We’re now in the time/space of May 15, 2020. Made it almost halfway through the month since May has 31 days in it. The high point of yesterday was picking some peaches. OMG good. It will be tough to top that level of excitement today! That was a bit of social isolation sarcasm in case you were wondering. Today is Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought No Matter What It Was No Excuses Day. In my case I think it was Duke of Earl by Gene Chandler. It’s also Peace Officers Memorial Day, Endangered Species Day, NASCAR Day, National Chocolate Chip Day and National Pizza Party Day. I’ll go with a chocolate chip cookie and a pizza today. Two of my favorite food groups. On this day in history in 1817 the 1stt private mental health hospital opens in the US. It is named the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On this day in 1905 Las Vegas is founded. This is the day in 1911 that the Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act). I wonder what that Court would think about Amazon? In 1934 the US Department of Justice offers a $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive. Finally, in 1963 Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer). This is the birthday (1689) of the English writer Mary Wortley Montagu who said, “Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.” In other words, “be nice”. this is also the day that Emily Dickinson stopped living at the age of 55. She said, “Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.” Try to make today a good one. It’s up to you. Abide.
