Ridley's Believe It Or Not-This Day In History-February 11, 2014 E.T. Visitors Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not--February 11, 2014:  Before you stress out over a gift for your Valentine (a customized poem by the Alaskanpoet is always the best choice--are you reading this as you are almost out time ?), take a deep breath and watch  E.T., Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the Day the Earth Stood Still  after you enjoy for today these factoids, quote and a few hard to find holidays:
             1. Satisfied Staying Single Day--celebrating in the shadow of the 800 pound heart shaped gorilla the joy of being single and almost sacrilegeoulsly enjoying the money saved by not spending funds on V-Day gifts--not supported by Zales or Match.com.

            2. World Day of the Sick--started in 1992 by Pope John Paul II to offer prayers for the sick and those suffering from illness.

            3. Extraterrestrial Visitor Day/Extraterrestrial Culture Day--celebrated only in Roswell, New Mexico and not D.C. as any E.T visiting there, after watching our Congress and President act, would beat a path back to home galaxy are triple warp speed, sadly not taking some of our politicians with him.   
            4. Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk Day--not brought to you by the producers of Cats but to remind us not to let the little things get you down, like loss of health insurance or doctor.
On this day in:
            a. 1812 Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts "gerrymanders" a district for the first time, spawning large numbers of immitators over the years, driven by the need to preserve legistlative seats at all costs.          
            b. 1916 Emma Goldman, an anarchist was arrested for distributing information about birth control.
            c. 1977 off the coast of Nova Scotia, the largest ever crustacean weighing 45 pounds and well over 100 years old was caught, making the 25 pound lobster "Victor" star attraction at the Seaside, Oregon Aquarium look like a lobster pigmy. Can you imagine the amount of cholesterol one would consume eating that amount of lobster?          
Here's a sobering thought on Extraterrestrial Visitor Day as you are bemoaning your spilt milk: “The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.” Ellen Degeneres, noted comedian and talk show host. She is definitely right on point re the quality of what we have in D.C.
 Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for an original poem to honor Cory Remsburg, and original poem honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and an original in poem honoring a 17 year young Progeria victim who died on the eve of becoming an honorary captain for the Patriots  (have tissues handy). Just posted for your enjoyment on Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times poems on  Michael Sam declaring he's gay before the NFL draft, the Beatles' 50 year anniversary of appearing on the Ed Sullivan; Starbucks barring a disabled Vet and his service dog; Fox News and poetry; DUI related death in Pomona of 6 people and a suggestion on how to reduce; Iran's sending two warships to U.S. coast to "give us a message",  a Harwinton's elementary school banning candy on Valentine's Day; Putin as a "peacemaker" as the Games open; a great local issue, the refusal of the OC Board to agree to the OC Sheriff's plan to release some felons into electronic confinement; Justin Bieber's felony egging problems to join a great list of comments on the newsworthy times, in rhyme of course.

©February 11, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet

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