Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not—November 3, 2015, 443 days to go in President
Obama’s term. Trust your Tuesday is off to a great start; as always I hope
you enjoy Tuesday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a
music video by Dolly Parton and Kenny
Rogers, a relevant quote from Michael
Kimmelman, looking forward to enjoying a sandwich
with the bread and filing of your choice, blessed with a positive attitude
and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like
birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. National Housewife Day—promoting appreciation for the housewife or houseman in one’s life whose job is much closer to 24/7 than someone working nine to five outside the house.
1. National Housewife Day—promoting appreciation for the housewife or houseman in one’s life whose job is much closer to 24/7 than someone working nine to five outside the house.
2.
National Cliché Day—don’t get out of the bed on the wrong side
or fail to leave any stone unturned to find the right cliché today.
3. 1983 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1983 on a run of two weeks in that position Islands In The Stream by Dolly Parton
and Kenny Rogers. Here is a link to Dolly
Parton and Kenny Rogers performing Islands In The Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lixDK_tMEhE
4.
National Sandwich Day—celebrating
from chicken to egg salad to hamburgers to tuna salad to all varieties in
between of a typical lunch whether on the go, at one’s desk or sitting down in
a restaurant. The day November 3 was chosen to mark the birthday of John
Montagu, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich on this day in 1718, who instructed his
servants to place slices of meat between two slices of bread so he could
continue gambling.
5.
Who Needs A Sheepskin Day —celebrating the
birthday on this day in 1962 of noted Microsoft developer Gabe Newell who
dropped out of Harvard University and founded Valve Corporation, an interactive
video game company which has made him a billionaire.
On this day
in:
a. 1911
Chevrolet entered the U.S. auto market to compete with the Ford Model T.
b. 1954 the first
Godzilla film made in Japan was released.
c. 1957 Sputnik
II carrying the first animal into space, a dog Laika; sadly since satellites
were unable to deorbit and return, Laika became the first casualty of space
exploration.
d. 1964 residents
of Washington, D.C. were able to vote in presidential elections for the first
time.
e. 2014 One World
Trade Center a little over 13 years after its destruction on 9/11 was opened.
Reflections on One World Trade Center: “It abruptly stops at
1,368 feet, the height of the former twin towers, achieving its symbolic target
number—1,776 feet—by virtue of a skinny antenna. Counting the antenna is like counting relish at a hot dog eating contest.” Noted architecture critic for The New York
Times Michael Kimmelmann
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