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Dec. Averages: Temps: 43°\20° Moisture:4 Days moisture 0.7” Flagstaff Today 60°: 31° Week 52 Day 355 Wind: 4 mph Gusts 11 mph Nearest lightning: 1582 miles away Active Fire: 321 miles away Risk of
Fire: Moderate Air Quality: Fair Sunshine |
Weekly Observations
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Andisop (Meterological
Fiddling Link 11-1/1/26 Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over Link 14-22 Chanukah 14-1/5/26 Christmas Bird Count Week Link |
14-28 Halcyon Days 16-24 Posadas 17-23 Saturnalia |
Daily Observations
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Ann & Samantha Day |
National Homeless Persons' Remembrance
Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
My Thoughts for the day
The last day of fall and the weather is amazing.
I am certainly looking forward to longer days. I get up around 6:45 and
the last week or so has been in total darkness. I need the sunlight to get me
going. Haha.
I’m at a point where I think those involved with Epstein files will never
see justice. I know they should face punishment, but our justice system is not
doing what most Americans expect. The many blacked out pages in the most recent
release show that those with power can do whatever they want. A sad commentary
on our justice system.
I will be honest; I didn’t know anything about Epstein and his cohorts
until he was found dead in prison. During most of that time I was living on the
Rez and didn’t follow the news as much as I do now. I would catch the evening
news most nights and read the daily paper from Flagstaff and that was about it.
Classic songs that unlock deep nostaligia…
“Cats in the Cradle” reminds
listeners of time’s bittersweet passing
“Cats in the Cradle” unfolds like
chapters in a well-worn diary, tracing the space between father and son across
time. Its lyrics deliver a subtle ache, showing how missed moments quietly
accumulate.
The emotional tug isn’t loud, but it
lands hard. Many Boomers remember early adulthood through this lens—working,
striving, unintentionally echoing the very patterns they once promised to
avoid, often while a dusty cassette buzzed in the car stereo.
Cities that changed their names…
Stalingrad
→ Volgograd (Russia)
Few names
have carried more history or more trauma. During World War II, Stalingrad was
the site of one of humanity’s bloodiest battles — a Soviet victory that turned
the tide. But after Stalin’s death, the city’s name became uncomfortable. In
1961, it was renamed Volgograd, “city on the Volga,” as part of Khrushchev’s
de-Stalinization reforms.
Nevertheless, every year, veterans and citizens still call it Stalingrad during
remembrance days. The new name represents a nation’s reckoning; honoring
courage while letting go of tyranny.
Random Thoughts…
Each of
us has three different voices. One we hear in our minds, one we hear when we
speak, and one we hear from others.
Why
aren’t we able to create a new color?
In
mathematics, the letter x is used more than in grammar and sentences.
Do
animals believe we’re aliens since we don’t like them?
Historic Events
1620 - The
"Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at
Plymouth Rock, MA.
1849 - The first ice-skating club in America was formed in
Philadelphia, PA.
1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the
radioactive element radium.
1909 - McKinley and Washington schools of Berkeley, CA, became the first
authorized, junior-high schools in the U.S.
1913 - Arthur Wynne published a new "word-cross"
puzzle in the "New York World" in England. The name was later changed
to "crossword."
1937 - Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated
feature in Hollywood, CA.
The movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
1944 - Horse racing was banned in the United States until
after the end of World War II.
1948 - The state of Eire (formerly the Irish Free State)
declared its independence.
1968 - Apollo 8 was launched on a mission
to orbit the moon. The craft landed safely in the Pacific Ocean on December 27.
1988 - 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747
exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
1991 - Eleven of the 12 former Soviet republics proclaimed
the birth of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
1995 - The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to
Palestinian control.
1996 - After two years of denials, U.S. House Speaker
Newt Gingrich admitted violating House ethics rules.
2002 - Larry Mayes was released after spending 21 years in
prison for a rape that maintained that he never committed. He was the 100th
person in the U.S. to be released after DNA tests were performed.
Birthdays
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American
stage and screen Academy and Emmy Award-winning actress (Barbarella;
Klute, 9 to 5), exercist (Jane Fonda's Workout), and political activist, born
in New York City ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Samuel L. Jackson (77
years old) 1948 American actor (Amos &
Andrew; White Sand; Pulp Fiction), born in Washington, D.C. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1954 American tennis player (18
Gram Slam singles titles), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jane Kaczmarek (70
years old), American actress (Lois in "Malcolm in the Middle"),
born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1957 American
stand-up comic and actor (Everybody
Loves Raymond; Ice Age), born in Queens, New York ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kiefer Sutherland (59
years old) 1966 American actor (Lost Boys,
24), born in London ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ervin Johnson (58
years old), NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks), born in New
Orleans, Louisiana ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1977 French
politician, President
of France (2017-), born in Amiens, France ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Kaitlyn
Dever (29 years old), American actress (Unbelievable), born in Phoenix,
Arizona |
Thomas Becket (d. 1170;
@50, assassinated) English
Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-70), born in London ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ English theologian and
colonist, born in London, England ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Leopold von Ranke (d.1886; @90) German historian who
founded the modern concept of source-based history, born in Wiehe, Saxony,
Holy Roman Empire ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Benjamin Disraeli (d.1881; @76, gout) 1st
Earl of Beaconsfield, British Prime
Minister (Tory: 1868, 1874-80) and writer, born in London ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Austrian
4th Secretary-General
of the United Nations (1972-81) and 9th President of Austria
(1986-92), born in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Austria ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Paul
Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead
Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor
(Winnie the Pooh - "Tigger"; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits
-"Fleegle"), and acupuncturist, born in New York City (d. 2005; @82) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Joe
Paterno, American College Football HOF coach (Penn State 1966-2011; NCAA
C'ship 1982, 86; Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of 1986), born in Brooklyn,
New York (d. 2012; @85) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Phil
Donahue, American Emmy Award-winning daytime TV talk show host (The Phil
Donahue Show), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2024; @88) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Frank Zappa (d.1993; @52; prostate
cancer) American
rock guitarist, composer, (Mothers of
Invention - "Peaches en Regalia"; "Baby Snakes"),
activist, and filmmaker (200 Motels), born in Baltimore, Maryland ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Carl
Wilson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Beach Boys - "God Only
Knows"), born in Hawthorne California (d. 1998; @51, lung cancer) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Florence Griffith
Joyner (d.1998; @38, seizure) American
athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay 1988; WR 100m: 10.49; 200m:
21.34 1988), born in Los Angeles, California |
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