Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 14, 2018 Blues ran a Pelosi
wolf in Lamb’s clothing and won by a few vote in Pennsylvania Special Election
in a district in which Trump won by 20 points http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-wolf-in-lambs-clothing.html;
at the Iditarod the first mushers have started to arrive under
the Golden Arches in Nome in balmy 4
degree weather http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2018/03/iditarod-march-14-100-pm.html; the shaking and
baking in the Trump Administration is still going on with speculation that
Shulkin (VA), McMaster (NSA) and Kelly (Chief of Staff) are not long for their
positions; finally after another blame speech in Mumbai for which she was most
likely well paid, even Blues are finally coming to the realization that HRC has
become the Marvin K Moody of politics and it is time for her to go and leave the
political stage; on the March Madness front Stanford Women seeded 4 open
against Gonzaga this Saturday at 5:30 at Stanford and in the NIT the Stanford Men
seeded 3 in their region open against BYU at 7:00; students across the country
walked out of school briefly to protest for gun control and in the Swamp they
turned their backs on the Capitol for 17 minutes representing the 17 students
and faculty killed in Parkland while Blues never at a loss to take advantage of
a photo op marched with them (perhaps the most telling photo of them all was the photo of 7000 pairs
of shoes left on lawn in front of the Capitol representing the 7,000 kids
killed in shootings since Sandy Hook
in Chicago through March 12, 2018 420 people have been shot of
whom 79 have died.
As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Pharell
Williams; factoids of interest for this day in history, not having to face
any serious lactations in your life and a relevant quote by Michael Caine on
what being British is all about, 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. Crowdfunding Day—celebrating the raising of money for start ups and emerging
companies from large numbers of people in small amounts typically using the
internet and the power of social media.
2. Pi Day—created by physicist Larry Shaw in 1998 to honor the importance of
mathematics in our life; pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to
its diameter and is expressed in its first three numbers 3.14 hence
celebrated on March 14 of each year.
3. 2012 Number One Song— the number one song in 2013 on a run of 10 weeks in that
position “Happy” by Pharell Williams. Here is a recording of the
song: https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=pharrell+Williams+happy#id=2&vid=a25b999cee6ed48f8d5ae65b609a97b9&action=view
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “luctation” which means struggle
which too many Americans have to do to make ends meet.
5. A Bridge Too Far-- celebrating the birth on this day in 1933 of noted and knighted British
actor Maurice Micklewhite better known to his fans as Michael Caine, still
acting strong with his latest film Going
in Style.
On
this day
in:
a. 1961 a B-52 with two nuclear bombs after a decompression
event and a failure to refuel successfully ran out of fuel near Yuba City,
California and after the crew bailed out crashed but due to safety locks the
nukes on board did not detonate.
b. 1964 having been captured live on TV, the jury in Dallas,
Texas had little difficulty in finding Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey
Oswald.
c. 1967 the body of President Kennedy was moved to a permanent
memorial in Arlington Cemetery complete with an eternal flame.
d. 1994 Linux version 1.0.0 was released.
e. 1995 American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American
astronaut to ride into space on a Russian launch vehicle.
Reflections on the essence of being British: “I think what is
British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations.
English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not
cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't
scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own.” Michael Caine Please
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© March 14, 2018 Michael P. Ridley
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