Ridley's Believe It Or Not—August 31, 2014: Trust
your Labor Day Weekend is off to a great start and that you enjoy the holidays
of dubious distinction in the shadow of Labor Day Weekend along with the
factoids and quote from Eldridge Cleaver with a smile on your sunscreened face, a positive attitude and a copious amount
of trail mix, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a
memorable event, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique
customized poem tailored to the event and the recipient. Great game by the
Cardinal but unfortunately also great game by the resurgent Trojans—will be
interesting at the Farm next Saturday.
1. Love Litigating Lawyers Day—honoring the parasites of the
world that have created such chaos; this has to be a joke and if we honor
litigating lawyers it should not be for a day but rather the normal billing
increment—6-15 minutes.
2. Eat Outside Day—honoring a tradition that
started to appear in the 1900’s when the first sidewalk cafes were introduced
in Manhattan; given the heat wave and humidity the creators of this holiday
ought to move it to a day in the spring or fall when one could enjoy the
ambiance of eating outside as opposed to being drenched in perspiration.
3. National Trail Mix Day—honoring one of
the great snacks for energy when hiking or camping.
4. Even
An Old Dog Can Learn New Tricks Day –celebrating the birthday on this
day in 1935 of Eldridge Cleaver, an early leader of the Black Panther Party,
who in the 80’s finally saw the light and discarded his violent left wing views
and converted to Mormonism and became a conservative Republican, which means
there is still hope for our President to recognize the errors of his ways.
5. Founder’s
Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1870 of Maria Montessori, a
very influential educational pioneer and creator of the Montessori mode of
education for young children.
On this day in
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a. 1803 Lewis and Clark left Pittsburgh to start their epic exploration of
the territory purchased by the United States from France.
b. 1895 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patented his lighter than airship, the Navigable
Balloon which became a feature in air travel until the explosion of the Hindenburg
at Lakehurst Naval Station, New Jersey
in 1937, a disaster captured on film and
memorialized in the movie The Hindenburg
starring George C. Scott and Anne Bancroft. The last surviving crew member
just died at the age of 92.
c. 1920 the first radio news
broadcast was made on radio station 8MK from Detroit, Michigan.
d. 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales
and mother of Prince William and Prince Harry, and her companion Dodi Fayed
and driver Henri Paul died in a car crash in Paris.
Why
there is hope that whatever racial or religious divide that exists in America
is not permanent: "If a man like Malcolm
X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can
change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America."
Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice
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2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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