The clock as moved one more notch and we’re in the time/space of August 11, 2020. If you look at the National Hurricane Center’s map, that used to be yellow X is now red which indicates that the disturbance is now bigger with a better chance of becoming a hurricane. Unlike earthquakes, hurricanes can be watched and planned for. We are now experiencing a petulance and we don’t need anything else on our plate. That is the future and today is the present and it’s Annual Medical Checkup Day. Presidential Joke Day, Play In The Sand Day, National Raspberry Bombe Day and National Raspberry Tart Day. I could at this point tell a trump joke but only half of you would laugh. Moving on. This is the day in 1885 that $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty. The French gave us the statue but didn’t give us anything to put it on. In 1919 on this day, the Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau and is named after sponsor Indian Packing Company. This is the day in 1934 that the 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. And, on this day in 1965 the 6 day riot starts in the Watts section of Los Angeles. Today is the birthday (1921) of Alex Haley, American writer who said, “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” This is the day in 1919 that Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, steel tycoon, philanthropist and one of the richest Americans ever, dies of bronchial pneumonia at 83. He said, “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” That’s enough for today. Be safe, it isn’t a hoax, wear the damn mask. Be sure to Abide.
