Jul 30

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 31 Day 211 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \54° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 11mph  Air Quality
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 24mi
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

23-31  National Moth Week

24-30   National Tequila Week Link RAGBRAI—Iowa Bike Race Women in Baseball Week

28-30 Great Texas Mosquitos Days Link  Quilt Odyssey Week World Lumberjack Championships

28-31 Lollapalooza

29-31   Garlic Days Link   Annie Oakley Days Satchmo Week

Daily Observations

Cheesecake Day 
Father-In-Law Day
Friendship Day 
Health Care Now!  Medicare's Birthday 
International Day of Friendship     
Islamic New Year
National Cheesecake Day
National Chicken and Waffles Day
National Intern Day
National Share A Hug Day 
National Water Gun Fight Day   
National Whistleblowers Appreciation Day
Paddle for Perthes Disease Awareness Day 
Paperback Book Day
Share a Hug Day
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Lots of light rain last night. Still in a flood advisory. Rain started about 2pm. A hard male storm that quickly became a light rain with thunder and lightning. Power knocked out for about 10 minutes. 

Our discussion group meets tomorrow evening. We will be discussing Biden’s Foreign Policy. Should be a good discussion.

Years ago, I was able to visit Taiwan with Focus Travel Club. Taiwan is back in the news.  My memories include a beautiful scenery, great people, fantastic food. I must admit I got a tad tired of the Lazy Susan’s at every meal, including breakfast. I am deeply sorry to see the political posturing that is going on…the people of Taiwan do not need or deserve the current climate.

For my entire life the US has sent men…and now women…overseas to fight our enemies. Very disappointed that the Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would have helped our wounded warriors. The no votes should be headlines across the country.

The current Saudi sponsored golf tournament is opening deep wounds of our country. The National ‘We will not forget’ seems to have fallen on deaf ears when it comes to making money. This country is certainly divided.

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

Mark Dinning: 'Teen Angel'

Mark Dinning performed this 1960 song co-written by his sister Jean and her husband. The track hit the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for five weeks. While Mark Dinning never had another hit, the song found its way to the silver screen: "Teen Angel" can be heard in the 1973 George Lucas coming-of-age film, “American Graffiti.” 

Historical Events

·        762 – Baghdad was founded by Caliph Al-Mansur.
·        1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convened.
·        1729 – Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.
·        1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States was constituted in Massachusetts.
·        1866 – New Orleans, Louisiana’s Democratic government ordered police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
·        1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup.
·        1935 – The first softcover paperback books were introduced, in Germany.
·        1956 – A joint resolution of the US Congress was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God we Trust as the US national motto.
·        1962 – The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, officially opened.
·        1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
·        1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was declared dead on July 30, 1982.
·           2003 – In Mexico, the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line.

Birthdays Today

@96 – Henry W. Bloch, American banker, businessman, co-founded H&R Block (d. 2019)
@85 – Charles ‘Casey’ Stengel, American baseball player, manager (d. 1975)
@83 – Henry Ford, engineer, businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947)
@82 – Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director (d. 2022)
81 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter
75 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, 38th Gov. of CA
66 – Delta Burke, American actress
66 – Anita Hill, American lawyer, academic
59 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress
58 – Vivica A. Fox, American actress
54 – Simon Baker, actor
53 – Terry Crews, American football player, actor
52 – Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, screenwriter
51 – Tom Green, Canadian comedian, actor
48 – Hilary Swank, American actress  

Jul 29

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 31 Day 210 \ Ave. Sky Cover 6% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 75° \54° 
Wind 1mph \ Gusts 5mph  Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 16mi
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

23-31  National Moth Week

23-27  National Scrabble Week Link

24-30   National Tequila Week Link RAGBRAI—Iowa Bike Race Women in Baseball Week

28-30 Great Texas Mosquitos Days Link  Quilt Odyssey Week World Lumberjack Championships

28-31 Lollapalooza

29-31   Garlic Days Link   Annie Oakley Days Satchmo Week

Daily Observations

Army Chaplain Corps Anniversary
National Get Narly Day   
Global Tiger Day
International Chicken Wing Day
International Tiger Day 
Lasagna Day
Lumberjack Day
National Chicken Wing Day
National Lipstick Day
National Talk in An Elevator Day 
Rain Day 
System Administrator Appreciation Day 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Storms and therefore flooding continues. Hoping for the best for the area.

