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Week 29 Day 196 Flag Today 91°/59° Wind 7 mph Gusts 11 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire: 115 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 129 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\52° Moisture: 8 Days |
Weekly Observations
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6/29-7/21 Tour de France Link |
11-16 World
Orienteering Days Link Beach
Volley Ball Days 12-17 Sports
Clich Week Link 14-20 Everybody
Deserves A Massage Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Arctic Sea Ice Day |
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day World Youth Skills Day |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"In summer, the
song sings itself." — William Carlos
Williams |
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Today’s Thoughts
Still hot but the monsoon returned last
night.
Yesterday I went to my friend KB’s
Celebration of Life in Tuba. It was a nice service. It was very good to see all
his extended family and our mutual friends and hunting buddies from my time in
Tuba. I didn’t get back to Flag until about 6pm.
I started teaching at Shonto Boarding
School in 1971. At that time it was a BIA school K-8 with 900+ students with 4
large dormitories. I transferred to Tuba Boarding after 5 years. I still have
great memories of my early days on the Rez at Shonto. I even ended up being the
Acting Principal one summer when I was an administrator at Tuba. On Friday a
local from Shonto posted some pictures of the school. Since it was first opened
in 1969 the grounds had grass everywhere and was known in the BIA world as the
most beautiful campus in the system. Today the student population has fallen to
about 200 students and the now old campus has changed. There were pictures of
the tearing down of Dorm 2 that housed the 2nd-5th graders.
There was nothing but tumbleweeds around the building. Sometimes it is hard to
see and understand change.
1969 was 55 years ago…
ARPANET
The first communications are sent
through the ARPANET on October 29th, 1969.
More Information and Timeline for the
ARPANET
1. ARPA (Advance Research Projects
Agency) was created in 1958
2. In 1966 the creation of the ARPA
computer network, or ARPANET, began.
3. The first point of the ARPANET was
installed at a computer in UCLA in September
4. In October, the second point was
installed at a computer in the Stanford Research Institute.
5. The first communication between the
two is sent and received across the new network on October 29th,
6. After that, it is installed at
several other universities across the United States.
7. ARPANET, the predecessor to the
Internet, was not demonstrated to the public until 1972
8. By 1989 the ARPANET had become
somewhat obsolete and was shut down.
Patriotic Songs to Remember in these Troubled Times
Star Spangled Banner
https://youtu.be/aSvH4s-4sCQ?si=DepInrP9OjkXslLr
Phrases used by Old-er People that younger people might not
understand
“Catch You on the Flip
Side”
Another way to say “see you later” or
“talk to you soon,” “catch you on the flip side” is kind of like imagining
yourself chatting with someone on an old-school vinyl record, and when the song
is over (on the A-side), you’ll catch them on the flip side (the B-side). It’s
a fun and quirky way to say goodbye that harks back to when vinyl records were
a popular way to listen to music.
False Facts about religions
The Caste System Is
Integral to Hinduism
Hinduism and the caste system have been intertwined in Indian societies
for centuries, and now they’re conflated to be sourced from the same religious
teachings. In reality, the caste system is only a social construct, and some
modern Hindu reform movements reject the idea of it.
Historic Events
70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his
armies breached the walls of Jerusalem.
1799 – The Rosetta Stone was found in
the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard.
1870 – Georgia became the final former
Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union.
1979 – American President Jimmy Carter
gave his “malaise speech”.
Birthdays with some quotes
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A D Q 75 – Trevor Horn, English
singer-songwriter, keyboard player (The Buggles) 74 – Arianna Huffington,
Greek-American journalist and publisher “Failure is not the
opposite of success; it’s part of success.” 73 – Jesse Ventura, American wrestler,
actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota 68 – Joe Satriani, American
singer-songwriter and guitarist 63 – Forest Whitaker, American actor “I like to play
complex characters and the duality, and trying to reach for the light, it’s
more interesting really. I’ve gotten to play so many types of guys and I just
try to find the humanity in each one of them the best I can.” 52 – Scott Foley, American actor 51 – Brian Austin Green, American
actor 48 – Diane Kruger, German actress 48 – Gabriel Iglesias,
Mexican-American comedian |
@77 – Alex Karras, American football
player, wrestler, and actor (d. 2012; kidney failure) “Toughness is in the
soul and spirit, not in muscles.” @75 – Jan-Michael Vincent, American
actor (d. 2019; cardiac arrest) @70 – Ernie Barnes, American football
player, actor, painter (d. 2009; leukemia) |
…The End for today…
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