Ridley's
Believe It Or Not--April 15, 2014:
As you are locked up in your home office or waiting to see your CPA, I found these unknown holidays worthy of
mention or celebrating in a culinary fashion to
go with the factoids and quote to enjoy.
1. Tax Day—a day to wear black
arm bands in mourning as Uncle Sam reaches deep into your pocket and to know
extension is not a bad word. If filing today, hope you observed Be Kind to Your
CPA Day on the 14th.
2. World Art Day—honoring the fine arts throughout
the planet and first observed on April 15, 2012; also the birthday of one of
the great Renaissance men of the planet—Leonardo da Vinci
3. Jackie Robinson Day—honoring Jackie
Robinson’s debut as the first black baseball player in major league history on
April 15, 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
4. National Library
Workers Day—celebrating
the hard work and great service of our librarians and a great excuse, although
not needed, to go to the library and check out a CD or latest best seller.
5. National Spiral Glazed
Ham Day—nothing
like a glazed ham, already sliced, but why would one celebrate the day with a ham
and then face another one this Sunday for
Easter.
On this day in:
a. 1755 Samuel Johnson published one of the
most influential dictionaries A Dictionary of the English Language after
nine years of labor.
b. 1955 MacDonald’s dated its
establishment as the restaurant chain that grew to be the largest in the world
when Ray Kroc purchased a franchise site in Des Plaines, Illinois.
c. 2013 in Boston two bombs
exploded near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon, killing
three people and injuring 264—In yet another example of the American spirit the
118th will be run on April 21, 2014--Boston Strong!
Taxpayers, thy name is procrastinator: “A survey shows Americans find filing their taxes slightly more
bearable than going to a funeral – which could explain why thousands put off
doing their returns until the last minute.” -Nirvi Shah, Miami Herald Unfortunately Tax Day occurs
every year and a funeral but once.
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 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; for Cupid on
Valentine's Day; 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 the
stupidity of Caprock Academy trying to ban a nine year old for shaving her head
to provide support for her 11 year old friend undergoing chemo; Putin pulling
the Moscow broadcast plug on Voice of America; Congressman McAllister on camera
kissing passionately his female staffer; the death of Pastor Fred Phelps,
founder of the Westboro Baptist Church; Obama's "sanctions" compared
to Rolling Thunder 49 years ago; the banning the wearing of the American
flag on Cinco de Mayo to join numerous other comments on news events always in
rhyme of course.
©April 15, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.twitter.com/alaskanpoet
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