We’ve only got a couple more days and we will exist the time/space of June 2020. It’s now the 28 day of this worse in my lifetime June. The only good news is that we haven’t had a hurricane because of the dust storm in the jet stream from Africa. Having grown up in Kansas, a little dust in the air reminds me of being on the farm in the summer. I’m grateful to the people that found out that fermented potato juice makes vodka. Today is a new, never been used day so lets see what we can do with it. It’s Descendants’ Day, International Body Piercing Day (having an accident is the only way this could happen to me), Paul Bunyan Day, Log Cabin Day and National Tapioca Day. This isn’t the best list I’ve seen. Historically speaking, this is the day in 1820 that tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon when he ate a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey. On this day in 1870 Congress creates federal holidays of New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. This is the day in 1914 that the Archduke of Austria and his wife are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb and the is the spark that starts WWI. Finally, this is the day in 1965 that the 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam are authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Today is the birthday of Mel Brooks. Mel said, “If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.” He also said, “He who hesitates is poor.” This is the day in 1954 that “Red Deer”, the oldest known deer dies at the age of 26 in the Milwaukee Zoo. One of the most majestic animals. So that’s it for today. Wear the mask, wash those hands and stay safe. Ventilators blow. Abide.
