Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—August 3, 2014: Another meager day of holidays
but you are probably on vacation anyway and are already celebrating. Hope you
enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from C.S. Lewis reads
with a smile on your face and a cold watermelon you are sharing with friends.
1. Esther Day—celebrating an
amazing, talented and intelligent girl who fought a childhood cancer with
bravery and spirit and packed a lifetime of accomplishments in her short life.
Go to http://tswgo.org/esthers-story.html
for her story--you will be inspired!
2. Friendship
Day—celebrated on the first Sunday in August since 1935 although given the
value of friends this is a holiday that should be observed on a more frequent
basis.
3. National
Watermelon Day---celebrating
a great summer food with over 300 kinds, 92 percent water so you can eat till
completely sated.
4. Go Grab Some Nuts Day—celebrating
not a drive to treat the mentally ill or a sure way to get a man’s attention
but that tasty and nutritious food—nuts. It’s okay to enjoy peanuts (legumes)
today without feeling that you are not in the holiday spirit.
On this day
in
a. 1972 the Senate ratified the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; in 2002 the United States withdrew from the
treaty, the first international arms control treat it has ever withdrawn from.
b. 1977 the Senate commenced
hearings on the CIA’s secret mind control program MKUltra which the agency
carried on from 1953 to 1973 involved among contemptible act the surreptitious
administration of LSD—no wonder the trust in our government continues to fall.
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c. 1977 Tandy Corporation
introduced the first mass produced personal computer TRS-80 for a price of $500,
over $2300 in 2014 dollars.
To have a friend you must be a friend: “Friendship is
unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is
one of those things that give value to survival." C.S. Lewis noted Irish
author of the 20th Century
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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
to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for
comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
© August 3,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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