Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not For January 3, 2017 Looks like 2017 in the
Pac 12 football is going to be a return to the days USC and the 11 Dwarfs as SC
came back from behind to with less than 2 minutes remaining to beat Penn State
with a field goal 52-49(going to be tough being a Stanford fan in the fall); in
the poor optics of who shall watch the watchmen when the Commander of Twitter
is watching, House Republicans first voted to eviscerate the non-partisan (hard
to believe the such a word can still exist in Washington, D.C.) Congressional
Office of Ethics and move its functions back to the House Ethics Committee and
now have delayed that action; Ford wanting to take advantage of the predicted
tax and regulatory reform that Trump will push has announced its intention not
to build a new factory in Mexico and instead invest $700 million for a facility
in Michigan; WikiLeaks founder Assange still hanging out in Ecuadorian Embassy
in London to avoid possible extradition back to Sweden for sexual misconduct
continues to deny that Russia was the source of the WikiLeaks from the DNC and
Clinton campaign officials; Blues have signaled their intention to “slow walk”
eight of Trump’s picks for Cabinet, including one of their own, Senator
Sessions, heralding another fierce and bitter fight in the 2018 elections; in the first three days of 2017 33 people have
already been shot with 3 fatalities and the 3rd is not yet done as President-elect
Trump informs the nation that if Mayor Emmanuel cannot get violence under control
he needs to call in for federal help (why this mayor has not called on the
governor is mindboggling and why this sanctuary city is going to spend $1.3
million to hire lawyers to represent illegal aliens in deportation proceedings
as opposed to spending that money to hire more police officers is mindboggling
also); the former head of the Chicago PD leveled the cause of the surge in
murders that has claimed mostly blacks shot by blacks on the BLM movement; on a
final and happy note a two year old twin in Utah was caught on a nursery video
cam of saving his twin from serious injury by lifting a chest of drawers off
him (where were the parents while this struggle was going on?): http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/03/caught-on-video-2-year-old-boy-pushes-dresser-off-twin-brother-stuck-underneath.html
As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and
observances, a music link to Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr., factoids
of interest for this day in history, a relevant observation from John
Steinbeck; an awesome video link of a two year old twin moving a chest of
drawers off his twin, looking forward to enjoying the Word of the Day, dumbsize, 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 Sleep Day—after
celebrating way too much on New Year’s Eve and probably spending too much time
on New Year’s Day watching football and eating way too much, today might be the
day to catch up on some sleep deprivation recovery after Arianna Huffington has
been harping for most of 2016 that Americans do not get enough sleep and if
catching a few more winks you can dream that all of your New Year’s resolutions
are still intact.
2.
National Write to Congress Day—commemorating
a long standing tradition as the 115th Congress was sworn in today
of writing to them to express one’s ideas by email, fax or snail mail (which is
slower than ever due to security concerns particularly if a political contribution
for the next campaign is enclosed probably will get read).
3.
Number One Song in 1977—celebrating
the number 1 song in 1977 on a run of 1 week in that position “You Don’t Have
to Be a Star” by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Here is a link to the dynamic
duo performing the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nb9jJg_wIU
4.
Word of the Day—The
word of the day is “dumbsize” which is
the act of reducing the staff of a company or organization to a point where it
can no longer function effectively; this is the mantra used by bureaucrats when
faced with any reduction in budget or staff or in the rate of increase in
budget or staff and which one can only hope President-elect Trump ignores as
soon as he takes office..
5. Quitting Is So Hard to Do—celebrating
the birth on this day in 1956 of actor and director Mel Gibson who
unfortunately started drinking and smoking at a very early age (hard not to
start smoking when your paternal grandfather was a millionaire tobacco businessman)
but after some DUI’s seems to have turned his struggle with alcohol around due
to AA and is supposedly smoke free after decades of cigarette usage.
On this day in:
1. 1521
Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.
2. 1888
the James Lick Telescope, aka “the Big Lick” located on top of Mt. Hamilton near
San Jose was first used. Until 1897 it was the largest refracting telescope in
the world.
3. 1938
the March of Dimes was organized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to raise
money for research to combat polio, a disease which he suffered from although
most voters were unaware of the fact.
4. 1959
Alaska was admitted to the United States as its 49th state.
5. 1977
Apple Computer Corporation, founded by Steve Jobs, Steven Wozniak and Raymond
Wayne was incorporated. Ronald Wayne in what has to be the worst deal in history
sold his interest back to Jobs and Wozniak (had he kept it, it would have been
worth north of $60 billion.
Reflections on the importance of sleep: “It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night
is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” John Steinbeck, noted American author of such
novels as Of Mice and Men and Cannery Row Please enjoy
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