Monday has arrived again and this time in the space designated as June 22, 2020. Father’s day has come and gone. The days now begin to shorten by a few minutes. We won’t be at the midpoint of the year for a couple of weeks (July 2). No hurricanes in the near future. All we have is the same chaos we had yesterday. New cases have dropped below 4,000 but hospitalizations are up slightly and deaths are flat. Today is National Chocolate Éclair Day, National HVAC Tech Day, Stupid Guy Thing Day and National Onion Rings Day. I’m going with chocolate in a pastry. This is the day in 1611 that Henry Hudson is set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery and is never seen again. I wonder what Henry did to piss them off? This date in 1633 Galileo Galilei is forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope. The Vatican waited until Oct 31, 1992 to admit is was wrong. This is the day in 1944 that US President Franklin Roosevelt signs “GI Bill of Rights” (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act). Finally, this is the day in 1990 that Florida passes a law which prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit? I never knew that. I’ve seen some young ladies breaking that law. This is Pistol Pete Maravich’s birthday (1947). One of the greatest showmen of Basketball. He said, “They don’t pay you a million dollars to make two handed chest passes”. This is also Meryl Streep’s birthday (1949). She is probably my favorite actress. Meryl said, “I’m curious about other people. That’s the essence of my acting. I’m interested in what it would be like to be you.” Have as good a day as you can make it. Stay safe. Ventilators blow. Abide.
