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Dec. Averages: Temps: 43°\20° Moisture:4 Days moisture 0.7” Flagstaff Today 53°: 26° Week 51 Day 350 Wind: 5 mph Gusts 9 mph Nearest lightning: 1686 miles away Active Fire: 391 miles away Risk of
Fire: Moderate Air Quality: Fair Sunshine |
Weekly Observations
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Andisop (Meterological
Fiddling Link 10-17 Human Rights Week 11-1/1/26 Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over Link 14-22 Chanukah 14-1/5/26 Christmas Bird Count Week Link |
Gluten-free Baking Week Halcyon Days 15-19 Cookie Exchange Week 16-24 Posadas |
Daily Observations
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Barbie
and Barney Backlash Day Link |
Pinot
Meunier Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
My Thoughts for the day
My meds arrived by FedEx this morning, about 11:30. The tracker said they
would arrive between 1p and 3p. Happy they were early. There was a different
FedEx driver and even though I had a huge sign saying ‘I’m home, please ring doorbell’,
he just knocked on the screen door. I was in the living room, so it worked out
but seriously, how big a sign do I need?
The Cards lost again. The Broncos beat Green Bay in a good game that I
was able to watch live on TV. Happy Bronco fan.
60 Minutes did a good story on Germany last night. Trump has told
Europe to build its own defense. Germany is doing just that. The post WWII restrictions
are gone and Germany is leading the way for Europe in arms development.
The Brown University shooter is still on the loose. The guy the FBI
arrested has been released and it looks like it is back to square one. Sad.
Rob Reiner, actor and director, and his wife were found shot to death in
their home. One of their sons is under arrest. Leave it to the President to
rant about it stating that Mr. Reiner had Trump Derangement Syndrome. His rant
is not Presidential, is uncalled for, and is just plain disgusting.
Wild West Myths that never happened…
The Pony
Express Was a Long-Lasting Institution
The Pony
Express is legendary, but it lasted only about 18 months, from 1860 to 1861.
Despite its fame, it was quickly replaced by the telegraph, which provided
faster and more reliable communication.
Riders
endured dangerous conditions, but the service was never profitable. Still, its
daring image captured the imagination of Americans and became a symbol of
frontier bravery.
Its brief
existence is often forgotten, leaving the impression that it was a cornerstone
of Western communication when it was actually a short-lived experiment. Even
so, its legacy lives on in American folklore and popular culture.
Cities that changed their names…
Christiania
→ Oslo (Norway)
For 300
years, Norway’s capital was called Christiania, named after King Christian IV.
Then, in 1925, the country officially restored its medieval name, Oslo. It was
a quiet but meaningful change, marking independence not through war but through
words. After centuries under Danish and Swedish rule, Norwegians wanted a
capital that reflected their own story.
Oslo feels forward-looking, but the name itself is ancient, carrying the roots
of a nation that finally stood on its own.
Random Thoughts…
Is
Lightning McQueen protected by car or life insurance?
What
would happen if Pinocchio announced that his nose would grow?
In order
to find yourself, you must let some people go.
How
lovely it would be if someone could understand all our problems and protect us
from life’s deadly bullets.
Historic Events
1773 - Nearly 350 chests
of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off of British ships by Colonial
patriots. The patriots were disguised as Indians. The act was to protest
taxation without representation and the monopoly the government granted to the
East India Company.
1835 - In New York, 530 buildings were
destroyed by fire.
1901 - "The Tale of Peter Rabbit,"
by Beatrix Potter, was printed for the first time.
1944 - During World War II, the Battle of
the Bulge began in Belgium. It was the final major German counteroffensive in
the war.
1950 - U.S. President
Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in order to fight
"Communist imperialism."
1972 - The Miami Dolphins became the
first NFL team
to go unbeaten and untied in a 14-game regular season. The Dolphins went on to
defeat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII.
1991 - The U.N. General Assembly rescinded
its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-25.
1998 - Eric Michelman filed the earliest
patent for a scroll wheel for a computer mouse.
2000 - Researchers announced that
information from NASA's Galileo spacecraft indicated that Ganymede appeared to
have a liquid saltwater ocean beneath a surface of solid ice. Ganymede, a moon
of Jupiter, is the solar system's largest moon. The discovery is considered
important since water is a key ingredient for life.
2000 - U.S. President-elect George W.
Bush selected Colin Powell to be the first African-American secretary
of state. Powell was sworn in January 20, 2001.
2001 - Cuba received the first commercial
food shipment from the United States in nearly 40 years. The shipment was sent
to help Cuba after Hurricane Michelle hit Cuba on November 4, 2001.
2009 - Astronomers discovered GJ1214b. It
was the first-known exoplanet on which water could exist.
Birthdays
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Lesley
Stahl (84 years old), American television journalist (CBS, 60 Minutes), born
in Boston, Massachusetts ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Shane
Black (64 years old), American screenwriter (Lethal Weapon; The Last Boy
Scout), and dierctor (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1962 William
"The Refrigerator" Perry, NFL defensive lineman (Chicago Bears) (63
years old), born in Aiken, South Carolina ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Chinese businessman and
founder of Xiaomi Inc,
born in Xiantao, Hubei ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1981 American actress (Jessica
Jones, Veronica Mars) and model, born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania |
Catherine of
Aragon(d. 1536: @50, poisoned?/cancer) Spanish
princess, 1st wife of Henry VIII, Queen of England
(1509-33), born in Madrid, Spain ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ludwig van
Beethoven(d. 1827; German composer (5th
Symphony; Ode to Joy), born in Bonn, Electorate of Cologne Jane Austen(d. 1817; @41,
Hodgkin's
lymphoma) English novelist (Pride
and Prejudice), born in Steventon, England ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ George
Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher, poet and humanist (Last Puritan),
born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1952; @88) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Noël Coward(d.1973; @73,
heart failure) English playwright (Hay
Fever, Private Lives), director (In Which
We Serve-1942 Academy Award), actor and singer, born in London ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Margaret Mead(d. 1978;
@76, cancer) American anthropologist (Coming
of Age in Samoa, Thoughts & Female), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ English
sci-fi author (2001: A Space Odyssey,
Childhood's End), born in Minehead, England ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Steven
Bochco, American TV producer and co-creator of Hill Street Blues, LA Law and
NYPD Blue, born in New York City (d. 2018;
@74, leukemia) |
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