Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--April 29, 2014: As always, after some
searching, I found these few holidays worthy of mention or celebrating in
culinary fashion, to go with the factoids and quote to enjoy as you are just into
the start of start your work week.
1. International
Dance Day–honoring
the art of the dance since first introduced in 1982.
2. National Zipper Day—commemorating the patenting of the zipper
in the United States in 1913.
3.
International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Chemical Weapons—to commemorate the thousands of victims of chemical
weapons and to promote the destruction of such weapons.
4. National Shrimp Scampi Day—now this
is a favorite holiday to celebrate either as main dish or a side dish if you have
any prime rib left over from celebrating National
Prime Rib Day on the 27th of April—just do not forget the
garlic.
On this day in:
a. 1953 ABC local affiliate in Los Angeles KECA-TV broadcasted the first experimental
3D show Space Patrol.
b. 1992 following the acquittal of four L.A.P.D. officers accused of beating of
Rodney King, the Los Angeles Riots erupted resulting in over 50 people being
killed, 2,000 injured, over 9,000 arrested and near $1 billion in property damage,
most of which appearing on live TV, climaxing with Rodney King appearing on TV
at the height of the riot pleading, “People, I just want
to say, can't we all get along? Can't we all get along?"
c.
2004 Oldsmobile built its last car, an Alero,
ending 107 years of automobile production.
A perspective on the L.A. Riots
by one there whose viewpoint should be listened to and why Donald Sterling’s
taped comments yesterday are so offensive. “In every major city in America and in cities all over the world the same
thing could happen until we decide as a people that we work together and stop
looking at things as race but realize we’re all one.” Titus Murphy, one of the 4 black bystanders
who came to truck driver Reginald Denny’s aid, preventing him from being beaten
to death by an angry black mob at the very commencement of the L.A. Riots. From personal experience driving up to Centinela Hospital for knee
surgery on the second day of the riots as plumes of black smoke were rising
though out L.A. making L.A. look like Beirut,
a very scary time.
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
poems on the 2014 Boston Marathon; on the Mustangs going to the Dance with a
losing record; 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; on Bode Miller and the human spirit;
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 Kerry’s apartheid characterization of Israel; Obama’s
admission that he does not know whether new “sanctions” will work against Putin;
the scandal of vets dying in Phoenix while waiting to see a doctor; Blues in
Illinois caught in questionable procedures and forced to rescind $100 million
to Obama Presidential Library; coffee as the new wonder drug to curtail Type II
Diabetes; the futility of aiding Ukraine
with MRE’s; the cowardice of the Korean ferry boat captain abandoning his ship
while over 300 students were being drowned to join numerous other comments on
news events always in rhyme of course.
©April 29, 2014 Michael P.
Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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