25 Oct

 

October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 298/ \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 44° \21° 
Wind 11mph \ Gusts 24mph  Air Quality: Fair         Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 254mi \ Nearest Lightning 559mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

23-29 Give Wildlife a Brake! Week Link Kids Care Week National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link National Massage Therapy Week    Link National Respiratory Care Week Link Pastoral Care Week   Link Pro Bono Week   Link

23-31   Red Ribbon Week Link

24-30 Asexuality Week Link Disarmament Week

24-31 Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

24-11/11 World Origami Days

25-31 International Magic Week

Daily Observations

Artist’s Day
Chucky, The Notorious Killer Doll Day Link
Greasy Foods Day
International Artists Day Link
Sourest Day
St. Crispin's Day Link
World Pasta Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A windy, chilly fall day. The HOA grounds team is busy cleaning up the pine needles on sidewalks and streets. Just not the gutter…darn.

The internet machine said that our local mall opened at 10am. I headed over there to get my glasses adjusted as they keep sliding down my nose. When I got there, they didn’t open until 11am. No big deal. I returned an hour later, and now my new glasses fit much better.

The Broncos lost to the Jets yesterday. The game was not on my TV.

Yesterday I got a notice on my phone that a tractor-trailer was on fire on I-40 a couple of miles from my place. It was not that unusual as it is usually a brake problem. This time it became more interesting because the cargo was several thousand pounds of charcoal briquettes. I took two fire trucks to put it out.

The UK has a new PM, Rishi Sunak was born in the UK, is of Punjabi descent, and is the 1^st person of color to hold the position. He has a big mess to clean up.

Favorite Memes

Best Instrumentals NEW

"Rebel-Rouser" by Duane Eddy (1958)

Back in the day, Eddy was considered the "greatest instrumentalist of all time." While that might no longer be the case, he's still among the elite. To many rock guitar historians, this is the crowning jewel of his legacy. It's a folk tune with a dirty, gritty sound that was quite different for the time.   

They live among us

The pedestrian light on the corner beeps when it's safe to cross the street.

I was crossing with an 'intellectually challenged' co-worker of mine.

She asked if I knew what the beeper was for.

I explained that it signals blind people when the light is red.

Appalled, she responded, 'what on earth are blind people doing driving?!'

She is a government employee.....

Historical Events

1940 – Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was named the 1st African American general in the US Army.

1971 – Taiwan was expelled from the United Nations, and admitted China to the organization.

1972 – The FBI hired its first female agents – Joanne Pierce and Susan Roley

1983 – US Armed Forces invaded Grenada

Birthdays Today

94 – Marion Ross, American actress
“This moment is your portal to the future. Use it wisely!”– Marion Ross @91 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, and sculptor (d. 1973)
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”– Pablo Picasso
@83 – Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon], country music comedienne (d. 1996)
“Take the back roads instead of the highways.”– Minnie Pearl
79 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer-songwriter
78 – James Carville, American lawyer, political consultant
“Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between.”– James Carville
@76 – Billy Barty, American actor (d. 2000; heart failure)
“The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia, but you can just call me Billy.”– Billy Barty
65 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress, Bart Simpson
61 – Chad Smith, drummer, Red Hot Chili Peppers
53 – Samantha Bee, Canadian-American comedian, television host
51 – Craig Robinson, American actor
38 – Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter
37 – Ciara, American singer-songwriter
“Being beautiful is all in the attitude, it’s about confidence.”– Ciara

 

24 Oct

 

24 October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 297 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 50° \23° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 27mph    Air Quality: Fair           Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 263mi \ Nearest Lightning qmi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

17-23  Career in Energy Week Freedom of Speech Week Link  Medical Assistants Recognition Week Link Mediation Week  Link

17-24 Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week

23-29 Give Wildlife a Brake! Week Link Kids Care Week National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week Link  National Massage Therapy Week Link  National Respiratory Care Week Link  Pastoral Care Week   Link  Pro Bono Week   Link

23-31   Red Ribbon Week Link

24-30 Asexuality Week:   Link Disarmament Week

24-31 Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

24-11/11 World Origami Days

Daily Observations

Accountant's Day or Accounting Day
Bologna Day
Crazy Day
Diwali Link
Food Day Link
Recycle Your Mercury Thermostat Day
Take Back Your Time Day
United Nations Day
World Development Information Day
World Polio Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Windy, cloudy, rainy with snow on the Peaks.

I was prepared to wake up to a slight covering of snow. Instead, it was raining and there were dead pine needles everywhere from the wind. Guess I’ll wait a little longer for snow.

Unsettling news story: The biological sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather, the lady who refused Marlon Brando’s Academy Award decades ago and to whom the Academy had apologized, are now saying that their sister lived in a fantasy world. Her father was Mexican, her mother was white. Her grandfather had abused her father in his youth. They showed biographical records to support their story. There are also no records showing that she is White Mountain Apache, as she claimed. If this account is true, it is discouraging that the media, Brando, or her family did not speak of this decades ago. If it is true, I get that the White Mountain Apache did not speak out as there are ‘wannabes’ [want to be Indians] all around.

Favorite Memes

Superstitions

The Ides of March

In early Roman calendars, Martius (March) was the first month of the year and dates were expressed by lunar phases as Kalends (Kal), Nones (Non), and Ides (Id). Ides of March referred to the first full moon of the year. Full moons have their own association with bad juju, but the real negative context of March 15 started with the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. Centuries later, the day continued to be marred by everything from catastrophic weather events to the cancelation of the Ed Sullivan Show. 

They live among us

I was at the airport, checking in at the gate when an airport employee asked,

'Has anyone put anything in your baggage without your knowledge?'

To which I replied, 'If it was without my knowledge, how would I know?'

He smiled knowingly and nodded, 'That's why we ask.'

Historical Events

1901 – Annie Edson Taylor, at age 63, became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1929 – Black Thursday in the stock market.
1945 – The United Nations was founded.
1946 – A camera onboard the V-2 No. 13 rocket took the first photograph of earth from outer space.
2007 – China successfully launched its first space probe, Chang’e-1.
2008 – Many of the world’s stock exchanges experienced their worst declines in history – “Bloody Friday”

Birthdays Today

@83 – Bob Kane, American comic book author and illustrator, co-created Batman (d. 1998)
86 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter and bass player, The Rolling Stones
“I’m not a musician, I just play bass.”– Bill Wyman 83 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
@82 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
75 – Kevin Kline, American actor
“I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films. I vowed I would never do a commercial, nor would I do a soap opera – both of which I did as soon as I left the Acting Company and was starving.”– Kevin Kline
62 – BD Wong, American actor
@56 – Melvin Purvis, FBI agentf, arrested Dillinger and others  (d. 1960; shot)
36 – Drake, Canadian rapper, actor
“I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.”– Drake
33 – PewDiePie [Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg], Swedish YouTuber
@28 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter (d. 1959) #thedaythemusicdied
24 – Daya, American singer