Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 35 Day 235 \ Ave. Sky Cover 10% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 80° \50°
Wind 5mph \ Gusts 6mph Air Quality Fair
Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 29mi \ Nearest
Lightning 55mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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23-9/1
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Daily Observations
Day
For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition
Ride The Wind Day Link (Hang
Gliding)
Spongecake Day
The Festival of Vulcan (The
Vulcanalia, no longer celebrated)
Valentino Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice
summer day.
I headed
over to the mall for a much-needed pedicure. Happy to see that the lady who has
done them for years has returned. She did a great job. My feet feel a whole lot
younger. Another lady came in as I was finishing up and she too was happy to
see the pedi-lady back.
I watched
the Cards play last night. They are starting out just like the Broncos…1 win, 1
loss. Hoping for a better season by both teams.
I’m still trying
to learn how to put my new Nissan into N. The only time I need to do that is
when I’m getting a car wash at a ride-thru place. The shift knob doesn’t have
an N, there is a button to push that moves it to N but it only works sometimes.
Crazy. I’ll be very embarrassed if I must go to the dealership. ‘Excuse me, I’ve
been a licensed driver over 50 years, but I can’t find Neutral on this vehicle.’
I’m sure the laughter will stop after about 10 minutes.
I have never understood ‘dark money’ in politics. One can donate to a PAC or SuperPAC and their name will not be released. That means we don’t know who is involved in politics. Recently, a new group led by conservative lawyers received $1.6billion anonymous donation. Marble Freedom Trust is that non-profit. It is led by the co-chair of The Federalist Society. In a democracy everyone is allowed to spend their money however they choose. I still believe that all political contributions need to be made available to the general public, so we know who is helping politicians. Why should it remain a secret?
Favorite Memes
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One Hit Wonders
"Mississippi Queen," Mountain
(1970)
Leslie West
was one of the great rock guitarists of all time, and he made a name for
himself with Mountain. Most notably, obviously, through the group's only real
hit. This hard-charging, guitar-fueled classic track peaked at No. 21 on the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and remains a classic rock staple. The band put
out eight albums from 1970-2007, but none of its singles achieved the success
as this one. And, yes, that's a cowbell that can be heard.
Historical Events
79 – Mount Vesuvius, the volcano erupted
and buried the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under a thick carpet of volcanic
ash on the feast day of Vulcan.
1305 – Sir William Wallace was executed
for high treason at Smithfield in London.
1948 – World Council of Churches was
formed.
1965 – The Sound of Music was released,
starring Julie Andrews
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first
photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1973 – A bank robbery went wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turned into a
hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathize with
their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm syndrome”.
1991 – The World Wide Web was available
to the public.
2006 – Pluto was demoted from full planet
status to “dwarf planet”.
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia’s
last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his
sister Grand Duchess Anastasia were discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Birthdays Today
91
– Barbara Eden, American actress
@83 – Gene Kelly,
American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)
” The way I look at
a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A
musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind
of social comment.”
– Gene Kelly
73
– Shelley Long, American actress
73
– Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, actor
” I don’t know any
musician, successful or otherwise, that got in it to make money. Or a writer,
for that matter. You get into it because you love it.”
– Rick Springfield
@68 – Tex Williams,
American singer-songwriter (d. 1985; cancer)
52
– Jay Mohr, American actor, screenwriter
” People are more
interested in someone who goes on stage and tells the truth.”
– Jay Mohr
46
– Scott Caan, actor
@41 – Kobe Bryant,
American basketball player (d. 2020; helicopter crash)
“I’ll do whatever it
takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a
cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”
– Kobe Bryant
@32 – Keith Moon,
English drummer, The Who (d. 1978; OD)
32
– Seth Curry, NBA star
@23 – River Phoenix,
American actor (d. 1993; OD)
