6 Jan

 

Flagstaff Today 43°: 17°  Week 2 Day 6 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 3 mph Gusts 5 mph Active Fire: 67 miles away Risk of Fire: Moderate Nearest lightning: 974 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture: 4 Days

Monthly Observations

Self-help Group Awareness Month Self-Love Month Shape Up US Month Snowcare for Troops Awareness Month Teen Driving Awareness Month Train Your Dog Month Link   Link Link

Thyroid Awareness Month Link Unchain A Dog Month Link Walk Your Pet Month Link  Link Link World Introvert Month Link Worldwide Rising Star Month

Weekly Observations

Diet Resolution Week: 1-7  Silent Record Week: 1-7 Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8 National Personal Trainer Awareness Week: 4-11   National Folic Acid Awareness Week: 5-11 Link

Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week: 5-11 National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 5-11 Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 5-11 No Tillage Week: 6-10

Daily Observations

Armenian Christmas Apple Tree Day Bean Day Congress Assembles Cuddle Up Day Divorce Monday Link  Epiphany Handsel Day I Am A Mentor Day  Link

National Bean Day Link National Shortbread Day  Link National Smith Day National "Thank God It's Monday" Day National Technology Day  Link National Weigh-In Day    Take a Poet To Lunch Day  Three Kings Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A nice winter day with very little breeze. Yesterday’s wind is gone.

I’m hoping for and planning for a nice week. Only a Dr. appointment for Friday.

A Rez friend and his family stopped by this morning. He just got a job in Phoenix and his family is taking him down there. Nice visit.

Inventions…

Frederick McKinley Jones - Refrigerated Trucks

Frederick Jones invented the first automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks in 1935. His portable cooling unit could be mounted on trucks and trains, allowing fresh food to be transported over long distances without spoiling. This invention made it possible to ship fresh food across the country and helped create the frozen food industry. Jones’ technology saved countless lives during World War II by preserving blood, medicine, and food for soldiers.

Random Thoughts…

A group of Bloodhounds is called a Sute.

Dress well even for the small things- If you look good, you’ll feel good. Feel good, you’ll do well. Do well, you’ll succeed.

Audrey Hepburn – Real Name: Edda Hepburn Van Heemstra Ruston

If a pair of common house fly began reproduction in the month of April under optimal conditions, they could be progenitors of up to 191,010,000,000,000,000,000 flies by August.

Biggest film of 1989: Batman (Action) earned ~ $251,000,000

Origin of city nicknames…

Boise, Idaho: ‘City of Trees’

“Voyez les bois!” (See the woods!) cried the ecstatic French explorer Captain Bonneville when he spotted the tree-lined Boise River after a long, barren trek. Most Boise residents are familiar with this anecdotal explanation for how their city gained its nickname, but it might not be 100% correct. Others think it stemmed from French Canadian fur trappers active in the 1820s who named the tree-lined river that gave them relief from the hot, dry plains of southern Idaho ‘la riviere boisee’ (or ‘The Wooded River’). Whatever the true origin, it seems to fit. 

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Rowan Atkinson, 70 Movie Actor Eddie Redmayne, 43 Movie Actor Kate McKinnon, 41 Comedian Eric Trump, 41 Entrepreneur Julie Chen, 55 TV Show Host

@79 – Danny Thomas, American actor and humanitarian; founded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (d. 1991; heart attack) @89 – Carl Sandburg, American poet, and historian (d. 1967) @88 – Earl Scruggs, American banjo player, wrote Foggy Mountain Breakdown (d. 2012) @87 – Loretta Young (Gretchen Michaela Young), American actress (d. 2000) @80 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American actor, and bodybuilder (d. 2006) @80 – John DeLorean, American engineer, and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (d. 2005)   @69 – Bonnie Franklin, American actress (d. 2013; cancer) @64 – Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, AC/DC (d. 2017; dementia) @60 – Tom Mix, American cowboy, and actor (d. 1940; auto crash)   @48 – Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, philosopher (d. 1931; TB\cirrhosis) @19 – Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (d. 1431; executed)

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5 Jan

 

