsboy, hired by The New York Sun.

1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war

1888 George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"

1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.

1957 – The “Little Rock Nine” were blocked from entering Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas.

1998 Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University

2016 Mother Teresa canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican

2017 Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai criticizes Suu Kyi's lack of response to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

2017 US President Donald Trump announces Dreamers program, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), will be stopped

2020 Record 52% of American 18-29-year-olds are living with their parents because of the pandemic according to Pew Research Center study

 

Birthdays Today

 

@90 – Paul Harvey, American radio host ‘Good Day!’ (d. 2009)

63 – ‘Dr. Drew’ Pinsky, American radio and television host

40 – Beyonce, entertainer 

 

 

 

Sep 2

 

Sep 2, 2021 Week: 36 Day: 245
Ave. Sky Cover:  10%\Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   72°\ 50° Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 11mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 36mi. \ Lightning: 68mi.
Sep Averages: 74°\32° (5 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

 

Childrens' Good Manners Month Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Link Cholesterol Education Month Link Classical Music Month  Link Co-op Awareness Month (9/24-10/31) College Savings Month Craniofacial Acceptance Month  Link Eat Chicken Month Fall Hat Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

Paralympic Games	24-9/5
US Open Tennis Championships	30-9/12
International Enthusiasm Week National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link Self-University Week Link	1-7
Chuckwagon Races Golden Onion Week	2-5

 

Daily Observations

 

Bison Ten Yell Day Blueberry Popsicle Day

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What font is alphabet soup in? Times New Ramen

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

There was a big rainstorm last night then a gentle rain through much of the night. Nice! The forest is celebrating. The Lake Tahoe fire as placed 33,000 structures in danger. This is huge fire that continues to grow. There is a fear that there will be major damage at the ski resort. Sad. All the National Parks in CA are now closed to visitors. I am very glad that our troops are out of Afghanistan. I am very unhappy about how we withdrew. We did not protect our Afghan allies. We did not get out all the Americans who wanted out.  I want to believe that the Biden Administration will correct that ASAP. I am saddened that the internet continues to put out fake news and that some news organizations have people on the air that perpetrate those falsehoods. One false story is that the military left behind service dogs. The military denies the report and the pictures. Sadder still is that some animal rights groups (PETA) believed the story and prepared to save the service dogs. Distrubing! In today’s world it is getting harder and harder to know which stories are real and which are false.

 

Historical Events

 

1666 – Great Fire of London

1789 – The Us Treasury Department was established.

1807 – The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rocket to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

1864 – Union General William Sherman took Atlanta, Georgia in the Civil War.

1901 Theodore Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick"

1945 – Japan’s formal surrender from World War II was signed aboard the USS Missouri.

1987 – Donald Trump takes out a full-page NY Times ad lambasting Japan

2015 – US President Barack Obama becomes the first president to visit the Arctic Circle at Kotzebue, Alaska

 

Birthdays Today

 

84 – Peter Ueberroth, American businessman

@79 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (died in 1917)

74 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

70 – Mark Harmon, American actor

69 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, and sportscaster

57 – Keanu Reeves, Lebanese-Canadian actor

56 – Lennox Lewis, English-Canadian boxer

@55 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer, conductor (d. 1981; emphysema)

55 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress

50 – Katt Williams, American comedic actor

@37 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator, astronaut (d. 1986; Challenger)