Jan 16

 

Week: 4 Day: 16		Ave. Sky Cover:  20% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   43°\ 24° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 7mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 534mi. \ Lightning: 1236mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

11-17	Cuckoo Dancing Week
15-23	International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link
16-22	Healthy Weight Week Hunt for Happiness Week  National Activity Professionals Week

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A decent day. Cleaned the master bath and my bedroom. All clean and fresh.

Lots of activity between Ukraine and Russia. Looks like Russia did a cyber-attack on the Ukraine’s government offices and threatened destruction.  Many see this as a ‘false flag’, that will lead to an invasion. Not a good sign.

Flagstaff’s Municipal Equality Index has not improved since 2018. The MEI examines how inclusive municipal laws, policies, and services are of LGBTQ+ people who live and work there. Cities are rated based on non-discrimination laws, the municipality as an employer, municipal services, law enforcement and leadership on LGBTQ+ equality. Flagstaff is stuck at 88% while Phoenix, Tempe, Scottsdale, and Tucson all scored 100%. Time for our local government get busy.

Tsunami advisory was issued to the US West Coast after an underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga. The advisories also include New Zealand’s North Island, and parts of Japan. The capital of Tonga has been evacuated due to waves of water and ash falling from the sky. WOW

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

The boy wants to study burrowing rodents.

I told him to gopher it.

Trivia

1.   In what year was Broadway established?

2.   In which period did ballet originate?

3.   During which time of the year is the Nutchracker primarily performed?

4.   What French ballet term means ‘in front’?

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: 1750

Answer 2: Italian Renaissance

Answer 3: During Christmas season

Answer 4: Devant

Historical Events

§  1605 -- The first ‘Modern Novel’ was published in 1605; The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes, in Madrid, Spain. About 500 million copies have been printed.

§  1920 – The League of Nations held its first council meeting in Paris, France.

§  1944 – Dwight Eisenhower assumed command of SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe).

§  1991 – The Gulf War began.

Birthdays Today

74 – John Carpenter, American director

63 – Sade (Helen Folasade Adu), Nigerian-English singer-songwriter

48 – Kate Moss, English model

42 – Lin-Manuel Miranda, actor

37 – Joe Flacco, American football player

·        @22 – Aaliyah, American singer, actress (d. 2001; plane crash)

 

Jan 15

 

Week: 3 Day: 15
Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   51°\ 24° Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 3mph
High risk of fire Active fire: 310mi. \ Lightning: 1221mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

11-17	Cuckoo Dancing Week
15-23	International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice winter day.

I made a quick run to my blood doctor’s new office for some paperwork for a blood draw. Same Doctor, new Company. I now have many forms to fill out before my next visit.

While I was out, the Grounds Crew trimmed some trees. I’m happy because the Blue Spruce in my front area had long branches that block the sidewalk when it snows.

Biden’s Private company vaccine policy was overturned by the Supreme Court. This just adds to several tough losses he has had this week. Sad.

King Soopers workers are on strike. I worked in the grocery business through high school and college. I had to join the union when I became a clerk. I never worked at King’s, but I do understand the need for more pay. It would be difficult, if not impossible to raise a family for these workers at their present wages. While the grocery business helped me pay for college, it wouldn’t have by today’s costs. 

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why couldn’t the pig exercise?

He pulled his hamstrings.

Trivia

1.        Who played Anita in the first Broadway production of West Side Story?

2.        In which US city is Broadway located?

3.        What is the longest-running Broadway show?

4.        Which show is the highest-grossing production on Broadway ever?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Chita Rivera

Answer 2: New York City

Answer 3: The Phantom of the Opera

Answer 4: The Lion King

 

Historical Events

Ø 1559 – Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London

Ø 1943 – The construction of The Pentagon in Washington DC was completed.

Ø 1947 – The body of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles. The killer was never found. #BlackDahliaMystery

Ø 1967 – The inaugural Super Bowl was simulcast on CBS and NBC.

Ø 2001 – Wikipedia went online.

Birthdays Today

v @94 – Phyllis Coates, American actress (Lois Lane) (d. 2021)

71 – Charo [María Rosario Pilar Martínez Molina Baeza], singd.er, actor, guitarist, dancer

53 – Chad Lowe, America actor

v @51 (baptized) – Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), French actor, playwright (d. 1673; TB)

42 – Drew Brees, American football player

41 – Pitbull (Armando Christian Pérez), American rapper and producer

v @39 – Martin Luther King, Jr., minister, activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968; shot)

38 – Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator

34 – Skrillex (Sonny John Moore), American DJ and producer

 

Jan 14

 

Week: 3 Day: 14
Ave. Sky Cover:  35% Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   55°\ 23° Wind: 0mph\ Gusts: 3mph
Low risk of fire Active fire: 408mi. \ Lightning: 929mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

9-15	Idiom Week National Mocktail Week
11-17	Cuckoo Dancing Week

Daily Observations

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A warmish day with high clouds.

Inflation keeps rising. It is now at a 40-year high. This is especially difficult for those elders on a fixed income. I certainly fit the elder category, but I do have some investments that help with the inflation. I know it is hard for so many. Even so, our grocery stores here have fewer products and more empty shelves. The Navajo Rez only has one grocery store chain with about 5 stores to cover the entire reservation. Bashes, the grocery chain, announced yesterday that they are struggling to get items to the rez because of lack of products needed and too few truckers to deliver the products. Many members of smaller communities are already driving over 50 miles just to get to a Bashes and then finding only empty shelves. So sad.

Prince Andrew, the playboy of Buckingham Palace, has been stripped of his military titles and charities amid a sex abuse lawsuit. There has been lots of tabloid news about his connection with Jeffery Epstein.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What bird can write?

PENguin

Trivia

1.        Which Indiana Jones movie was released back in 1984?

2.        How many Lord of the Rings films are there?

3.        What was the name of the actor who played Jack Dawson in Titanic?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Answer 2: Three

Answer c: Leonardo DiCaprio

Historical Events

Ø  1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.

Ø 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica killed more than 1,000 people.

Ø 1952 – NBC’s Today Show premiered in 1952, hosted by Dave Garraway.

Ø 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

Ø 1967 – The Human Be-In began in San Francisco, at California’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.

Birthdays Today

§  @92 – Andy Rooney, American journalist, critic, television personality (d. 2011)

§  @90 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese , philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

84 – Jack Jones, American singer and actor

81 – Faye Dunaway, American actress

79 – Holland Taylor, TV actor

§  @77 – Mark Goodson, game show producer, Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)

§  @75 – Julian Bond, American academic, politician (d. 2015; vascular disease)

74 – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor

§  @65 – Richard Felton Outcault, 1st American comic strip creator (The Yellow Kid, Hogan’s Alley) (d. 1928)

§  @60 – Benedict Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801; dropsy)

58 – Shepard Smith, American television journalist

54 – LL Cool J (James Todd Smith), American rapper and actor

§  @53 – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE; suicide)

53 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer