Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—June 30, 2014: Condolences to Mexico against
the Dutch but good luck to Team U.S.A. against Belgium on July 1 in the World
Cup. Almost no holidays but with an
assist from the memory of the magic of Harry Blackstone, JR. pulled these out
of the hat to enjoy along with the factoids, and quote from von Goethe with a
smile on your face and an ice cream soda in your hand.
1. Magic Day—celebrating the birthday of
Harry Blackstone, Jr. a great magician and member of the Knights of the Orange
County Roundtable who died way too soon at the age of 63.
2. Lucy
In The Sky Day--celebrating one of nature’s great shows, meteors
entering our atmosphere and lighting up the heavens; this day for those lacking
the creativity of the Alaskanpoet is also known as National
Meteor Day.
3. Leap
Second Adjustment Day—marking the semiannual adjustment to the atomic
clock by adding or subtracting one second to enable us to keep perfect time; so
if you are one second late today you have an excused.
4. National
Ice Cream Soda Day—celebrating that great summer drink that brings all
of us back to our childhood days.
On this
day in:
a. 1957 the
first of the really iconic sports cars, the Chevy Corvette rolled off the
assembly line.
b.
1971 Ohio ratified the 26th Amendment to the Constitution
which became law and lowered the voting age to 18 in federal elections.
c. 1997 Great Britain
transferred sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
Do
you believe in Magic?: “Magic is believing in
yourself; if you can do that, anything is possible.” “There is nothing worse
than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, noted 18-19th
Century writer and poet
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enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
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entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for poems
to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for
comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
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© June 30,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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