15 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 63°: 39° Week 16 Day 105 Air Quality: Fair Smoky [controlled burn] Active Fire: 6 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Wind 5 mph Gusts 8 mph Nearest lightning: 1384 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Weekly Observations

6-19 Passiontide (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks) 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week 13-21 Orthodox Holy Week

13-19 Holy Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link  National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse) Pan American Week 13-20 Pesach or Passover World Irish Dancing Week 14-18 National Student Employment Week  Link 14-20 Osteopathic Medicine Week Link

Daily Observations

Glazed Spiral Ham Day Income Tax Pay Day  Jackie Robinson Day Link Laundry Day McDonald's Day Nat’l ASL Day (American Sign Language)  Link

National Baseball Day Link Link Purple Up! Day Link Rubber Eraser Day  Link Take a Wild Guess Day That Sucks Day Titanic Remembrance Day World Art Day (DaVinci's Birthday)  Link

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

The nearby controlled burn has my area very smoky. Not a day to be outside.

Dear President Trump: the only state that can grow coffee beans in Hawaii. They supply 1% of the US coffee consumption. Your unfounded tariffs will raise the price of coffee in the US greatly.

When PA Gov Shapiro’s house was set afire is when I leaned that there are no punishments on the Federal books for Domestic Terrorism.

Sec of Defense Hegseth ordered 400 books removed from the Naval Academy for DEI. This included Maya Angelo’s I know why the caged bird sings. Allowed to remain on the shelves include Mein Kampf and The Bell Curve.

Yesterday there were at least 5 fires along I-40 near the casino and about 20 miles east of Flagstaff. The fire dept had to fill 3 tender tankers at the casino to put out the fires. How did the fires start?…they believe it was a loose chain hitting the pavement from a vehicle. Fortunately, all the fires were less than an acre and no structures were damaged.

Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…

The Olmecs: Mesoamerica, Mexico©Koffermejia on Wikimedia

Called the "Mother Culture" of Mesoamerica, the Olmecs created monumental stone heads, some weighing over 40 tons! They were also early pioneers of writing and calendars. Their advanced art and innovations had a lasting impact on future civilizations like the Maya and Aztecs.

Random Thoughts…

·   A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

·   J.P. Morgan of JPMorgan and Chase Co. Banking and Milton Hershey of Hershey’s Chocolate were both in Europe and planned to travel back to the US on Titanic’s Maiden Voyage but made other plans.

·   A group of Donkeys is called a Drove or Pace or Herd.

·   Little Richard – Real Name: Richard Wayne Pennyman

·   The reason grass makes you itch is because it actually cuts your skin with its serrated edges.

Taught in High School but not true…

There are only three states of matter ©Photo Credit: historiasperiodicas/Shutterstock

We were all taught about the most common forms of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. But did you know there are four more? Plasma, Bose-Einstein condensate, quark-gluon plasma, and degenerate matter are lesser known but just as important. The most important thing to know is that cats are liquid (for those reading, this is a joke; don’t liquify your cat).

Historic Events

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Birthdays

87 – Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress 78 – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter, producer 66 – Emma Thompson, English actress 60 – Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter 43 – Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, screenwriter 35 – Emma Watson, English actress

@95 – Roy Clarke, American musician and television personality (d. 2018)   @85 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827) @82 – Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994) @64 – Hans Conried, American voice actor (d. 1982; heart attack) @62 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995; colon cancer) @45 – Bessie Smith, African-American singer, actress (d. 1937; car crash)

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14 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 74°: 34° Week 16 Day 103 Air Quality: Fair Partly Mostly Cloudy Red Flag Warning Sunshine Active Fire: 90 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Wind 5 mph Gusts 17 mph Nearest lightning: 7 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Weekly Observations

14-18 National Student Employment Week  Link 14-20 Osteopathic Medicine Week Link

6-19 Passiontide (Begins on 5th Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks) 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week 13-21 Orthodox Holy Week 13-19 Holy Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link  National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse) Pan American Week 13-20 Pesach or Passover World Irish Dancing Week

Daily Observations

Boston Marathon (128th)   Children with Alopecia Day International Moment of Laughter Day Make Lunch Count Day National Dolphin Day National Ex-Spouse Day  Link National Gardening Day Link National Pecan Day Link National Perfume Day Link

Pan American Day Pathologists' Assistant Day Link Peach Cobbler Day Plant Appreciation Day Scrabble Day Tannat Day Link Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year) World Chagas Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A warm day with lots of high clouds.

