Ridley’s Believe It
Or Not For April 6, 2016. Only 289 days to go in
President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term but if a UConn fan you must be
totally stoked after the Huskies crushed Syracuse last night as its coach
surpassed the legend of all coaches John Wooden with 11 NCAA Championships.
Great political theater last night as finally in Wisconsin some common sense
arrives for the Reds and the voters by huge margins dump Trump and on the Blue
side Hillary’s dishonesty, deception and unlikeability caught up with her and
she was crushed by Sanders (when will the super delegates start squeaking like
rats and abandon the sinking Hillary ship?).
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances,
a music link to the Chiffons, factoids of interest, a relevant quote
from JK Rowling, Jr. while looking forward to enjoying a plate of sliced fresh
tomatoes, 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 Tartan Day—celebrating
the declaration of independence by Scotland in 1320 and memorialized by the U.S.
Senate in 1998. If of Scottish descent today would be a great day to wear a
tartan and if by chance you do not have a tartan of your clan a toast to your
heritage with a fine single malt.
2. National Teflon Day—celebrating
the accidental discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (now known as Teflon) by
James Plunkett on this day in 1936 while working in the
Chemours Jackson New Jersey lab.
3. 1963 Number One
Song—celebrating the number one song in 1963 on a run of four weeks in
that position He’s So Fine by the Chiffons. Here is a link to the
Chiffons Fabares performing He’s So Fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A
4. National Fresh
Tomato Day—celebrating
that delicious red vegetable that should always be stored at room temperature
and not in the refrigerator which upon introduction to Europe had the false
reputation of causing insanity.
5. The Only Way to
Leave This World—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1483 of Raffaello Senzio
da Urbino also known as Raphael, along with Michelangelo and Da Vinci, one of
the great artists of the Italian High Renaissance, who after a night of sexual excesses
with his mistress came down with a fever and died a happy man at a far too
early age of 37.
On this day in:
a. 1808 to the dismay of beavers,
otters and other fur bearing mammals, John Jacob Astor, on the way to becoming
America’s first millionaire, incorporated the American Fur Company.
b. 1869 to the joy of walruses and
elephants whose ivory tusks has always been in great demand, celluloid, a replacement
for ivory used in making billiard balls, was patented.
c. 1896 after being banned by the
Roman Emperor Theodoisis I some 1500 years ago, the Olympic games were reinstated
at Athens.
d. 1965 Hughes Aircraft Company launched
Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous
orbit.
e. 1998 Travelers Group announced the
$78 billion merger of Travelers and Citicorp which was finalized in October of
that year creating Citibank, another one of those too big to fail banks that
taxpayers have been burdened with.
Reflections on Scotland: “It is one
of the most hauntingly beautiful places in the world, the history is
fascinating, the men are handsome and the whisky is delicious. But don't eat
the macaroni pies."
JK Rowling who wrote all of her Harry Potter novels while living in Scotland, and still lives in Edinburgh. Kudos on the observation from the Alaskanpoet whose mother was a full blooded Scot raised in Canada and who is proudly wearing his clan’s tartan.
JK Rowling who wrote all of her Harry Potter novels while living in Scotland, and still lives in Edinburgh. Kudos on the observation from the Alaskanpoet whose mother was a full blooded Scot raised in Canada and who is proudly wearing his clan’s tartan.
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