1. International Rare Disease Day --creating awareness and research for those of us not
fortunate to be inflicted with common diseases for which there is a ton of
research and dollars but those that impact less than 1/2,000 and often due to
unfamiliarity are difficult to diagnose.
2. National Tooth Fairy Day--celebrating the tooth fairy, probably the last childhood
belief a child loses and no wonder at an average $3.70 to receive in
exchange for a baby tooth under the pillow, a good reason for the child, even
the most mature one, to keep his or her belief.
3. National Snowshoe Days
(2/28-3/2)--one of the more relevant
holidays given the snow we are getting in the Midwest and East and even today
in our Southern California mountains down to 5,000 feet.
4. Read Me Day--great idea started in 1986 by Frankie
DeWees, a teacher at East Hickman Elementary School in Lyles, Tenn. to
celebrate the importance of reading. The event was called “Read Me Day” because
students, teachers and visiting readers were invited to wear a shirt, cap, or
pin with a message on it so the children could “read the reader.”
On this day in:
a. 1935 to the delight of fashion conscious women everywhere, Walter Caruthers
of DuPont invented nylon.
b. 1953 Watson and Crick announced to friends that they had determined the
chemical composition of DNA, thereby laying the foundation for the great
biomedical advances of the 20th Century and continuing full steam ahead in the
21st Century.
c. 2013 Pope Benedict XVI became the first Pope since 1415 to resign as Pope,
to be replaced by Pope Francis. A
perspective on science that only an artist could provide: "And now the
announcement of Watson and Crick about DNA. This is for me the real proof of
the existence of God." Salvador Dali A poet might add "Since 99
percent of all human DNA is the same, On this tiny speck of life in the cosmos
void, the Winds of War we should tame." the Alaskanpoet
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for an original poem to honor Bode Miller and the human spirit just posted; an
original poem for Cupid on Valentine's Day; an original poem to honor Cory
Remsburg, and original poem to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Just posted for
your enjoyment on Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times poems on the Potomac fever infecting the Governors’
Conference; the Cal Ripken, Jr. equivalent in the House, John Dingell after
almost 60 years announcing his retirement; FCC plan to investigate diversity of
news coverage to the great concern of the media (now shelved due to outrage in
the media); Nebraska judge saving Obama by enjoining Keystone XL; Kerry
calling global warming the new weapon of mass destruction; chaos in the
Ukraine; OC Sheriff's Deputies getting paid for donning and doffing their
uniforms; the FAA grounding drone delivery of Valentine's Day Roses;
Chairman of OC Board of Supervisors double dipping; a Perfect Gift for
Valentine’s Day; Arctic Vortex slamming the U.S to join a great list of
comments on the newsworthy times, in rhyme of course.
©February 28, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