Flagstaff Today 48°: 17°  Week 2 Day 5 Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Wind 10 mph Gusts 23 mph Strong wind Active Fire: 67 miles away Risk of Fire: High Nearest lightning: 1507 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture: 4 Days

Monthly Observations

National Polka Music Month Link  Link National Poverty in America Awareness Month National Radon Action Month National Skating Month National Soup Month

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Link National Stalking Awareness Month Link National Sunday Supper Month  Link National Volunteer Blood Donor Month Link Oatmeal Month Link

Weekly Observations

12/14-1/5/25 Christmas Bird Count Week Link  Diet Resolution Week: 1-7  Silent Record Week: 1-7 Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8

National Personal Trainer Awareness Week: 4-11   National Folic Acid Awareness Week: 5-11 Link Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week: 5-11 National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 5-11 Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 5-11

Daily Observations

Golden Globes Kappa Alpha Psi Day National Bird Day Link National Keto Day Link

National Screenwriters Day  Monopoly Game Day  Link  Twelfth Night Whipped Cream Day  Link Link Link

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

The weather man was right…it is very windy today.

I have one doctor who has a very unfriendly receptionist. She called a couple of weeks ago to set up my blood draw and remind me of my appointment next week. I reminded her to have the blood draw say ‘ultrasound guided.’ When I got the paperwork there was also a paper to scan my kidneys. I fixed the blood draw paper and set up my kidney scan appointment. On Friday I drank 28oz. of water one hour before my appointment. That’s a lot of H2O in a short time. I made it to the scan without needing to pee. I checked in and after 15 minutes the lady came out and says the dates were for July and had already been done. They called the Dr.’s Office and they said I didn’t need the scan at this time. I used to restroom and felt much better. They were very apologetic, but I said they did nothing wrong. My Dr. and I will discuss this at my visit next week.

Last night I made my Dad’s recipe for homemade chili. Always good.

Mike Johnson kept his Speakership. After not calling the first vote for over an hour, enough changed so he can say he won on the first ballot.

Biden stopped the US Steel and buyout be Nippon Steel. He said it was for National Security but looks more like politics. Time will tell.

I watched Biden distribute 19 Medals of Freedom today. He looked good and spoke well. The ceremony was very moving.

Inventions…

Joseph Lee - Bread Machine

Joseph Lee invented an automatic bread crumber in 1895 that could break day-old bread into perfectly sized crumbs. He later created a bread-kneading machine that could mix and knead dough better than human hands. His machines helped bakeries increase production and reduce waste significantly. Lee’s inventions revolutionized the baking industry and are still influencing commercial bread production today.

Random Thoughts…

Hating your partner’s ex’s or past experiences has a name- Retroactive Jealousy

When converting numbers to words, the commas stay in the same position e.g. 1,234,567 = one million, two hundred and thirty-four thousand, five hundred and sixty-seven.

Wal-Mart loses about $3 billion every year from theft or 1% of its $300 billion in revenue.

Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards.

Pirate walks into a bar, bartender says, “Hey, did you know there’s a bounty on your head?” Pirate replies, “No, that’s just a napkin.”

The necktie evolved from a type of scarf worn by Croatian soldiers in the early 17th century.

VW has more syllables than Volkswagen.

Origin of city nicknames…NEW

Memphis, Tennessee: ‘Home of the Blues’

The true ‘Home of the Blues’ is hard to pinpoint, but Memphis can make as good a claim as any to the title. Certainly, it was here that W.C. Handy wrote The Memphis Blues in 1912, which some consider to be the first blues song, and the city has remained synonymous with the style ever since. Beale Street is lined with bars where iconic artists such as B.B. King, Memphis Minnie and Muddy Waters have all played, and Beale itself was declared ‘Home of the Blues’ by an act of Congress in 1977.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

Bradley Cooper, 50 Movie Actor Marilyn Manson, 56 Rock Singer Carrie Ann Inaba, 57 Dancer Diane Keaton, 79 Movie Actress Robert Duvall, 94 Movie Actor

@93 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (d. 1997)   @90 – Jane Wyman (Sarah Jane Mayfield), American actress (d. 2007) @77 – King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (d. 1932) @45 – George Reeves, American actor, and director (d. 1959; suicide by gunshot)

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