Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—July 5, 2014: Trust all enjoyed a marvelous safe
and sane 4th and will enjoy
these holidays of note, factoids and a quote from Lewis Thomas. Also hope you
enjoy this poem on what Newport Beach on the 4th too often
degenerates into. http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html
1. International Day of Cooperatives—created
by the UN in 1992 and first celebrated in 1993 to create awareness of the
importance of cooperatives in the agriculture and finance sectors to promote
food security and rural development.
2. Bikini Day—celebrating that great invention of Parisian fashion designer
Louis Reard in 1946—another great reason to go the beach or pool today.
3. National
Cherry Pit Spitting Day—celebrated since 1973 in Eau Claire, Michigan
with winners propelling a cherry pit in excess of 40 feet, but still waiting
for ESPN to televise the contest.
4. National
Graham Cracker Day—celebrating the appearance of the Graham Cracker
invented by Reverend Sylvester Graham in 1822 as part of the Graham Diet he
formulated to rid his flock of sinful urges (like lusting in the future over very attractive young women attired in bikinis).
On this
day in:
a. 1934 President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act which governs labor relations
in this country into law and which became a focal point of the recent Supreme
Court’s unanimous decision ruling that President Obama’s “recess” appointments
to the NLRB were unconstitutional.
b. 1937 to the bane of future
members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Hormel introduced Spam into the market.
c. 1996 Dolly the Sheep became the
first mammal cloned from a sheep.
Things
to ruin your day: “The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to
worry about from Science, along with behavior control, genetic engineering,
transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic
flowers.” Lewis Thomas, noted 20th Century American physician and
writer. Amen, Amen to the concern on computer poetry!
Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
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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© July 5,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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