Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not—December 22, 2015, 395 days to go
in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term as we leave the shortest day of
the year behind and head to the Summer Solstice. Trust your Tuesday is off
to a great start with time to enjoy a Popeyes two piece chicken special for the
cheap price of $1.49; as always, I hope you enjoy Tuesday’s holidays and observances, a music link to Charlie Rich, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Gary Zukav, looking
forward to enjoying a slice of date nut bread, 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
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1. Abilities
Day—observed by wearing a white ribbon to honor those physically and
mentally challenged who have challenged their disabilities and their
caregivers.
2.
Winter Solstice—observing
the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official start
of winter.
3. 1973 Number One S ong—celebrating
the number one song in 1973 on a run of two weeks in that position The Most Beautiful Girl by Charlie Rich.
Here is a link to Charlie Rich performing The
Most Beautiful Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzu5T0g9TFI
4.
National Date Nut Bread Day—celebrating what has to be one of the tastier ways to
enjoy bread especially when toasted and covered in butter.
5.
Cruising For An Electoral Bruising—celebrating the birthday on this day
in 1970 of Senator Ted Cruz who is running for President and currently trails
the Donald in most polls.
On
this day in:
a.
1807 at the urging of President Jefferson, Congress passed the Embargo Act of
1807 outlawing American exports to France and Great Britain in an attempt to
force those countries to respect American neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars; it
was highly unpopular in the United States and was repealed when Jefferson left
office in 1809.
b.
1882 the first Christmas Tree with electric lights made its debut marking the
beginning of the end of the fire hazards created by candles as a means of
decoration.
c. 1956 Colo the first gorilla bred in
captivity was born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio.
d. 1989 the Brandenburg Gate reopened
after almost 30 years thereby ending the division between East and West Berlin.
e. 2015 SpaceX successfully landed the
first stage rocket of its Falcon 9 spacecraft after putting a payload into a
low earth orbit.
Reflections on the winter solstice:” The winter solstice has always been
special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond
imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully
inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself from the
confines of its cocoon, bursting forth into unexpected glory.”Gary Zukav, noted
American spiritual teacher and bestselling author
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