With college sports due to NIL set to undergo fundamental changes that
will pose great challenges to colleges, players and the NCAA, Massachusetts Governor
Charlie Baker, a Red, will become president of the NCAA when its current
president steps down in March, 2023 and in PAC 12 news UCLA’s football team has
been cleared by the California Board of Regents to move to the Big Ten in
August 2024 subject to paying Cal what has been called the “Berkeley Tax” of
some $2-$10 million a year to compensate Cal for lost revenues caused by the move.
If you live in Orange County, California a welcome relief from shopping and
holiday parties and an enjoyable day to celebrate Hump Day would be to watch a
maritime Christmas Son et lumière in the Newport Beach Harbor
December 14-18 Annual Christmas Boat Parade. Hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's
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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 15, 2022
Noted Holiday: Cat Herders Day, created
by Ruth and Thomas Roy but not sure when but know the holiday is an oxymoron of
the nth degree as cats defy any and all methods to herd them as do senior
programs whose where difficulties of controlling them was first described as “herding
cats” in the 80’s.
Word of the Day: The
word of the day is “aceldama” a site or scene of violence or bloodshed which
describes sadly most if not all of our urbans sites and large numbers of movies
produced and hitting the theaters and video games sold.
Number 1 Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 2002 was “Lose Yourself” by Eminem on a run of 8
weeks to share with 8 other songs achieving number 1 status while 5 acts,
including Eminem, achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music
video with lyrics of Eminem performing “Lose Yourself”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s
Noted Birthdays: Dave
Clark, born on this day in 1939, who founded the Dave Clark Five, the first
band after the invasion of the Beatles to participate in the British invasion.
Clark was an astute singer songwriter who required any songwriter in the band
to assign the copyright to him even if he did not co-write the song. The Dave
Clark Five was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008. He is
still alive at 82 living in England but no longer performing.
Notable Events that occurred on
December 15
1. 1791—The
Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution when it was ratified by
Virginia.
2. 1973—The
grandson of John Paul Getty who had been kidnapped by an Italian crime
syndicate who demanded $17 million for his release negotiated down to $2.2
million and paid by Getty after receiving his grandson’s severed ear was found.
The kidnapping traumatized him big time and he became addicted to drugs and
alcohol which led to an overdose and stroke that left him severely disabled to
die too early at age 54.
3. 1973—To
the joy of gays in the closet, the American Psychiatric Association voted 13-0
to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
4. 1978—In
a move we probably regret today, President Carter recognized the Peoples
Republic of China but also sadly severed relations with the Republic of China
on Taiwan.
5. 2001—The
Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened after 11 years of work to stabilize it and the expenditure
of $27 million.
Quote of the Day: Harry
Browne, noted American writer and investment adviser and Libertarian Candidate
for President in 1996 and 2000 on the importance of the Bill of Rights: “The
Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our
lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become
no better than any other country in the world.”
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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