16 May 2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
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Week 20 Day 136
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Ave.
Sky Cover 40%\ Visibility 19miles
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Flagstaff Today
73° \ 43°
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Wind 3mph
\ Gusts 5mph
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Nearest
active fire: 345mi
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Nearest
Lightning: 21mi
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Air Quality: Moderate
Moderate Risk of fire
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May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°
May Average: 3 Days of moisture
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Sunshine
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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10-16
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Universal Family Week
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12-21
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National Public Gardens Week Link
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14-20
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National Eosinophil Awareness
Week Link
National Nursing Home Week
National Return To Work Week
National Transportation Week
National Women's Health Week
Reading is Fundamental Week Link
Salute to Moms 40+ Week
Work At Home Moms Week
World Trade Week
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15-19
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Hoarding Awareness Week Link
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15-21
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American Craft Beer Week Link
International Heritage Breeds Week
National Bike to Work WeekLink
PGA Championship Link
Police Week
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16-21
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National Foul Ball Week
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16-27
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Cannes Film Festival
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Daily Observations
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Biographer's Day
Coquilles St. Jacques Day
Honor Our LGBT Elders' Day Link
International Day of Light Link
International Day of Living in Peace Link
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Mimosa Day (Drink)
NASCAR Day Give-a-thon Link
National BBQ Day Link
National Piercing Day
National Sea Monkey Day
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Today’s Thoughts
A
little cloudy. The weather guy keeps saying it is an early monsoon, but all
happening are a few drops on my dusty car to make it a mess.
A
whistleblower about the Mormon Church (LDS) was on 60 Minutes last
night. It seems that the church may not be properly reporting requirements of
churches regarding $100 Billion in assets. It is time the IRS and Congress review
the law regarding all church’s IRS exemption from paying taxes. There are way
too many ‘Mega-Churches’ that line their pockets with the IRS exemption. I get
the separation of church and state, but many in the church group are getting
rich off their members. That is not what Christ teaches.
The
writer’s strike continues. Some of my live shows are not on TV due to the
strike. I miss SNL and Real Time. Settle the strike.
Facebook
has me totally confused. The have put me in Facebook jail for 24 hours for ‘breaking
community standards.’ I tried to find out which post was concerning. Can’t find
out. The only post I made before the notice I had broken rules was my Mother’s
Day greeting yesterday morning. I can still comment on posts, I can still post,
and sometimes I can use an emoji on a post, sometimes I get a reminder that I broke
their standards and can’t use the like emoji, but can use the WOW emoji. Very frustrating.
Enjoy
Ocean Trivia
Cephalofoil is the
formal term for the distinctly shaped noggins of the hammerhead 360-degree seeing shark group.
Origins of State Names
New Jersey
The name New Jersey is the result of a breakup,
but not the romantic kind. In 1664, when the British seized the colony of
New Netherland from the Dutch, the land was divided in half, with the east side
granted to English statesman George Carteret. He had once served as governor of
the Isle of Jersey, an island in the English Channel, and named the colony
after it. Given its namesake, it only makes sense that New Jersey also borders
the waters of the Atlantic, albeit many thousands of miles away.
Historic Events
- 1866 – The United States
Congress established the 5-cent nickel.
- 1918 –
The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism
of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense.
It was repealed on December 13, 1920.
- 1951 –
The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights began, between
Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York
City and Heathrow Airport in London.
Birthdays with some quotes
79
– Danny Trejo, American actor
@78 – Yvonne Craig, American actress (d. 2015; breast cancer)
“Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary
is.”– Yvonne Craig
@77 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982; heart disease)
72
– Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
@71 – William H. Seward, American lawyer, 24th Secretary of
State (d. 1872)
70
– Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor
@67 – (Władziu Valentino Liberace)Liberace, American
pianist and entertainer (d. 1987; HIV)
“Years ago when I started doing TV and making
appearances in big arenas, the place would put security guys up there and I
said, “Please don’t do that. It’s very distracting to see ten cops in front of
the stage. Everybody’s looking at the officers instead of me. I don’t want
that.” I also found that people will dare to break a barricade. If they have a
barricade, somebody will always try to jump over it. I’ve found that the more
open I am, the better.”– Liberace
57
– Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter
“I don’t believe in luck. It’s persistence, hard work,
and not forgetting your dream.”– Janet Jackson 54 – Tucker Carlson, American
journalist
54
– David Boreanaz, American actor
50
– Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality
“Everybody knows there is no such thing as normal.
There is no black-and-white definition of normal. Normal is subjective. There’s
only a messy, inconsistent, silly, hopeful version of how we feel most at home
in our lives.”– Tori Spelling
37
– Megan Fox, American actress
“Just be you. I’ve learned the hard way and in the
end, some people are just so full of hate that no matter what you say or do,
they’ll always have something to say.”– Megan Fox
33
– Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
