Ridley's
Believe It Or Not--April 14, 2014:
To complement your pecan pie after watching Bubba
Watson win his second Masters in three years yesterday, I found these unknown holidays worthy of
mention or celebrating in a culinary fashion to
go with the factoids and quote to enjoy before you once again frantically are
trying to assemble your documents in order to have your tax return prepared and
filed.
1. Black Day (South Korea)—celebrated
by those so unfortunate as to not receive a Valentine’s Day card and marked by
eating noodles and black bean sauce.
2. Children with Alopecia Day—honoring
those children going bald due to the autoimmune disease alopecia areata and
trying to install acceptance that it is okay to be bald.
3. National Pecan Day—celebrating a tasty
nut that is a winner in deserts such as pecan pie.
4. Pan American Day—celebrating the formation of the Organization of American
States and first observed on this date in 1931.
5. Be Kind to Your CPA Day—reminding you that
your tax professional is probably tearing his hair out as tax day approaches
and is totally stressed out and today is a good day to be understanding over
the amount of tax returns he or she still has to prepare and that an extension
to file is not the end of the world.
On this day in:
a. 1828 Noah Webster copyrights his first
edition of his dictionary—no library is complete without one.
b. 1865 President Lincoln is
shot in the head at the Ford Theater by John Wilkes Booth and Secretary of State
is stabbed repeatedly at his home by one of Booth’s co-conspirators, William
Powell and fortunately recovers to spearhead the purchase of Alaska from Russia
in 1867.
c. 1956 in Chicago, videotape
was demonstrated for the first time.
Wise thoughts on how lawyers should draft
contracts and politicians (aka lawyers should draft legislation: “If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the
dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read.” Ken Scott, noted writer and
director
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost
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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 13, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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