Here are in the first day of June. Started off with a bang. Unfortunately it was a gas tank exploding. Is this a catalyst for change or just a venting of grievances. I don’t have a clue. I’ll pop some corn and watch the show like everyone else will. In the meantime, June 1, 2020 is Dinosaur Day, Don’t Give Up The Ship Day, Flip A Coin Day, National Go Barefoot Day, National Olive Day, Oscar The Grouch Day, Wear A Dress Day and Say Something Nice Day. Now some footnotes: On this day in 1796 the last of Britain’s troops withdraws from USA. In 1880 the first pay telephone service in the United States is installed in New Haven, Connecticut and the population of the US was 62,622,250. On this day in 1962 SS officer Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel after being found guilty of war crimes. I know of no one more deserving. Finally, on this day in 1969 Tobacco advertising is banned on Canadian radio & TV. Smart people North of our border. This is the day in 1945 that I entered the highway of life. Happy birthday to me. I said (although I wasn’t the first one to say it), ” I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy”. This is the day in 1952 that John Dewey, American philosopher dies at 92. He said, “Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.” I’m going with that. I recommend being skeptical of all simple solutions. With that, I’ll start living my first day of the 76th year of my life. Abide.
