22 Jul

 

22 Jul

Weather Expectations         Week 29  Day 203      Flag Today  75°/57°                             Wind 2 mph Gusts 3 mph

Active Fire: 22 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low 

Nearest Lightning: 14 miles away Humidity: 48%

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy

July Averages: Temps: 82°\51° 9 days with rain

Today’s Observances:

Be A Good Teammate Day
Casual Pi Day  (22/7)
Fragile X Awareness Day
National Be A Good Teammate Day
National Mango Day Link
Rat-catchers Day
Spooners (Spoonerism) Day
Tisha B'Av [Jewish] (Sundown)

Weekly Observances:

Tour de France: 4-26  Link

National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 16-22 Link 

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Hemingway Look-Alike Days: 19-25 (Nearest his Birthday of 7/21)

Hemp History Week: 19-25

Captive Nations Week: 19-25 
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25  Link  

National Zookeeper Week: 19-25  Link  
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25 

National Moth Week: 19-27
National Baby Food Week: 22-25  Link  

Fresh Quotation:

 

Today’s Reflection:

A very nice day while expecting more monsoon this afternoon.

I went online yesterday around 2pm, for some groceries. The only time available for delivery was 9pm.  So, when I got up this morning, I finished the order and had it delivered by noon. Worked out well.

Today is Primary Day, around 8am I headed to the voting place. I handed my ID to the lady, she scanned it into a little box. I signed my name on the tablet, but the machine only partially printed my slip to get my ballot. Two ladies grabbed a binder and started searching for what to do. The man running the place called election headquarters.  After about 5 minutes, they figured it out and gave me my admission slip. I should mention I was the only voter in the whole place. That lady grabbed a ballot and headed to the computer screen…ah…something new.  In went my ballot. The Screen listed the candidates for an office, I touched the screen and then hit continue. I did that about 7 times to get the list of each office’s candidates. Then I hit PRINT and out came my ballot. I dropped into a black box. They all thanked me for being so patient. It was all good, but I’m not a fan of the new screen thing.

I stopped at my mailbox and found my handicapped placard. It is not like others that are hard plastic. The new one is a much more flexible plastic. I sure hope it holds up. It feels strange to have it, but I know it will be handy.

Historical events

22 Jul TODAY’S HISTORY

Cool to know:

LOL 

LOL was first used to mean "laugh out loud" in Usenet groups back in the mid 1990s (and has seemingly been pronounced as a word, "lol" rhyming with "knoll," since the early 2010s). Its very earliest meaning, however, was somewhat different: in the first known written record of the acronym LOL, it was used to mean "little old lady" in a 1960 newspaper article in San Francisco. 

Picture of the Day:

Head in the clouds. A flock of Greater Flamingos cruises above the skyscrapers of Abu Dhabi, which are engulfed in an ethereal mist. 

“At the time it seemed a bit like a fantasy, a fleeting moment made surreal as the birds unexpectedly flew past,” Ahmed says. “Fortunately, I was prepared for action and my zoom lens allowed me to frame the birds and capture the moment.”

 

Tricky US Trivia:

Question: Where can you find the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

Answer: Cooperstown, NY

Today’s Birthdays:

Selena Gomez Pop Singer 34 years old

Birthplace Grand Prairie, TX

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Prince George of Wales Prince 13 years old

Birthplace London, England

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Marc Cucurella Soccer Player [Spain] 28 years ikd

Birthplace Spain

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David Spade TV Actor 62 years old

Birthplace Birmingham, MI

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Willem Dafoe Movie Actor 71 years old

Birthplace Appleton, WI

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Danny Glover Movie Actor 80 years old

Birthplace San Francisco, CA

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Fede Valverde Soccer Player 28 years old

Birthplace Montevideo, Uruguay

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John Leguizamo Movie Actor 66 years old

Birthplace Bogota, Colombia

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Alex Trebek Game Show Host [1940-2020] @80

Birthplace Greater Sudbury, Canada

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That’s All for Now

21 Jul

 

 

21 Jul

Weather Expectations         Week 29  Day 202     Flag Today  79°/57°                            

Wind 3 mph Gusts 8 mph

Active Fire: A miles away Risk of fire: Very Low     

Nearest Lightning: 3 miles away Humidity: 45%

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy

July Averages: Temps: 82°\51°  9 days with rain

Today’s Observances:

Black Women's Equal Pay Day Link
Legal Drinking Age Day
Lowest Recorded Temperature Day (-128.6F Antarctica)

National Be Someone Day Link

No Pet Store Puppies Day

Weekly Observances:

Tour de France: 4-26  Link

Rabbit Week: 15-21 (Magician's) Sponsor: Melvin Rabbit (Canada)
National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 16-22 Link 

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Hemingway Look-Alike Days: 19-25 (Nearest his Birthday of 7/21)

Hemp History Week: 19-25

Captive Nations Week: 19-25 
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25  Link  

National Zookeeper Week: 19-25  Link  
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25 

National Moth Week: 19-27

Fresh Quotation:

 

 

Today’s Reflection:

The dark clouds suggest more rain is on the way. That’s good news. While the sun is shining, I hear thunder in the distance. WOW!

