Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—August 25, 2015 Trust your Taco Tuesday
is off to a great start and as always I hope you enjoy Tuesday’s holidays and
observances, factoids of interest, music videos by Bobby Lewis and Bruce Springsteen, a
relevant quote by Bruce Springsteen, looking forward to enjoying a large slice
of peach pie, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like
birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Touch A Heart Day—celebrating a day that should be celebrated every day—reaching to loved ones, neighbors, friends or strangers with acts of kindness. For ideas on how to put “a little love in your heart,” go to http://bk2hk.org/week/tuesday/
1. Touch A Heart Day—celebrating a day that should be celebrated every day—reaching to loved ones, neighbors, friends or strangers with acts of kindness. For ideas on how to put “a little love in your heart,” go to http://bk2hk.org/week/tuesday/
2. Paris Liberation Day—great
day to be in Paris celebrating the liberation of Paris on this day in 1944.
3. 1961 Number One
Song—celebrating the number one song in 1961 on a run of seven weeks
in that position Tossin And Turnin by
Bobby Lewis. Here is a link to Bobby Lewis performing Tossin And Turnin (with film clips from
the iconic film American Graffiti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghFBvBmXv4E
4. National Banana
Split Day—great day to turn bananas, ice cream, whipped cream, cherries
and nuts into a classic treat.
5. Watch The Moving Baton
Day—celebrating not a new way to put a person hypnosis but rather
the birthday on this day in 1918 of iconic composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein
whose symphony performances would never put someone to sleep.
On this day
in:
a. 1609 Galileo
Galilei demonstrated his telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
b.
1835 the Great Moon Hoax claiming the existence of life and an advanced
civilization on the Moon was perpetrated by The New York Sun in a series of six articles.
c. 1916 the U.S. National Park Service
was established.
d. 1975 “the Boss” released
his critically acclaimed album Born To
Run which vaulted him to the top tier of rock performers. Here is a link to
Bruce Springsteen performing one of the songs on the album, Born to Run:
e. 1991 Linus Torvaid announced the first
version of a computer operating system which became known as Linux.
Reflections on life from Bruce Springsteen: “It's a
sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.” Very astute observation by “The Boss.” Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my
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