More talk on the Hill regarding insider trading with the tariff mess. Trump’s post on X didn’t stop when he said Buy Now. Then a few hours later he pulled back many tariffs. Sounds odd to me. An investigation is called for.

I added a couple of new sections to the blog, I hope you enjoy them.

Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…NEW

The Sumerians: Mesopotamia, Iraq ©Bjørn Christian Tørrissen on Wikimedia

Sumerians pioneered civilization over 5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, creating the world's first writing system—cuneiform. This breakthrough helped record laws, trade, and poetry. Have you ever heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh? It’s one of their famous literary works.

Taught in High School but not true…NEW

Chameleons change color to blend into their background ©Photo Credit: Kurit afshen/Shutterstock

This one ruins all cartoon lizards for the rest of time. Chameleons change color for communication and temperature regulation, not just camouflage. Maybe we can have a mood ring chameleon; he’s an empath, naturally.

Historic Events

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Birthdays

85 – Julie Christie, English actress 57 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor 48 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress 48 – Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer 29 – Abigail Breslin, American actress

@96 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000)   @90 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)   @83 – Pete Rose, American baseball player (d. 2024) @77 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002; kidney failure) @70 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936; heart attack) @58 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one-time owner of Stonehenge (d. 1934; heart disease)

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13 Apr

 

Flagstaff Today 74°: 39° Week 16 Day 103 Air Quality: Fair Partly Cloudy Active Fire: 90 miles away Risk of Fire: Extreme Wind 11 mph Gusts 20 mph windy Nearest lightning: 657 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29° Moisture: 2 Days

Weekly Observations

13-21 Orthodox Holy Week 13-19 Holy Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link  National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse) Pan American Week 13-20 Pesach or Passover World Irish Dancing Week

5-13 National Robotics Week Link 6-19 Passiontide 7-13 The Masters Tournament World Water Week   Link 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week

Daily Observations

Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse Link  International Plant Appreciation Day Link  Make Lunch Count Day  National Borinqueneers Day Link Palm Sunday

Peach Cobbler Day Plant Appreciation Day Scrabble Day Sterile Packaging Day Thomas Jefferson Day

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Today’s Memes

Thoughts for the day

A nice warm day with high clouds. No Precipitation in the forecast.

Confused more than ever: HHS fired many and some where mistakes, according to
Sec of HHS…RFK, Jr. He said they would be reinstated. Then HHS office said they have no plans to reinstate anyone. Then the tariffs: 165% tariff on anything Chinese, then later in the day, except for electronics. It is time for Congress to recognize the chaos of their dear leader and put an end to it.

Bill Maher of Real Time was invited to the White House for dinner. He now believes that Trump just acts crazy when he has a huge audience. Maher says he was normal during the visit. I guess I can hope that is true.

It is interesting that the Sec. of Education talk at a meeting about the greatness of A1…that is a steak sauce. She meant A.I….artificial intelligence. She sure has that education thing down pat.

Trivia for all

Random Thoughts…

·      In 10 years, there will be a very strange collection of washed-up Vine/YouTube/Instagram “celebrities” with no discernible skills whatsoever.

·      The biggest film of 1955: Lady and the Tramp (Drama) earned ~ $93,600,000

·      Sonny Bono was the only member of the United States Congress to ever have a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 music chart.

·      Sophia Loren – Real Name: Sofia Scicolone

·      Mother Teresa is one of eight people to have been granted “Honorary Citizenship” by the United States

Historic Events

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Birthdays

75 – Ron Perlman, American actor 74 – Peter Davison, English actor, The Fifth Doctor 61 – Caroline Rhea, Canadian comedic actress 55 – Rick Schroder, American actor

@93 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993) @83 – Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)   @83 – Paul Sorvino, American actor (d. 2022) @83 – Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer, politician, 3rd President (d. 1826) @76– Madalyn Murray O’Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995; murdered) @74 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet (d. 2013; short illness)   @62 – Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, journalist (d. 2011; pneumonia) @42 – Butch Cassidy, (Robert LeRoy Parker) American criminal (d. 1908; shot)   @35 – Guy Fawkes, English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606; executed)

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