Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 24 Day: 156 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 40% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff
Today 80° \41°
Wind: 6mph \ Gusts: 15mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ Nearest
Lightning: 456mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Monthly
Observations
National Papaya
Month Link
National Pet Preparedness Month Link Link
National Pollinator Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month Link
National Rum Punch Month Link
National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness Month Link
National Smile Month Link (May 13-June
13)
National Soul Food Month
National Steakhouse Month
National Zoo and Aquarium Month Link
Oral Health Month Link
Outdoor Marketing Month
Perennial Gardening Month
Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
Potty Training Awareness Month Link
Professional Wellness Month
PTSD Awareness Month Link
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A little
cloudy, but still a nice day.
I had a nice
chat with my brother this morning. Laura is returning from Mexico City on Sunday.
Then they are off to Chicago for Chase’s graduation from high school. Then hop
another plane of two for time in Paris, then off to Greece and maybe end in
Spain. Sounds like a great vacation.
I worked on
a very large campus in Tuba. All supervisors were required to always have a
2-way radio on my person while working so they could be contacted quickly. I know that Uvalde is a small town, but the
head to the school police did not have a radio when he arrived on scene. Nor did
he get one quickly. He used his cell phone to call the dispatcher who in turn radioed
the officers on scene with directions. This is very disturbing.
When talking
about arming school personnel with guns, think about this: “A kid throws a rock
on the playground, so the teacher gives rocks to all the kids…because the only
way to stop a bad did with a rock is a good kid with a rock.”
Favorite Memes
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Everyday Phrases
with a Dark Meaning
Bite the
bullet
The phrase
essentially means doing something/making a difficult decision that we've been
hesitant to make.
It can be
traced back to soldiers in the battlefield who would have to go under emergency
procedures without anesthesia or alcohol to numb the pain. So they'd have to
literally bite a bullet.
Riddle of the Day
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C.
C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
Riddles try to send your train of thought off
in scattered directions. Try to stay clear and just follow the logic. Using
letters as placeholders for names like “Uncle Bob” or “Aunt Linda” makes
straightforward relationships seem difficult.
Answer:
A is D’s uncle.
Historical Events
Ë 1837 – Houston was incorporated by the
Republic of Texas.
Ë 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s
anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin (or Life Among the Lowly) began a
ten-month run in the National Era, an abolitionist newspaper.
Ë 1883 – The first regularly scheduled
Orient Express left Paris.
Ë 1916 – Louis Brandeis was sworn in as a
Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the first American Jew to hold the
position.
Ë 1933 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
took the United States off of the “Gold Standard”, a result of the Great
Depression. President Nixon, in 1971, completed the transition when he
announced that the United States would no longer convert dollars to gold at a
fixed value, $35 an ounce at that time.
Ë 1967 – The Six-Day War, between Israel
and its Neighboring countries June 5-11
Ë 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy was shot and
killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian.
Ë 1977 – The Apple II went in sale.
Ë 1981 – The AIDS virus was first noted: The
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reported that five people in Los Angeles, California, had a rare
form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, in what
turns out to be the first recognized cases of AIDS.
Ë 1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests
ended violently in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army, with at least 241
dead. Many western journalists had errantly speculated that the army would not
fight against the people.
Birthdays Today
@77 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (d. 1972;
Parkinson’s)
71
– Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, and television host
66
– Kenny G [Kenneth Bruce Gorelick], American saxophonist
@62 – John Maynard Keynes, British economist (d. 1946; heart
attack)
58
– Rick Riordan, Young Adult author
@57 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908; murdered)
43
– Mark Wahlberg, American actor, (aka rapper Marky Mark)
43
– Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter and bass player
