29 Oct

 

29 October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 302 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 52° \27° 
Wind 7mph \ Gusts 12mph  Air Quality: Fair         Moderate Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 682mi \ Nearest Lightning 1063mi
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

Allantide  Link
Cat Day
Hermit Day
Internet Day Link
National Cat Day Link  Link
National Hermit Day Link
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day  Link 
Oatmeal Day
Pancake Day
World Psoriasis Day  Link
World Stroke Day Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Still a cool fall day.

Yesterday was very busy, thus no posting. I had lunch with Mary and Mike. Good food, good conversation. Then I had an afternoon medical appointment for my annual heart check. All good. It was a simple, ultra-sound.

What is happening…a guy broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home and her husband was attacked with a hammer. The police say they have the intruder and that her husband will recover. This is so ‘not the America I grew up in.’

Our discussion group meets tomorrow night for a discussion on Myanmar Today. I will be leading the discussion. Today’s Myanmar is not the Burma we all learned about in school.  They have had a sad history of trying to become democratic after British rule ended decades ago.

Twitter is now run by Elon Musk. His first action to was fire many of the top officials. Hmmm.

Favorite Memes

Best Instrumentals

"Green Onions" by Booker T & M.G.'s (1962)

One of the great "groove" tracks of all time. It's arguably the greatest rhythm and blues instrumental in music history that's been used in numerous films and commercials throughout the years. While Booker T. Jones's work on the Hammond M3 organ is the highlight of the piece, Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, of Blues Brothers fame, played guitar on the song 

Humor…

“I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” Mark Twain

Historical Events

1618 – English courtier Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
1886 – The first ticker-tape parade took place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets after the Statue of Liberty was dedicated.
1888 – The Convention of Constantinople was signed, guaranteeing maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
1969 – The first, early “internet” connection (ARPANET) was made between Stanford and UCLA Universities.
By the end of the year, the University of California (Santa Barbara) and the University of Utah were also online.
1993- The very first “Got Milk?” commercial was broadcast.
1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery took off with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
2012 – Superstorm Sandy crashed into the US northeastern shores and the mainland.

Birthdays Today

@85 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player, composer, TV’s Batman Theme (d. 2008)
84 – Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, screenwriter
“I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.”– Ralph Bakshi
75 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
74 – Kate Jackson, American actress
Sometimes the better an actor is, the less he’s noticed.”– Kate Jackson
@65 – Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)
“There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle, or end. Of course, you have to be regarded as a genius to get away with it, and that’s the hardest part – convincing everybody you’re a genius.”– Fredric Brown
@59 – Fanny Brice, American actress, singer (d. 1951; stroke)
“Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?”– Fanny Brice
52 – Winona Ryder, American actress
@52 – Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995; lymphoma)
“It’s the imperfections that make something beautiful, that’s what makes it different and unique from everything else.”– Bob Ross
@47 – Joseph Goebbels, German politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (d. 1945; suicide)

 

27 Oct

 

27 October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 44 Day 300 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 59° \26° 
Wind 3mph \ Gusts 15mph  Air Quality: Fair       High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 264mi \ Nearest Lightning 371mi
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

24-31 Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week

24-11/11 World Origami Days

25-31 International Magic Week

Daily Observations

American Beer Day
Birth of Baha'u'Llah [Baháʼí Faith]
Black Cat Day Link
Cranky Co-workers Day
Navy Day  Link
Potato Day
Read for The Record Day  Link
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It’s a chilly day.

I remember a time, not so long ago, that when the Feds said something, people listened and obeyed. Not happening in AZ these days. Our Governor put up a bunch of storage containers at the border to stop trafficking. The Feds said, ‘you can’t do that’, the courts agreed. Gov. Ducey didn’t. He has just ordered as many as 2700 more containers to put in another area to protect all of America. This is even more disturbing because AZ has Republicans on the ballot for Gov, Sec. of State, US Senate, and House seats who agree with Ducey. The Republican running for Governor says that ‘on day one, hour one, I will declare an invasion (Article 1 Section 10) and invoke the US constitution to stop the illegal immigrants. She has also suggested removing the Federal government from AZ citizen’s lives.

Remembering the Waukesha Christmas Parade where a man drove his SUV into the parade and killed 6. He was just found guilty of many counts of homicide.

Favorite Memes

Best Instrumentals

"Apache" by Various artists (1960)

Several artists have covered or sampled this popular track written by Englishman Jerry Lordan and made famous by The Shadows in 1960. It was in the early 1970s that the version by the Incredible Bongo Band became a hip-hop anthem. Almost a decade later, the Sugarhill Gang turned it into a dance-party staple for group and line dancers around the world. 

Humor…

“I’m on a whiskey diet. I’ve lost three days already.” Tommy Cooper

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“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” Groucho Marx

Historical Events

1275 – Amsterdam, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was founded.
1682 – The City of Philadelphia was founded in Pennsylvania.
1787 – The First Federalist Papers were published in New York City.
1954 – The “Walt Disney” program premiered on ABC. It was later called “Disneyland“, then “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color“.
1955 – Rebel Without a Cause, starring James Dean was released. It premiered the night before, at the Astor Theater in New York.
1966 – It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown aired for the first time (on CBS)
1997 – Stock markets around the world crashed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 554.26 points (7.18%) to 7,161.15.
2004 – The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years.

Birthdays Today

@97 – Nanette Fabray, American actress, and singer (d. 2018)
@91 – Ruby Dee, American actress (d. 2014)
83 – John Cleese, English comedic actor, Monty Python
“Political correctness is a bit like a granny, a maiden aunt arriving at a party when everyone’s having a good time. And she comes in, they all start sort of buttoning up and becoming self-conscious and behaving properly and then when she leaves, you can have fun again.”– John Cleese
80 – Lee Greenwood, American singer-songwriter
“At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection.”– Lee Greenwood
@73 – Roy Lichtenstein, American painter, and sculptor (d. 1997)
“There must be something about art… almost all cultures have done art. It’s a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us alive. As far as we know, no other animals do that.
– Roy Lichtenstein
72 – Fran Lebowitz, American author
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”– Fran Lebowitz
71 – Jayne Kennedy, American model, actress, and sportscaster
64 – Simon Le Bon, English singer-songwriter, Duran Duran
@63 – Isaac Singer, founded the Singer Corporation (d. 1875)
@61 – John Gotti, American mob boss (d. 2002; cancer)
@60 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919; blood clot)
@57 – Nicolo Paganini, Italian violin virtuoso (d. 1840; internal hemorrhaging)
@48 – Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015; OD)
“Music, as many people have said, is the universal language. Of course, points are made which make you think about things, but ultimately it makes you feel. And that’s why people remember more songs that have meant something during their life than films. They start to define periods in your life, and that’s kind of the beauty of it.”– Scott Weiland
@39 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet, playwright (d. 1953; lung disease)
“Life always offers you a second chance. is called tomorrow.”– Dylan Thomas
38 – Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
“I took more hell for being fat than I did for being an absolute raging drug addict. I will never understand that.”– Kelly Osbourne
@30 – Sylvia Plath, poet (d. 1963; suicide)