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Ridley's Believe It Or
Not--January 19, 2014: On this eve of Martin
Lunther King, Jr. Day, some holidays to
celebrate:
1.
Birthday of Edgar Allan Poe--
started by the mysterious Poe
Toaster in the 30's by visits to Poe's gravesite in Baltimore with no
appearances since 2009 leading to speculation that the 75 year old
tradition had ended, but celebrated by poets and avians of all kinds,
especially ravens and the heirs of Vincent Price, collecting
royalties on his Poe-inspired movies.
2. World Religion Day--celebrating the diversity all faiths and
beliefs on this very crowded planet of ours.
3.
World Day of Migrants and Refugees--100 years strong, started by the Catholic Church--the
world may be flat economically, technologically and epediologically but still a
lot of mountains to climb for the millions of migrants and refugees fleeing
war, famine and natural disasters or seeking a better life for themselves
and their children.
4. National Popcorn Day-- my favorite as a highly evolved popcornivore, but hard
to partake in a movie when two pounds of popcorn sells for $2.29 at Ralphs
and a small bag, and I do mean small, sells for north of $5.00 at most theaters.
On this day in:
a. 1983 Apple announced Lisa, the first commercial PC with mouse and
graphical user interface.
b.
1986 the first IBM PC virus, dubbed (c) Brain, was released into the
wild: sadly it was not the last, followed by much more deadly descendants.
c.
2012 the FBI shut down the Hong-Kong based Megaupload file sharing website
prompting attacks by hackers world wide on the websites of the federal
government and entertainment companies.
The words may be different; but
the meaning is still the same and a good moral compass to follow: "Hurt not others in ways
you would find hurtful to yourself." Buddhism, "What is hateful
to you do not to your fellow man. That is the law; all the rest is
commentary." Judaism "Do unto others as you would have them do
unto you." Christianity, "No one of you is a believer until he
desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." Islam,
"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself." Baha'i
Faith
Hope you 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 to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and an original poem honoring a 17 year young Progeria victim who died on the eve of
becoming an honorary captain for the Patriots (have tissues handy).
Just posted for your enjoyment on www.alaskanpoetcommentary.blogspot.com
poems on the DOJ's plans to review school suspensions, hanging up of a 911
dispatcher on a call from a son coming home to find a dead mother, and new
diseases added to the list of medical problems caused by smoking, including
one if you are a noncelibate male, that will really, really make you want
to read it. Still in the works comment on the Imperial Presidency's power
grab.
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