Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For February 19, 2016. Unfortunately, still 336 days to go in President
Obama’s pathetic lame duck term but fortunately only 15 days until the start of
and my daily updates on the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth. Interesting
theater in Nevada at the two hall meetings last night as Sanders has closed to
a statistical dead heat with Hillary. I trust your weekend is off to a great
start and as always, I hope you enjoy today’s
holidays and observances, music links to Rod Stewart and Falco, factoids of
interest, a relevant quote by Charles Caleb Colton, looking forward to enjoying
some chocolate mints, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift
for any memorable events 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. National Prevent Plagiarism Day—promoting awareness of the practice of
plagiarism and the assault on one’s creativity by copying other people’s ideas or works and
passing them off as your own; very negative fallout when caught in the act as
Joe Biden and Senator Rand Paul found to their dismay.
2. Iwo Jima
Day—Commemorating the start of Operation
Detachment, the battle of Iwo Jima, which started on this day in 1945 which was deadliest
and bloodiest battle in Marine Corps
history and is best known for the iconic photograph of the raising of the flag
at the summit of Mt. Suribachi and memorialized by the Marine Corps Memorial
just outside of Arlington National Cemetery.
3. 1979 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song
in 1979 on a brief run of four weeks in that position Da Ya Think I’m Sexy by Rod
Stewart. Here is a link to Rod
Stewart performing Da Ya Think I’m Sexy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hphwfq1wLJs
4. National Chocolate Mint Day—pleasing complement
to a hotel turn down service or in the form of ice cream to complement a meal.
5. Move
Over Mozart—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1957
of Austria’s greatest musician since Mozart, the 80’s pop singer Falco who died
way too early in a traffic accident while on vacation in the Dominican Republic
at age 41. Here is a video of one of his hits Der Kommisar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I.
On this day in:
a. 1847 the first group of
rescuers reached the ill-fated Donner Party who were trapped in the Sierra
Nevadas and survived by cannibalism.
b. 1859 New York Congressman
Daniel E. Sickles was acquitted of murder with a successful defense of
temporary insanity, the first time successfully used in the United States.
c. 1878 Thomas Edison patented
the gramophone (phonograph).
d. 1906 Will Keith Kellogg and
Charles D. Bolin founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company now known
as Kellogg’s.
e. 2001 the
Oklahoma City Bombing Museum was dedicated at the Oklahama City National
Memorial.
Reflections on plagiarism: “If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as
plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.” Charles
Caleb Colton, noted 19th Century eccentric English writer, cleric
and collector.
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© February 19, 2016, Michael P.
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