1. Founder's Day and World Thinking Day--celebrating the birthdays of Robert Baden-Powell and
Olave Baden-Powell, founders of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts,
respectively--now i know why one is seeing Girl Scouts outside places of
business selling Girl Scout Cookies.
2. Celebrity Day--if you are a member of the Church of Scientology like Tom
Cruise a day to celebrate the "achievements" of the various Celebrity
Centres especially the one in, where else, L.A., founded on this day in 1970.
3.
International Tongue Twisters Day--to
win a jar of pickled peppers go to Burlington, Wisconsin to enjoy people making
fools out of themselves with things like "Selie selling smelt smolt
smelled smelt smolt smelling smelly" as fast as they can--hint after not
before you celebrate holiday #4.
4. International Margarita Day--shouldn't it be celebrated on Cinco De Mayo not in the approaching shadows of St. Patrick's Day?
On this day in:
a. 1819 in another great real estate deal for the U.S. pursuant to the
Adams-Onis Treaty Spain sold Florida to the U.S. for $5 million ($74 million in
today's dollars).
b. 1980 in the "Miracle on Ice" at the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid
New York the U.S. with a team of amateur and collegiate players beat the Soviet
Union, winners of 6 of the last 7 gold medals in Olympic hockey, in the semi
finals coming back from a 2 goal deficit to win 4-3 and moving on to beat
Finland for the gold; sadly, the sequel was only partially repeated as U.S.
after beating the Russians in OT shoot out went on to the finals only to lose
to Canada 1-0 and join the women who also lost to the Canadians.
c. 1997 the cloning of Dolly the Sheep (named after Dolly Parton--who said the
Scots do not have a sense of humor), the first mammal to be cloned with adult
cells was announced in Scotland.
Cloning a
human being I believe is morally wrong but if an exception were to be made for
comedians I would clone Leno: "President Bush and Bill Clinton both agree
that cloning is morally wrong. Clinton said that he thinks humans should be
made the old-fashioned way -- liquored up in a cheap hotel room." Jay
Leno, the now departed host of the Tonight Show.
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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 FCC plan to investigate diversity of news
coverage to the great concern of 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.; the freedom
of the press taking nose dive; weed slowing HIV in monkeys; Obamacare as an
albatross for Blues; whimsical note on Cordova, AK Ice Worm Festival to join a
great list of comments on the newsworthy times, in rhyme of course.
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