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Dec. Averages: Temps: 43°\20° Moisture:4 Days moisture 0.7” Flagstaff Today 63°: 34° Week 50 Day 346 Wind: 2 mph Gusts 5 mph Nearest lightning: 1261 miles away Active Fire: 213 miles away Risk of
Fire: Moderate Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine |
Weekly Observations
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Andisop (Meterological
Fiddling Link 7-13 National Hand Washing Awareness
Week Link |
8-14 Computer Science Education Week Link ) 10-17 Human Rights Week 11-1/1/26 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link |
Daily Observations
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Gingerbread
House Day |
National
Cocoa Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
My Thoughts for the day
Another very nice fall day.
Andy, Faith, and I had lunch at our favorite Chinese place. Great conversation,
great food, and a nice time. I also got in invite for Christmas dinner at the
Tah’s place. Very nice.
The US has seized a tanker that was carrying Venezuelan oil. Is Trump
looking for a war with Venezuela? I think he wants them to respond, so he can
attack. Sad.
My financial advisor explained the changes to my accounts. I’m all good
with the changes and it looks like I will make more money with the new
accounts. That would be a nice thing in these crazy financial times.
Wild West Myths that never happened…
Cowboys
Were Mostly White
Popular
images depict cowboys as white men, but the reality was far more diverse.
African American, Mexican, and Native American cowboys made up a significant
portion of the workforce.
Many
former enslaved people became cowhands after the Civil War, while Mexican
vaqueros had been shaping cowboy culture long before the U.S. frontier
expanded. Their skills in roping, riding, and ranching heavily influenced
cowboy traditions.
This
diversity is often erased in popular culture, but the cowboy identity was far
from a single-race occupation. Contributions from many backgrounds created the
cowboy image we recognize today.
Cities that changed their names…
Edo →
Tokyo (Japan
When
Emperor Meiji moved his court east in 1868, he didn’t just relocate the capital;
he renamed the future. The old city of Edo, a samurai stronghold, became
“Tokyo,” meaning “Eastern Capital.” It was symbolic of a country turning toward
modernization after centuries of isolation. The change mirrored Japan’s
transformation from feudal to industrial, from inward to outward-looking.
It’s hard to imagine the megacity by any other name. Tokyo became the shorthand
for progress itself; an idea as much as a place.
Random Thoughts…
§ How is it
possible for our heart to love and break for someone so many times before
becoming complete and ready to regenerate and give fresh love?
§ Self-love
is a rare thing. Others will be unable to love me unless I love me.
§ Do
soulmates exist, and if so, do they exist in multiples?
§ The
person who knows how to love and isn’t afraid to show it is more powerful than
the person who acts cold.
Historic Events
1792 - In Vienna,
22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven received one of his first lessons in music
composition from Franz Joseph Haydn.
1800 - Washington, DC, was established as
the capital of the United
States.
1896 - Guglielmo Marconi gave the first
public demonstration of radio at Toynbee Hall, London.
1900 - Charles M. Schwab formed the United
States Steel Corporation.
1912 - The Mother's Day International
Association was incorporated with the purpose of furthering meaningful
observations of Mother's Day.
1946 - A United Nations committee voted to
accept a six-block tract of Manhattan real estate to be the site of the UN's
headquarters. The land was offered as a gift by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1951 - The U.S. Navy Department announced
that the world's first nuclear powered submarine would become the sixth ship to
bear the name Nautilus.
1963 - Kenya gained its independence from
Britain.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to a
charge of trying to kill U.S.
President Ford in San Francisco the previous September.
1989 - Leona Helmsley was fined $7 million
and sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion.
2002 - North Korea announced that it would
reactivate a nuclear power plant that U.S. officials believed was being used to
develop weapons.
Birthdays
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1940 American singer ("I Say
a Little Prayer"; "Do You Know The Way to San Jose";
"That's What Friends Are For"), born in East Orange, New Jersey ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1962 American tennis player (US
Open 1979, 81; Tour Finals 1980; Federation Cup 1978, 79, 80) and broadcaster
(NBC, USA Network, 7 Network, Tennis Channel), born in Palos Verdes
Peninsula, California ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mayim Bialik (50 years
old), American actress (The Big Bang Theory), born in San Diego, California |
US
statesman and 1st US Chief Justice, born in New York
City ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gustave Flaubert(d.1880
@58, stroke) French novelist (Madame
Bovary), born in Rouen, France ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Norwegian painter and print
maker (The Scream), born in Ådalsbruk, Løten, Norway ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Edward
G. Robinson [Goldenberg], Romanian actor (Double Indemnity, The Stranger, The
Ten Commandments), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1973; @79, cancer) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ American singer ("Strangers
in the Night"; "My Way"; "The Summer Wind")
and actor (From
Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls, The Manchurian Candidate), known as the
"Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", born in
Hoboken, New Jersey ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ American
TV game
show host (The Price is Right, 1972-2007; Truth or Consequences,
1956-75), actor (Happy Gilmore), and animal rights activist, born in
Darrington, Washington ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ American
Basketball Hall of Fame forward (NBA MVP
1956, 59), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
…The End for today…
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