1.
DABDay (Draw a Bird Day)—an international holiday
originating in England, not honoring artistic talent in drawing the middle
finger but to draw a picture of our avian friends.
2.
National Be Kind to Lawyers Day—this is a holiday that must be a joke,
originating on April Fools’ Day, but it is not—conceived by a non lawyer who
markets marketing services to professionals like lawyers. Dick the Butcher had
it right and his wisdom in dealing with lawyers because of the “holiday” will
not be repeated here.
3.
International Day of the Roma—celebrating the culture and traditions of the
Romani people (often referred to as “Gypsies”) who fled India en masse some 800
years ago due to natural calamities or Islamic invasion.
4. National Empanada Day--another caloric
holiday honoring a delicioco from Portugal and Spain first served in the U.S. at
Taco Bell consisting of a folded pastry stuffed with chicken, pork loin or cod
to sink your teeth into.
On this day in:
On this day in:
a. 1952 to avoid a national
steel workers' strike during the Korean War, President Truman, ordered U. S. steel
mills seized.
b. 1959 a group of
computer manufactures, users, and academics led by Grace Hopper met to discuss
development of new computer programming language to be known as COBOL.
c. 2008 although sitting on huge
petroleum reserves, the first skyscraper to incorporate wind turbines for power
generation was completed in Bahrain.
Simplification of the jury
system in a few words: “A jury consists of 12 persons to decide which side has
the better lawyer.” Robert Frost…another example of why we need more poets and
less lawyers.
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 death of Pastor
Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church; Obama's
"sanctions" compared to Rolling Thunder 49 years ago: Mustangs
advance in the Dance to await the Shockers; Russian Roulette with Putin; EPA's
war against a Wyoming family; on Jolly's upset win over Sink in the House's
13th District of Florida; China's red line on war in Korea; De Blasio's payback
to his union contributors by attacking charter schools; Rutgers' faculty
despicable attempt to ban Condi Rice from being a commencement speaker; Newport
Beach's assault on recovery homes, including the Ohio House; 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 to
join numerous other comments on news events always in rhyme of course.
©April
8, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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