Jul 17

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 30 Day 198 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 89° \54° 
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 10mph  Air Quality Moderate
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 10mi \ Nearest Lightning 79mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

1-24 Tour de France  Link

7-17  Tug-of-War Days

10-16   Family Golf Week Link National Vodka Week Link    National Therapeutic Recreation Week Link   National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week  Link   Operation Safe Driver Week  Link

10-17  Sports Cliché Week: Link

13-19   Hemp History Week Link

15-21 Rabbit Week

17-23   Captive Nations Week Everybody Deserves A Massage Week Link  National Independent Retailers Week Link  National Zoo Keeper Week  Link    International Lace Week Link

Daily Observations

Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day
Disneyland Day
Fast of Tammuz 
Lake Superior Day 
National Hot Dog Day 
National Ice Cream Day
National Peach Ice Cream Day
National Tattoo Day
Victims of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Attack Day 
World Day for International Criminal Justice
World Emoji Day 
Wrong Way Corrigan Day
Yellow Pigs Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another very warm day. Monsoon may be here this afternoon. Yesterday’s heavy monsoon rains caused flooding of several roadways with property damage to fences and yards.

Biden’s fist bump with Saudi’s was a bit too much.

Reader’s Digest released a list of each state’s most historic landmark:

            AZ: Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff

            CO: Mesa Verde

            NM: Palace of the Governor, Santa Fe

Sri Lanka has sworn in its new interim President. This is another hot spot to watch.

It has only taken the International Olympic Committee 110 years, but now it is official: Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path") is the solo winner of the 1912 Pentathlon and Decathlon.

Favorite Memes

Trivia

Owls are some of the most fascinating and mysterious raptors in the world. While many people know a little bit about these birds of prey, some facts about owls can surprise even the most experienced birders.

There are more than 150 species of owls in the world, and some counts indicate more than 220 species depending on how different owls are classified. Owls are found in all different habitats and there are different owl species found on all continents except Antarctica.   

Historical Events

·           1867 – Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, Massachusetts
·           1899 – NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. Today, NEC has structured its organization around three principal segments: IT solutions, network solutions, and electronic devices.
·           1918 – Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
·           1938 – Douglas Corrigan took off from Brooklyn to fly the “wrong way” to Ireland and becomes known as “Wrong Way” Corrigan.
·           1955 – Disneyland was dedicated at an “International Press Preview” event and opened to the public on July 18.
·           1975 – The US Apollo 18 linked with the Soviet Soyez spacecraft
·           1981 – The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, MO, had a partial collapse, killing 114 people.
·           1984 – The minimum legal drinking age was raised from 18 to 21 nationally.
·           1989 – B-2 Stealth Bombers were successfully tested over Palmdale, CA.
·           2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, was shot down near the border of Ukraine and Russia. All 298 people on board were killed.

Birthdays Today

@97 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio, television host (d. 2010)
@95 – Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian (d. 2012)
87 – Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor
@86 – James Cagney, American actor (d. 1986)
@84 – John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1848)
@84 – Diahann Carroll, American actress, singer (d. 2019)
82 – Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter
74 – Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
70 – David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, producer
68 – Angela Merkel, German chemist politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany
@60 – Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter (d.2011; stroke)
46 – Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter  

Jul 16

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 29 Day 197 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 88° \58° 
Wind 3mph \ Gusts 6mph  Air Quality Moderate
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 30mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

1-24 Tour de France  Link

7-17  Tug-of-War Days

10-16   Family Golf Week: Link National Vodka Week Link    National Theraputic Recreation Week Link   National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week  Link   Operation Safe Driver Week  Link

10-17  Sports Cliché Week: Link

13-19   Hemp History Week Link

13-16   National Ventriloquism Week  Link

15-21 Rabbit Week

Daily Observations

Guinea Pig Appreciation Day
National Bridal Sale Day
National Corn Fritter Day
National Fresh Spinach Day
National Guinea Pig Day 
National Personal Chef's Day 
Strawberry Rhubarb Wine Day 
Toss Away the "Could Haves" and "Should Haves" Day
Woodie Wagon Day
Women's Dive Day
World Snake Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It’s starting out to be another very warm day. Yesterday’s storms cause road problems, highway closure, and yard flooding for many in the path of water from the latest burn. More monsoon rain expected later today.

The man who burned toilet paper now seems to have no connection to the devastating Pipeline fire here. He did get a 1-year probation for burning the toilet paper. The investigation continues.

The Secret Service is now saying that text messages from Jan. 5 & 6, 2021 were erased during an upgrade that took place after they were told to keep all text messages. Seems hard to believe.

The real estate market in Manhattan is insane. First, 40% of office space is vacant. Second, a studio apartment now averages $5K/month to rent.

The economy is not getting better. June saw a 11.3% increase in wholesale prices. That will soon be met with a similar increase in retail prices.

Congress continues to be asleep. Semi-conductors are used in cars, computers, phones, and many other things. Taiwan produces 90% of all semiconductors used in the USA. Congress is not passing legislation to make semiconductor production more easily available in the US.

Favorite Memes

Trivia

Muscle uses more calories to maintain itself than any other body tissue. For every pound of muscle someone puts on, they automatically burn an extra 22 to 36 more calories a day.

Amid the many hundreds of diet books are really only four basic rules for weight loss: 1) eat carbs in the form of whole grains or fiber, 2) avoid trans and saturated fats, 3) eat lean protein, and 4) eat lots of fruits and veggies.   

Historical Events

·        622 – The beginning of the Islamic (354 day) calendar.
·        1661 – The first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
·        1769 – Father Junípero Serra founded California’s first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, later known as San Diego, California.
·        1790 – The District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States.
·        1915 – The Boy Scout’s First Order of the Arrow ceremony took place and the Order of the Arrow was founded.
·        1935 – The world’s first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The first US patent for the device was filed by Roger W. Babson, on August 30, 1928.
·        1945 – The ‘Fat Boy’ atomic bomb was tested near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
·        1951 – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was published for the first time, by Little, Brown and Company.
·        1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its last “Big Tent” show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
·        1969 – Apollo 11 was launched to the Moon.
·           1994 – Comet Shoemaker-Levy crashed into Jupiter.

Birthdays Today

@90 – Bess Myerson, actress, game show panelist, Miss America 1945 (d. 2014)
@88 – Orville Redenbacher, founded Orville Redenbacher’s (d. 1995)
@85 – Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
@83 – Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1995)
@82 – Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
70 – Stewart Copeland, American drummer, songwriter
@64 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1951; heart attack)
55 – Will Ferrell, American comedic actor
54 – Barry Sanders, American football player
54 – Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia
51 – Corey Feldman, American actor