Flagstaff watersheds in burn areas are now saturated and even only negligible rain leads to flooding below the burn areas. It is turning into a destructive monsoon season.

The rez area around Tuba also got heavy rains and more are expected today thru Saturday. Many dirt roads are washed out. School starts next week and road crews from BIA, Tuba Chapter, Navajo Nation, and ADOT are working to get the roads repaired before school buses have to haul children.

Gun manufacturers made $1billion over the past decade selling assault rifles. No wonder they have little incentive to make these guns less deadly.

Now that Biden in testing negative, we should celebrate to giant steps in controlling COVID. Much better than a few years ago.

Russians may be open to a trade: a female b-ball player with drugs in her luggage and a Canadian with American citizenship convicted of spying for the Russian ‘Merchant of Death’.  A tough call for sure.

Interesting: Hulu Streaming, a Disney company, will not run political ads on sensitive issues: abortion, climate change, gun laws; but will allow non-sensitive issues: taxes and education.

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

The Chantays: 'Pipeline'

An instrumental one-hit wonder that is worth remembering, the Chantays were known as a surf rock band from Orange County, California. The five members came together at Santa Ana High School and managed to score a major hit with “Pipeline” in 1963. Two members, Bob Spickard and Brian Carman, wrote the song when seniors in high school. 

Historical Events

·        1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile (Arch of Triumph of the Star) in Paris, France.
·        1945 – The USS Indiana torpedoed and sank. Only 318 of 1,196 crew members survived.
·        1948 – After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
·        1954 – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien published.
·        1958 – NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) established.
·        1981 – A worldwide TV audience of over 700 million people watched the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
·        1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Chunnel).
·           2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet, Eris.

Birthdays Today

@102 – ‘Professor’ Irwin Corey, American comedian, actor (D. 2017)
69 – Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
@61 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (died in 1945)
56 – Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter
50 – Wil Wheaton, American actor
40 – Allison Mack, American actress

 

Jul 28

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 31 Day 209 \ Ave. Sky Cover 70% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 70° \56° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 7mph  Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 1mi

Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days o

f moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

23-31  National Moth Week

23-27  National Scrabble Week Link

24-30   National Tequila Week Link RAGBRAI—Iowa Bike Race Women in Baseball Week

28-30 Great Texas Mosquitos Days Link Quilt Odyssey Week World Lumberjack Championships

28-31 Lollapalooza

Daily Observations

Buffalo Soldiers Day
Earth Overshoot Day 
National Chili Dog Day  
National Hamburger Day
National Intern Day   
National Milk Chocolate Day
National Refreshment Day
National Waterpark Day
World Hepatitis Day
World Nature Conservation Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Another stormy monsoon day. Not complaining. Just hope flooding is held to a minimum. Also there is lots of thunder and lightning.

Biden tested negative this morning…I guess all boosters work.

The International Space Station is a joint venture between the US and Russia. Russia has decided that due to sanctions, it will not renew the contract. NASA says they will find other partners.

Marjorie Taylor Green has suggested that the Republican Party should change its name to the ‘Christian Nationalist Party’.  That is very frightening.

Favorite Memes

One Hit Wonders

Bruce Channel: 'Hey! Baby'

With its background harmonica and fun lyrics, “Hey! Baby,” it was no wonder that the song appealed to audiences in 1961. Musician Delbert McClinton toured with singer Bruce Channel and even gave a young John Lennon, who was just starting out with the Beatles, some harmonica tips. 

Historical Events

·        1540 – Thomas Cromwell was executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason.

·        1854 – The USS Constellation, the last ‘all sail’ warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned.
·        1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified.
·        1896 – The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.
·        1933 – The first Singing Telegram was delivered, to Rudy Vallee for his 32nd birthday.
·        1945 – A US Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 and injuring 26.
·        1973 – At the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
·        1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man were discovered near Kennewick, Washington. (The Kennewick Man)
·           2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground.

Birthdays Today

@84 – Rudy Vallée, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
@77 – Beatrix Potter, English children’s book writer and illustrator (d. 1943; pneumonia)
@64 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American socialite, 37th First Lady (d. 1994; cancer)
@58 – Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel, politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013 cancer)
58 – Lori Loughlin, American actress
48 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
32 – Soulja Boy, American rapper