It is now the 24th day of October 2021. It won’t be as good a day as the 23rd was. There isn’t a Halloween party to go to. Great costumes, lots of Jell-O and pudding shots. The band played the songs we grew up listening to. They needed a cow bell player but were good just the same. Jimmy Buffet song “Growing older but not up” fits my frame of mind. That was yesterday and today is Black Thursday, National Crazy Day, Food Day, Make A Difference Day, National Good And Plenty Day, National Bologna Day, United Nations Day and World Tripe Day. I think I’ll have the expensive bologna from the deli for lunch. Now to history. In 1593, the teleportation of Spanish soldier Gil Perez took place. He was guarding a fort in Manila Philippines, leaned up against the wall, closed his eyes and when he opened them, he was in Mexico City. Google it. Interesting story. On this day in 1818, Felix Mendelssohn, at the age of 9 performed his first public concert in Berlin. On this day in 1871 a mob in Los Angeles, California hung 18 Chinese. In 1901 on this day the first women, Anna Taylor) went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. This is the day in 1929 called Black Thursday when a selling panic hit Wall Street. The following week the stock market collapsed. In 1931 on this day, Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion. I looked through the obits for some interesting quotes and found none. When that happens, I go to another web site and type in a word and there are quotes aplenty. The word for today is “fun”. James Charles said, “I’m having fun. I’m being myself. I’m doing what I love. That’s all that matters.” Simone Biles said, “At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.” I’ll end this post with a quote from Coolio: “Life is too short to not have fun. We are only here for a short time.” Abide.