It was a good World Cup. The final game was totally Spain. It is nice to know that 25% of the athletes were born in a different country that they played for. Immigration is good.

Historical events

21 Jul History

Cool to know:

LEGIT 

Legitimate was first cut down to just "legit" in 19th-century theatrical parlance, and was originally used in reference to legitimate drama (as opposed to less meritable farces and variety comedies). 

Picture of the Day:

A mystical, mythical scene observed by Raoul Slater reveals an interesting tidbit about life in rural Australia. 

“Large areas of Australia are flat, dry, and given over to wheat farming. Towns can consist of as little as a truck stop and a collection of grain silos. In some locations, these silos have become popular palettes for enormous murals, drawing tourists into otherwise desolate areas,” Slater explains. “I passed through Yelarbon and stopped for two hours to photograph the Galahs that are attracted to spilt grain. The results were so pleasing and surreal that I made the seven-hour trip on a subsequent weekend to have another go, only to find that a mouse plague had moved in and the silos were being fumigated—no Galahs.”

 

Tricky US Trivia:

Question: Which was the first state to be admitted to the union?

 

Answer: Delaware

Today’s Birthdays:

Erling Haaland Soccer Player (Brazil) 26 years old

Birthplace Leeds, England

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Robin Williams Movie Actor [1951-2014] @63, suicide

Birthplace Chicago, IL

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Endrick Felipe Soccer Player 20 years old

Birthplace Brasilia, Brazil

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Josh Hartnett Movie Actor 48 years old

Birthplace Saint Paul, MN

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Don Knotts TV Actor [1924-2006] @81

Birthplace Morgantown, WV

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Jon Lovitz TV Actor 69 years old

Birthplace Los Angeles, CA

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Cat Stevens Folk Singer 78 years old

Birthplace London, England

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George Wallace Comedian 74 years old

Birthplace Georgia

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That’s All for Now

20 Jul

 

20 Jul

Weather Expectations         Week 29  Day 201      Flag Today  78°/58°                             

Wind 6 mph Gusts 8 mph

Active Fire: 22 miles away Risk of fire: Low 

Nearest Lightning: 95 miles away Humidity:  40%

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine

July Averages: Temps: 82°\51°  9 days with rain

Today’s Observances:

Fortune Cookie Day Link  Link
Global Hug Your Kid Day
International Balloon Holiday
Moon Day
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day 
National Lollipop Day Link
Space Exploration Day  Link
World Chess Day  Link
World Jump Day Link

Weekly Observances:

Tour de France: 4-26  Link

Rabbit Week: 15-21 (Magician's) Sponsor: Melvin Rabbit (Canada)
National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 16-22 Link 

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Hemingway Look-Alike Days: 19-25 (Nearest his Birthday of 7/21)

Hemp History Week: 19-25

Captive Nations Week: 19-25 
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25  Link  

National Zookeeper Week: 19-25  Link  
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25 

National Moth Week: 19-27

Fresh Quotation:

 

 

Today’s Reflection:

A great day to watch soccer World Cup Final.

The monsoon dumped 1.73” of rain yesterday...a record for the date. It also knocked out my power, and most of East Flagstaff, around 9:15pm. I went to bed about 9:45 last night. Andy called about 9:30 to see if I had power as theirs was out also. Theirs came back around 1am. It’s not easy to get ready for bed with only a light from the phone. I woke up about 2:30am and the power was back on. I had left several lights on in the living room, so turned them off. Then, back to bed until almost 6:30 this morning.

There are many here in the US that are upset with Iran putting up posters and signs to kill Trump. I’m believe any country who had their leader, the spouse and family killed would never react any differently. Actions have consequences. I remember how the Vietnamese from N. Vietnam explained the capture of John McCain. Their story was much different than the US version.

Historical events

20 Jul History

Cool to know:

HYPER 

As a description of someone who appears highly-strung or full of energy, the word hyperactive was first cut down to "hyper" in 1942. The word hyperactive itself, though, is likely a little older than you might think: it was first used in 1867, while hyperactivity dates from 1888. 

Picture of the Day:

 

Strut like you mean it. Ly Dang took home the Gold Award in the Portrait category for this humorous image of a Sage Grouse putting on a show. 

