1 Mar

 

 

Week 9  Day 60  Flag Today  57°/27° Sky cover:  5% Wind 8mph Gusts 17mph Active Fire:  229miles away Risk of fire: Low  Nearest Lightning:   669miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Mar. Daily Averages: Temps: 53°\23° Moisture:  6 Days

Monthly Observations

Action & Skill Toys Month Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month Link Alport Syndrome Awareness Month American Red Cross Month  Link  or  Link Asset Management Awareness Month  Link

Brain Injury Awareness Month Link Child Life Month Link Clap 4 Health Month Colic Awareness Month

Weekly Observations

-3/30 Lent -3/2  Telecommuter Appreciation Week 3/3  National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link

1-3 International Festival of Owls Week 1-7  Hearing Awareness Week Link National Cheerleading Week National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week National Ghostwriters Week National Invest in a Veteran Week  Link National Pet Sitters Week Link Return The Borrowed Books Week Universal Human Beings Week Link Will Eisner Week   Link World Hearing Awareness Week

Daily Observations

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day  Link Baby Sleep Day Black Women's Day Dadgum That's Good Day  (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks) Dress in Blue Day  Link   Employee Appreciation Day    Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day Horse Protection Day   Employee Appreciation Day    Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day Horse Protection Day  Link Indie Music Day  Link Meteorlogical Spring  (Temperature) National Compliment Day National Day of National Horse Protection Day National Peanut Lovers Day  Link Pig Day Plan a Solo Vacation Day National Sunkist Citrus Day  Link

Refired, Not Retired Day Saint David's Day  Link Self-injury Awareness Day   Link Unplugging -2 Link   U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Day World Compliment Day World Day of Prayer World Seagrass Day Zero Discrimination Day  Link National Salesperson Day   National Speech and Debate Education Day  Link  NEA's Read Across America Day Shabbat Across America Peace Corps Birthday

Today’s Quote                                                         Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

Nice day…blue sky, warm temps.

Sen. McConnell is stepping down after the 2024 election day. He is 82 recognizes that he is not a young man anymore. He says he will finish his time in the senate and not run for reelection. I don’t agree with many of his political views but respect him for this decision. He is the longest serving Senator and I must wonder who the next leader of the Republican Party in the Senate will be.

The Supreme Court has accepted a case that puts other Trump Federal cases on hold. The election clock is ticking. This acceptance of a case could cause problems for everyone in the Nov. election. I will stay alert as this plays out.

Denver has received 16,000 illegal border crossers as Texas has sent them to Denver. Two cities, Aurora and Colorado Springs have passed resolutions that they will not accept any of them if Denver sends them their way because neither has the resources to help these human beings. Interesting morally and difficult to enforce. Time will tell how this works out.

UNESCO sites in America…

Half (12) of the UNESCO sites in the US are cultural, and half are natural. There's also a mixed one, to round the number up to 25.

 

Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture

Technically, eight different sites fall under this category. The famous architectural feats of Frank Lloyd Wright were turned into heritage sites in 2019. The locations are:

Fallingwater in Pennsylvania

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York

Unity Temple in Illinois

Taliesin West in Arizona

The Frederick C. Robie House in Illinois

The Hollyhock House in California

The Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House in Wisconsin.

America’s Top Attractions

1920s: The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York

The hugely influential modern art gallery first opened its doors on 7 November 1929. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) was conceived by three progressive and influential art patrons, Miss Lillie P Bliss, Mrs Cornelius J Sullivan and Mrs John D Rockefeller. It was the first institution devoted exclusively to modern art and the first in Manhattan to exhibit European modernism. Over the next 10 years its location moved three times before opening in its current Midtown building in 1939.

Historical Facts about Native Americans…

Where The Mohawk Hairstyle Comes From

The Mohawk hairstyle can still be seen today, but some may not know the origins of this unique hairdo.

It is modeled after the Mohawk tribe where the men would keep one part of their head cleanly shaven and paint the other side a bright color. The name "Mohawk" translates to "man-eaters."

Historic Events

1781 – The articles of Confederation were ratified by the 13 original states.

1872 – Yellowstone National Park was established.

1932 – The Charles (Jr.) Lindbergh Kidnapping occurred.

1961 – The Peace Corps was established

1999 – Land Mines were banned in a United Nations treaty.

Birthdays with some quotes

@96 – Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter actor (d. 2023)

@85 – Robert Bork, United States Attorney General (d. 2012)

@84 – Robert Conrad, American actor (d. 2020)

@83 – Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2007)

@83 – William Dean Howells, American novelist, playwright, and critic (d. 1920)

@83 – Harry Carey, American Baseball announcer (d. 1998)

“Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of something bad.”

@81 – Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic (d. 1994)

@41 – Glenn Miller, trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1944; lost airplane)

80 – Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter and actor

79 – Dirk Benedict, American actor and director

@77 – Dinah Shore, American radio and television personality (d.1994; cancer)

“Trouble is part of your life.”

