1.
National Landline Phone Day--celebrated
today, but maybe not many times more in the future as land line phones diminish
and cell phones soar. Of course, when have you ever heard of a land line call
being dropped or intercepted by the NSA or hackers or a tethered land line
phone being misplaced or lost?
2. National Nap Day--always
celebrated on the first Monday after the switch to Daylight Saving Time
especially if you stayed up as if it would not occur and are missing the hour
of sleep lost.
3. Paper Currency Day--honoring the
first issuance by the United States of paper currency in 1862, which if we are not
careful will not be worth, in the case of the dollar, more than its cost of the paper
and ink.
4.
Salvation Army Day--honoring a great
charitable organization that does so much more than standing on street corners
during Christmas season ringing bells to collect money from shoppers hurrying
and scurrying to max out their credit cards.
On this day in:
a. 1849 Abraham Lincoln became the first President to apply for a patent;
surprisingly for a man whose nickname was the "Rail Splitter," it was
for a device to lift boats over shoals.
b. 1891 a Topeka, Kansas undertaker, Alexander Strowger patented the Strowger
Switch which led to the development of automatic telephone switching gear.
c.
1959 fearing abduction by the Chinese, 300,000 Tibetans marched on Lhasa to
spirit the Dalai Lama out the country.
We are a
very fortunate human species that men like the Dalai Lama are not being stifled
by regimes that fear the creativity and spirituality of the human mind:
"If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best
spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to
enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding." Dalai Lama XIV
Great words to live by especially if a member of Congress these days."
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 Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother
suffering from a rare disease who competed in last year's Iditarod until forced
out with a broken pelvis after 600 miles; an original poem on Bode Miller and
the human spirit; an original poem for Cupid on Valentine's Day; an original
poem to honor Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of my poems to
inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy
Times for poems on Rutgers' faculty despicable attempt to ban Condi Rice
from being a commencement speaker; the holiday creep of St. Patrick's Day; the
crash of Malaysian Air; Obama's need for vacation time as Ukraine crisis
unfolds; Newport Beach's assault on recovery homes including the Ohio House;
food fight between Issa and Cummings as Lerner takes the 5th again; Sally
Jewell, Department of Interior, telling the residents of King Cove, Alaska to
take a hike in placing wildlife over their lives; on students protesting
Keystone XL as the world's largest oil producer militarily occupies the Crimea:
the banning the wearing of the American flag on Cinco de Mayo; Putin winning
the Great Game against Obama; Obama need for fund raising trumping Russian
moves into Crimea; Potomac fever infecting the Governors’ Conference; the Cal
Ripken, Jr. equivalent in the House, John Dingell after almost 60 years
announcing his retirement to join numerous other comments on news events always
in rhyme of course.
©March 10, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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