May 7th, 2020 appeared at the stroke of midnight. I saw it coming so I wasn’t surprised. A new day is upon us. The big deal of my day is going to Walmart and opening up the back of my SUV to have someone in a mask put food in. It could be a lot worse so I can’t complain. I am looking for an old beat up brass lamp to rub. I’ve figured out my first wish. This list for today is Make A Book Day, National Cosmopolitan Day, National Day of Prayer, National Day Of Reason and National Roast Leg of Lamb Day. I’d go with the Cosmo. On this day in 1718 the city of New Orleans founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Laissez les bons temps rouler. In 1914 the US Congress establishes Mother’s Day. On this day in 1915 the RMS Lusitania is sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost. This act was one of the primary reasons for the US to enter WWI. In 1970 on this day, “Long & Winding Road” becomes Beatles’ last American release. This is the birthday of the English poet Robert Browning who said, “Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.” On this day in 1929 gangsters Albert Anselmi, John Scalise and Joseph “Top Toad” Giunta were murdered by Al Capone who said, “You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.” How would you like to have the nickname of Top Toad? Wow. So that’s it for May 7. Stay safe, wear your mask and wash your hands. Be sure to Abide.
