IT'S MOTHER'S DAY

After not wearing socks yesterday in honor of No Socks Day, Please feel free to honor Lost Sock Memorial Day. In tribute, you should stand in front of your washer and dryer with all of the single socks in your sock drawer and place them around your machines. The sock monster will take over from there. Any left tomorrow should be taken into the volunteer service and turned into dusters.

In honor of the completion of the first transcontinental railway system on this day in 1869, we honor National Train Day. In honor, today I will vividly recall the time that I drove a steam train at Rail City, a splendid ‘amusement park’ that my grandmother lived near (practically on). Her boyfriend was the engineer, she ran a diner and along with friends, owned one of the fire trucks at the Rail City Volunteer Fire Department (more on that another day). The motto of the day: Think Trains.

1657-William Bradford Governor of Plymouth Colony, Mass died. 1671-British Crown Jewels were stolen from the Tower of London by Irish adventurer Thomas “Captain” Blood. He was captured, when brought before the king, he was made a member of the court, given an annual pension and his estates in Ireland were restored. Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay??   1785- The Beer Pump is patented by Joseph Bramah (what did they do at parties before that?)  1886- Coca Cola syrup was invented by John Styth Permerton.  1899-The rotary-blade lawn mower was patented by John Burr. 1914- Mother’s Day proclaimed by President Wilson.  1926- The first North Pole fly over by Richard Boyd & Floyd Bennett occurred.   1950- Dianetics, written by L.Ron Hubbard, is published. 1960-The Birth Control Pill was approved by the FBI. Promiscuous people run amok, families get smaller. 1968-Harold Gray, Little Orphan Annie Comic Strip Artist, died.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!    1800-John Brown (Anti-Slavery Activist responsible for the raid at Harpe’s Ferry, VA); 1873-Howard Carter (Archaeologist-Discovered the secrets of King Tut’s Tomb); 1910-Barbara Woodhouse (Dog Trainer); 1914- Hank Snow (Country Singer); 1918-Mike Wallace (Journalist @60 Minutes); 1936-Glenda Jackson (Actress, Women in Love); 1936-Albert Finney (Actor, Erin Brockovich); 1940-James L Brooks (Producer, Terms of Endearment); 1946-Candice Bergen (Actress, Murphy Brown); 1949-Billy Joel (Singer-Piano Man); 1960-Tony Gwynn (Athlete, San Diego Padres); 1962-John Corbett (Actor, Northern Exposure); 1965- Steve Yzerman (Athlete, Detroit Red Wings).