“I arrived at the lek more than an hour before the birds so I could set up my hide without causing disturbance. Similarly, with the best interests of the birds at heart, I packed up the hide only when the last bird had left the area,” Dang recounts. “In previous years I had tried to capture this type of portrait shot but had been unsuccessful. However, on this particular morning my luck changed when this bird wandered close to my hide in full display. The photograph was taken without using baiting, calls, lures, or unethical practices of any kind.”

Tricky US Trivia:

Question: What is the largest national park in the U.S.?

 

Answer: The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve in Alaska

Today’s Birthdays:

Chris Cornell Rock Singer [Soundgarden) [1964-2017] @52 years old…suicide

Birthplace Seattle, WA

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Julianne Hough Instagram Star 38 years old

Birthplace  Orem, UT

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Natalie Wood Movie Actress [1938-1981] @43, boat accident

Birthplace San Francisco, CA

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Judy Greer  Movie Actress 51 years old

Birthplace Detroit, MI

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Omar Epps TV Actor 53 years old

Birthplace Brooklyn, NY

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Carlos Santana Guitarist 79 years old

Birthplace Autlan, Mexico

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Billy Mays Entrepreneur [1958-2009] @50, heart disease, cocaine

Birthplace Mckees Rocks, PA

That’s All for Now

19 Jul

 

19 Jul

Weather Expectations         Week 29  Day 200      Flag Today  68°/58°                             

Wind 3 mph Gusts 3 mph

Active Fire: 22 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low 

Nearest Lightning: 8 miles away Humidity:  90%

Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Mostly Cloudy

July Averages: Temps: 82°\51°  9 days with rain

Today’s Observances:

Anne Hutchinson Memorial Day
Flitch Day Link (See the Flitch of Dunmow site.  )
International Karaoke Day Link
National Ice Cream Day
Lake Superior Day 
Words With Friends Day  Link

Weekly Observances:

Tour de France: 4-26  Link

World Eskimo Olympic Games: 15-19

Rabbit Week: 15-21 (Magician's) Sponsor: Melvin Rabbit (Canada)
National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 16-22 Link 

International Sand Sculpting Championships : 17-19 Link

RAGBRAI [Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa]: 18-25 Link
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25

Hemingway Look-Alike Days: 19-25 (Nearest his Birthday of 7/21)

Hemp History Week: 19-25

Captive Nations Week: 19-25 
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25  Link  

National Zookeeper Week: 19-25  Link  
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25 

National Moth Week: 19-27

Fresh Quotation:

 

Today’s Reflection:

Today is certainly a monsoon day. There have been female and male showers on and off most of the day. The more gentle rain lasts about 15 minutes, then all is quiet, the stronger rain and thunder enter for about 20 minutes. That pattern just keeps repeating itself. Thankfully moisture is much needed, and the cooler temps are nice.

We had a good discussion group yesterday. Three of the seven of us spent time in the hospital with various ailments since our last meeting. Thankfully we are all slowly recovering. Barry had an embolism near his heart and one in his leg. His recovery is slower than Margaret’s and mine. It will take 6 months for the clots to disintegrate with meds. That seems very frustrating and scary to me. After catching up medically we had a good discussion about why we should or should not try to return to the 1950's situation with the World Bank other financial organizations. That seems to be Trump's goal. All of us agreed that this is not the time to return to those days...if it were even possible. Sadly, so many MAGA people and Conservatives only remember the good parts of that life and and not the hassles we lived through.

Historical events

19 Jul History

Cool to know:

HOT 

Just like high, hot has been used to mean excessively warm since the days of Old English. But its more figurative use in relation to someone's attractiveness is nonetheless well established: in the 14th century it was used personally, to refer to someone feeling a flustered state of desire, and by 1886 had come to be used to describe someone who is sexually attractive. 

Picture of the Day:

Norwegian photographer Erlend Haarberg took home the top prize and won the Birds in the Environment category with an image of a Rock Ptarmigan soaring over snow-capped mountains.

“High up in the mountains, the wind, snow, and cold maintain the iron grip of winter for many months on end. This is where Rock Ptarmigan thrive in an endless white landscape,” says Haarberg. “On this particular winter’s day, I was on my way to a mountain top. I had almost reached the summit when I spotted some ptarmigan tracks in the snow. Soon a bird took flight, with the dramatic backdrop showing what a harsh environment this bird calls home.”

 

Tricky US Trivia:

 Question: What was the original capital of the U.S.?

 

Answer: New York City

Today’s Birthdays:

Benedict Cumberbatch Movie Actor 50 years old

Birthplace London, England

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Brian May Guitarist 79 years old

Birthplace London, England

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Anthony Edwards TV Actor 64 years old

Birthplace Santa Barbara, CA

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Vinessa Shaw Movie Actress 50 years old

Birthplace Los Angeles, CA

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Angela Griffin Movie Actress 50 years old

Birthplace Leeds, England

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That’s All for Now