Ridley’s Believe
It Or Not—November 18, 2015, 429 days to go in
President Obama’s pathetic term. Trust your Wednesday is off to a great
start and you enjoyed yesterday a cheap taco or Popeyes two piece $1.49 chicken
special; as always I hope you enjoy Wednesday’s
holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Elton John, a relevant quote from George
Bernard Shaw, looking forward to enjoying a
bowl vichyssoise, 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. Push Button Phone Day—commemorating the introduction of the push button phone at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962 and its subsequent commercial introduction to the public on this day in 1963.
1. Push Button Phone Day—commemorating the introduction of the push button phone at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962 and its subsequent commercial introduction to the public on this day in 1963.
2.
World Geographic Information Systems Day—commemorating since 1999 to positive contributions to our
social and economic fabric of GIS.
3. 1997 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1997 on a long run
of fourteen weeks in that position Candle
In The Wind by Elton John. Here is a link to Elton John performing Candle In The Wind:
4.
National Vichyssoise Day—celebrating
a great way to enjoy potatoes but should be suffered not on the cold days of
fall but rather the hot days of summer.
5.
Fewer Lawyers More Fair And Balanced—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1970 of a lawyer who practiced law for ten years
and saw the light and is now one of the better TV journalists today Megyn Kelly.
On this day
in:
a.
1903 the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty giving the United States exclusive jurisdiction
over the Panama Canal Zone.
b.
1926 George Bernard Shaw refused to accept money for the Nobel Prize for
Literature.
c. 1928 the first animated full length
sound synchronized cartoon Steamboat Willie created by Walt Disney featuring
Mickey and Minnie Mouse was released.
d. 1961 President John Kennedy sent
18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
e. 1988 President Reagan signed into law legislation
allowing for the death penalty of convicted drug traffickers.
Reflections on the Nobel Prize from one
very talented recipient: “I can forgive
Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented
the Nobel Prize.” George Bernard Shaw
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18, 2015, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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