Week 16 Day: 102 Ave. sky cover: 5% \
Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 63° \31° Wind: 578mph \
Gusts: 35mph
High risk
of fire \ Nearest active fire: 254mi \ nearest
Lightning: 971mi
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
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Defeat Diabetes Month |
Fair
Housing Month Financial
Literacy Month Fresh
Florida Tomatoes Month Genocide
and Human Rights Awareness Month |
Weekly Observations
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Passiontide: 3-17 Ramadan: 3- 5/1 Mule Days: 6-12 |
10-16 Holy Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link |
Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A very windy
day. Glad there is no sand to be blowing.
The cable
guy came so I could watch CNN. I haven’t had that channel since two weeks before
I left. It was not my box issue, but the signal is not getting to my house. No
idea when it will be fixed.
Our first
night of cruising took us to the island of Raiatea. Ed and I did an ‘off-road’
excursion on the island. It was beautiful. We were on paved roads all the time,
but it was a great experience. I’m working on a presentation and will make it
available when it is completed.
All the
islands were green, green, green and the ocean was always a variety of blues. Some
of the ocean was a deep blue but around the shores it was various shades of
turquoise. Every time we got off the boat, we were greeted by a local with a
fresh flower. At the smaller islands there were no credit cards and cash only
and only some took US dollars. We always had great guides, although some had
limited English. They were all friendly and wanted us to love the island as much
as they did. COVIOD really left many in dire straits…especially those with working
in the tourist industry. The Filipino guy that had us waiting to get on the ship
had been trapped on an island for 3 months as no visas were being given. Tough
times. Most of the guides were basically unemployed for almost 2 years.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
What did the
customer say to the barber?
“I mustache
you a question, but I’ll shave it for later!”
Trivia
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The Whirling
Dervishes (Mevlevi) are a Sufi order in Konya (modern day Turkey). They are
famous for the unique whirling dances, which symbolize the rotation of the
universe in the presence of God.
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"The
Dancing Plagues," or dancing manias, occurred sporadically throughout
Western Europe from the 14th to the 17th centuries. For reasons unknown,
people, sometimes hundreds at a time, danced until they collapsed from
exhaustion or died.
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Michael
Flately of Riverdance holds the record for the world's highest-paid dancer,
earning $1.8 million a week at his prime. His legs were insured for $44.7
million.
Historical Events
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1606 – The
Union Jack (the Union Flag) was adopted as the flag of English and Scottish
ships.
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1633 –
Galileo was convicted of heresy, for announcing that the Earth revolved around
the Sun.
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1934 – The
strongest surface wind gust ever recorded on Earth, at 231 mph, was measured on
the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
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1955 – The
polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was declared safe and effective.
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1961 – Aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet
cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human being to travel into
space.
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1992 – The
Euro Disney Resort officially opened with its theme park Euro Disneyland. It
was later renamed Disneyland Paris.
Birthdays Today
@104– Beverly Cleary, author
76 – Ed O’Neill, American comedic actor
@75 – Henry Clay, 9th United States Secretary of
State (d. 1852)
75 – David Letterman, American talk show host
@67 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter (d.
2017; liver failure)
@66 – Tom Clancy, American author (d. 2013; heart
failure)
67 – Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor
65 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter
@64 – Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (d.1996;
heart attack)
51 – Shannon Doherty, American actress
51 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor
43 – Claire Danes, American actress
43 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress
