Mar 11

Week 11 Day: 70  Ave. sky cover: 95% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 31° \11°  Wind: 2mph \ Gusts: 8mph
Low risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 451mi \ nearest Lightning: 1521mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

4-13	Paralympic Games
5-12	Girl Scout Week Link  Link
6-12	National Consumer Protection Week Link  Celebrate Your Name Week National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week   National Words Matter Week  No More Week  Link Read an E-Book Week  Link   Save Your Vision Week Link   Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week
6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
6-13	Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
7-11	National School Breakfast Week
10-12	National Money Days National Money Show
11-17	Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week Turkey Vultures Return to the Living Sign
11-13	World Rattlesnake Roundup

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The afternoon the weatherman predicted arrived about 9am. We need the moisture, so no problem. I had an early doctor appointment. All the blood tests looked good. After the appointment I decided to get some groceries, just in case there is a lot of snow. That went well too. Snow is heavy, then light, then none. It is too warm for much to be sticking. The weatherman sez we will get about 4” total from this storm. I’ll just hang out and wait to see how much actually accumulates.

I am very inspired by the people of Ukraine in the war they didn’t ask for.

The 2020 census had its problems with Covid and the lockdowns. Now, as the Census Bureau does a check to verify its report, they learned that the 2020 count did a worse job as the 2010 census in counting minorities. The undercount of Native American, Black, and Browns…especially in rural areas…is very discouraging.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What city has no people?

Electricity.

Trivia

Question: What animal is known by the nickname “sea cow?”

 

 

 Question: What animal is said to have 9 lives?

 

 

 Question: What is the only mammal that can’t jump?

 

 

 Question: What animal is the largest mammal in the world?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Manatees

Answer 2: Cat

Answer 3: Elephant

Answer 4: Blue Whale

Historical Events

Ø     105 – Ts’ai Lun invented paper, in China.

Ø    1702 – The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper, was published for the first time

Ø    1818 – Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was published. It is recognized as the world’s first science fiction novel.

Ø    1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the US eastern seaboard.

Ø    1918 – The ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic struck the United States.

Ø    1967 – #1 Hit March 11, 1967 – March 17, 1967: The Supremes – Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone

Ø    1997 – ‘Sir’ Paul McCartney was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music.”

Ø    2011 – Apple iPad 2 was released.

    Ø    2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic.

Birthdays Today

91 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate

@89 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (died in 1992)

@79 – Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist,(d. 2016; natural causes)

72 – Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter

@64 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (d. 1990; blood clots)

50 – Johnny Knoxsville [Philip John Clapp], actor

55 – John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer

53 – Terrence Howard, American actor

43 – Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter, guitarist

43 – Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter, producer

29 – Jodie Comer, British actress

 

Mar 10

 

Week 11 Day: 69  Ave. sky cover: 15% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 40° \17°  Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 21mph
High risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 519mi \ nearest Lightning: 1184mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

4-13	Paralympic Games
5-12	Girl Scout Week Link Link
6-12	National Consumer Protection Week Link  Celebrate Your Name Week National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week   National Words Matter Week  No More Week  Link Read an E-Book Week  Link   Save Your Vision Week Link   Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week
6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
6-13	Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
7-11	National School Breakfast Week
10-12	National Money Days National Money Show

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sunshine and mostly clear sky. Nice…Enjoying it while it lasts…new storm due tomorrow.

I printed my boarding pass this morning. Now to figure out the Covid test situation.

I headed to Sam’s and filled with gas. Throughout the drive gas was $4.40-$4.60, so Sam’s was the cheapest at $4.19 for regular. Still better than having a horse.

32 years ago, the first McDonald’s opened in Moscow. It was a big hit. Yesterday, McDonald’s closed all its 850 Russian Golden Arches. Some GAO’s are getting money to the workers who were displaced. I guess it is a ‘no fry zone.’

The Russian troops bombed a maternity hospital this morning. I am speechless.  This invasion has to end soon.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What word looks the same backwards & upside down?

 SWIMS.

Trivia

Question: What are the horns of a rhinoceros made of?

 

Question: How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?

 

Question: What name is given to a female deer?

 

 Question: How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: keratin (Hair and fingernails)

Answer 2: Two

Answer 3: Doe

Answer 4: They hold hands

 

Historical Events

Ø    1862 – The United States began using paper currency.

Ø    1876 – Alexander Graham Bell spoke into his just-completed invention, the telephone: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”

Ø    1906 – An underground fire sparked a massive explosion that virtually destroyed a vast maze of mines in Courrieres, France, that killed over 1,000 workers.

Ø    1880 – The US Salvation Army began serving.

Ø    1955 – A US Patent (#2,704,172) was issued to Aaron S. Lapin for his invention of “Dispensing Valves for Gas Pressure Containers”. That may sound boring until you find out it was for his Reddi-Wip cream topping.

Ø    1977 – Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.

Birthdays Today

@93 – Judith Jones, cookbook editor; saved Anne Frank’s Diary (d. 2017)

82 – Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist

@70 – James Earl Ray, American criminal; assassin of MLK, Jr. (d. 1998; Hep C)

65 – Shannon Tweed, American model

64 – Sharon Stone, American actress

60 – Jasmine Guy, American actress

58 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

@54 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011, Navy Seals)

51 – Jon Hamm, American actor

50 – Timbaland [Timothy Zachery Mosley], American rapper, producer

39 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter