5 October 2022
Daily
Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 41 Day 278 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 65° \41°
Wind 9mph \ Gusts 15mph
Air
Quality Fair Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 107mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
Learn To Bowl
Month Link
LGBT
History Month Link
Long Term Care Planning Month
Month of Free Thought
National Aesthetician Month Link
National AIDS Awareness Month Link
National Animal Safety and Protection Month Link
National Animal Safety and Protection Month Link Link
National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology/Protect Your Hearing Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National
Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Caramel Month Link
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Health Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month Link
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month Link
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Dwarfism Awareness Month Link
Weekly Observations
Oct 30-10/9
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Daily Observations
Apple Betty Day
Balloons
Around The World Day
Chic Spy Day
Coffee With A Cop Day Link
Do Something Nice Day
Dupuytren Disease Awareness Day
Get Funky Day Link
International Day of No
Prostitution Link
National Pumpkin Seed Day Link
Random Acts of Poetry Day
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The Victims of Marijuana Prohibition Day Link
World Financial Planning Day Link
World Teachers Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
After
yesterday’s storms, today is quiet and cool. Fall is here for sure.
All the storms
yesterday also brought snow to our peaks. They were beautiful this morning.
The cleanup
from Hurricane Ian continues. It will take months, if not years. The number of
lost lives is over one hundred and expected to rise substantially.
N. Korea is upping
the ante as it flew a missile over one of the Japanese Islands. The last one
near Japan was in 2017. Tensions are very high.
The comedian
John Oliver had a very interesting story about antiquities in this post-colonial
world. During the Colonial era, many nations took thousands of items from the losing
nation. Some were placed in museums around the world some were sold to other
museums for a tidy sum. Others were put in ‘storage’ at the various museums. Many
of the items were important to understand the history, culture, and life of the
conquered country. It is a very disturbing history for sure. Many of these countries
are now under independent governments, especially in Africa and Central and
South America. Many native tribes in the US and Canada are also involved. These
tribes and independent nations are asking to get their antiquities back to
their home country. Museums do not want to return these lucrative artifacts. It
is a tough call for sure. One question to help…how would you feel if a country
had the skulls of our founding fathers on display in a museum in Africa or kept
in a cardboard box in a storage area in China?
Favorite Memes
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Superstitions
Spilling
Salt
There are a
couple of reasons why spilled salt is supposedly bad luck. The simple
explanation is that salt was once used as an expensive trading commodity, so
spilling it was just plain wasteful. The other theory is that it was considered
a magical substance in ancient times where it was used to perform rituals.
Spilling it meant you were inviting the devil in.
US Facts
Coffee
The only place where coffee is grown
domestically in the US is Hawaii.
Historical Events
1877 – Chiff Joseph surrendered to US
Cavalry Forces. He famously stated: “From where the sun now stands, I will
fight no more forever.”
1944 – Suffrage was extended to women in
France.
1966 There was a partial core meltdown at
the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor, near Detroit, Michigan.
1970 – The Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) began broadcasting and National Educational Television (NET) closed.
1984 – Marc Garneau became the first
Canadian in space, flying aboard the US Space Shuttle Challenger.
2001 – Barry Bonds hit Home Runs #71
& 72, beating Mark McGuire’s prior record. He went on the hit 73 for the
season and is still the current record.
Birthdays Today
97
– Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress
@89 – Bil Keane,
American cartoonist, Family Circus (d. 2011)
“Yesterday’s the
past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the
present.”– Bil Keane
@83 – Louis Lumiere,
movie pioneer, inventor (d. 1948)
@81 – Ray Kroc, entrepreneur
(d. 1984)
79
– Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter
@72 – Larry Fine,
American comedian, Founding Stooge (d. 1975; strokes)
71
– Bob Geldof, British singer-songwriter
“It strikes me as
being morally repulsive and intellectually absurd that people die of want in a
world of surplus.”– Bob Geldof
70
– Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, screenwriter
“All I ever wanted
to do is darken the day and brighten the night.”– Clive Barker
64
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
“Knowing how to
think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.”
– Neil deGrasse
Tyson
@62 – Robert H.
Goddard, American physicist and engineer (d. 1945; cancer)
“It is difficult to
say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the
reality of tomorrow.”– Robert H. Goddard
@60 – Jeff Conaway,
American actor (d. 2011; OD/sepsis)
@57 – Chester A.
Arthur, 21st President (d. 1886; stroke)
“If it were not for
the reporters, I would tell you the truth.”– Chester A. Arthur
@50– Bernie Mac,
comedian/actor (d. 2008; sarcoidosis)
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– Kate Winslet, actor