@74 – John Pell, English mathematician and linguist (d. 1685)

@73 – David Niven, English actor (d. 1983; ALS)

@73 – Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli general politician, Nobel Prize (d. 1995; assassinated)

@70 – Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (d. 1996; brain cancer)

70 – Catherine Bach, American actress

70 – Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer

“I think it’s in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching that itch we’re actually following an evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it. That’s the philosophical side.”

@69 – Alan Thicke, Canadian-American actor and composer (d. 2016; aortic dissection)

@67 – William Bradford, Pilgrim leader (d. 1657)

68 – Tim Daly, American actor

57 – Zack Snyder, American director, producer, and screenwriter

“When Reality is a prison, Your mind can set you free.”

50 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor

@48 – Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (d. 1940; heart attack)

46 – Jensen Ackles, American actor

41 – LUPITA NYONG'O, American actor

@39 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1849; poor health)

“Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.”

37 – Ke$ha, American singer

30 – Justin Bieber, Canadian singer-songwriter

@23 – Isabella of Coimbra (d. 1455; poisoned)

…The End for today…

               

29 Feb

 

 

Week 9  Day 60   Flag Today  48°/19° Sky cover:  5% Wind 6mph Gusts 9mph Active Fire:  Amiles away Risk of fire: Moderate  Nearest Lightning:   210miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Feb. Daily Averages: Temps: 47°\19° Moisture:  5 Days

 Weekly Observations

14-3/30 Lent 25-3/2  Telecommuter Appreciation Week 26-3/3  National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link

27-29  International Energy Week Link 27-29  International Petroleum Week Link

Daily Observations: These only happen every 4 years.

Bachelors Day International Toast Day Link  (Orig. in UK, has spread worldwide)  International Underling Day Leap Day (Leap Year Day) National Chili Day Link

National Surf and Turf Day National Time Refund Day National Underlings Day Rare Disease Day Link  Saint Oswald’s Day Saliolum  Link

Today’s Quote                                                Today’s Meme

Today’s Thoughts

It’s Leap Day so our calendar continues to work.

On the 28^th, I got an early morning call from my brother to wish me a happy birthday. I had a nice lunch with friends. I got many wishes from my friends and former colleagues on Facebook. It was a great day overall.

Dynamic Pricing has been around for decades. The AZ electricity supplier charges more per kw hour during peak periods and less during low periods. Airlines and others have raised fares during peak holiday periods. Since I started coming to Flagstaff, motels charged less during the winter than during the summer. Now some businesses are starting Dynamic Pricing where certain high demand items are more expensive during certain hours and 15-20% less at other times of the day. The complaint from consumers is that during certain business hours prices are raised while the regular price remains at other times of the day. It seems it will simply cause consumers to lose. Here is a scenario: during peak shopping time, say 4:30-6:30p a loaf of bread costs 20%more. The shopper starts shopping at 4:00pm but doesn’t check out until 4:31, the cash register will charge the higher price. This is insane. 

UNESCO sites in America…

Everglades National Park

Located in Florida, this national park encompasses over 1.5 million acres. It's been a site since 1979. The park is home to many endangered species such as the American crocodile, manatee, and the Florida panther.

America’s Top Attractions

1920s: Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, California

Erected in 1923 as a temporary advertisement for a real estate development, the Hollywood sign is now one of the most famous in the world. It originally read Hollywoodland but the “land” was removed when it was restored in 1949. The landmark, which sits on the southern side of Mount Lee in Griffith Park, officially became a historic monument in the 1970s (pictured here) and the deteriorating structure was restored once again in 1978 on the back of a campaign led by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

Historical Facts about Native Americans…

Native To America Since 12,000 B.C.

Historians found that Native Americans have lived in the United States since 12,000 B.C. after traveling a path from Asia to Alaska.

There is not one single nation, but instead groups of people with different cultures, languages, and more. There is also some evidence that Indigenous people have lived in South America as far back as 30,000 years ago.

Historic Events

46 BC – Julius Caesar declared the first Leap Day.

The odds of being born on February 29th are 1 in 1,461.

365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds is how long it takes for the Earth to go around the Sun.

1288 – The concept of allowing women to propose marriage to men may have begun, in Scotland, with five-year-old Queen Margaret of Scotland.

1796 – The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain was enacted, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between both countries.

Birthdays with some quotes

@83 – Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. (d. 1999)

@79 – William A. Wellman, American actor, director, screenwriter (d. 1975; cancer)

@77 – Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994)

“I’d like people to remember that I really tried everything within my range of reality. And that whatever I did, I did with all my heart.”

@76 –Gioachino Rossini, composer (died on birthday in 1880)

@70 – Augusta Savage, American sculptor (d. 1962)

@68 – Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (died February 29, 1880)

64 – Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter (not DJ Khaled or Kahlid)

“Those that weather the storm are the great ones.”

64 – Anthony Robbins, American motivational speaker and writer

“You are now at a crossroads. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don’t think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully. Then act upon it.”

@53 – Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1957)

“Bebop has set music back twenty years.”

52 – Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-American model and actor

@48 – Ann Lee, founded the Shakers (d. 1784; soon after attacked by mob)

48 – Ja Rule (Jeffrey Atkins), American rapper and actor

40 – Mark Foster, American singer-songwriter

…The End for today…