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Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--January 18, 2014: Slim pickings for holidays today, but did find
these gems of questionable popularity and sanity (other than Pro-Life Day) to
celebrate:
1.
Polar Bear Jump Off, Seward,
Alaska Did not know they had
two-legged polar bears, not on my bucket list, not now, not ever--at least
in California on New Year's Day Polar Bear swims, the air temperature is in
the mid sixties, no rain and the water temperature is in the high 50's as
opposed to Seward with an air temperature of 39, raining with a 15 mph wind
and a water temperature of 39--no wonder Alaska has only 3 electoral votes!
2. Winnie-the Pooh Day--creator Alexander Alan Milne born on this day in
1882 to the delight of millions of children who fell in love with Winnie-the Pooh and his friends.
3.
Thesaurus Day--creator Peter Roget born on this day in 1779---Both
Reds and Blues need to use it as there have to be some non-inflammatory words
there to get their points across.
4. Pro-Life Day-- Hope the quote below does some justice to the passions
that the issues surrounding this day can evoke.
On this day in:
a. 1977 scientists isolated the virus responsible be Legionnaire's
Disease.
b.
1993 Martin Luther King Day was celebrated for the first time in all 50
states.
c.
2012 a series of coordinated actions
(including a blackout of Wikipedia) took place in protest against SOPA ( Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act). Hard to imagine a world today without Wikipedia.
On Thesaurus Day another
meaning for pro-life "I do not believe that just
because you're opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact,
I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a
child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed.
And why would I think that you don't? Because you don't want any tax money
to go there. That's not pro-life. That's pro-birth. We need a much broader
conversation on what the morality of pro-life is. Sister Jean Chisstler,
Benedictine Nun. Good place to begin a debate, if a debate has to be had on
this difficult issue.
Take five from your day of 24/7 and the NFL Playoff
games on Sunday (go Broncos and go
49ers--both force of habit for this Stanford grad( Elway gm at Denver and
Harbaugh and legacy of John Brodie at 49ers) and please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join
135 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 an original poem on a 17 year young Progeria victim who died on the eve
of becoming an honorary captain for the Patriots (have tissues handy)
and an original poem on 2013 in review just posted. Just posted
for your enjoyment on www.alaskanpoetcommentary.blogspot.com
poems on the "Constitution Free Zone" case to go to the Supreme
Court, on the book The Trident and courage of Navy Seals; and on
Cartels and funding risks pot growers and retail sellers in Colorado now
may face. In the works comment on the Imperial Presidency's power grab.
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