Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—May 7, 2014: As always, after some
searching, I found these holidays worthy of mention here or celebrating in
culinary fashion, to go with the factoids and quote to enjoy as you are getting
ready to celebrate Mothers Day and are
stressing out over what to get and how to celebrate the day.
1. National Dance with the New Stars Day—celebrating
the first dances at the first inaugural ball for President Washington in 1789
held in New York City.
2. School Nurse Day—celebrated
since 1972 to honor the contributions of school nurses in an
educational setting.
3.
National Tourism Day—celebrating the
contribution of tourists to the economy, which in California thank God is
extremely significant—if you see someone taking a lot of pictures today of our
attractions, beaches, parks, theme parks, etc. be nice to them as they are
probably spending a good deal of money.
4. Bike to School Day—may not be cool if you
are in high school with a car, but a great way to conserve fossil fuels and dollars
to spend on the limo for upcoming proms.
5.
National Roast Leg of Lamb Day—celebrating a
great meal idea—don’t forget the mint jelly.
On this day in:
a. 1952 the concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for computers, was
first published by Geoffrey W. A. Dummer.
b. 1992 in a true legislative super marathon moment, Michigan ratified a 203
year old proposed amendment to the Constitution making the 27th
Amendment the law of the land which prevents Congress from giving itself a
raise during midterm.
c. 2004 in a chilling reminder of why Islamic jihadist terrorists, including
the child abductors Boko Haram, have no place on this Earth and should be
eradicated there from, 26 year old American
businessman Nick Berg was abducted in Iraq and beheaded on camera with the videotape released
on the internet. His alleged killer Abu Musab al-Zakarqawi was blown to pieces into Paradise by two 500 pound bombs dropped by American
F-15s on June 7, 2007.
A bit of insight from the women we have grown to dislike in
spades in response to a question as to
why she opposed a Congressional pay cut: “I don't think we should do it; I
think we should respect the work we do. I think it's necessary for us to have
the dignity of the job that we have rewarded." Nancy Pelosi. Living proof
of why we need term limits to spare us from career politicians in safe
districts like Ms. Pelosi and why without term limits under any circumstances
while she remains in office, the House must remain Red.
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 climbing into the mountains to be nearer to God; 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 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 Boko Haram’s
jihadist war on school girls; Blues and Reds uniting to force approval of
Keystone XL; Condi Rice at Rutgers’ loss withdrawing as a commencement speaker;
death of 77 year old pilot at air show trying to cut a ribbon; more on Phoenix
VA deaths; the just released nonredacted Benghazi emails; 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; coffee as the new wonder drug to curtail
Type II Diabetes to join numerous other comments on news events always in rhyme
of course.
©May 7, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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