The 14th day of June 2022 has arrived. In the style of Dr. Suess, “Yesterday was good, yesterday was fun, today let’s have another one.” It’s good inside my small bubble of reality. Today is the Army’s Birthday, Call Your Doctor Day, International Bath Day, Flag Day, Family History Day, National Straw berry Shortcake Day, Pop Goes the Weasel Day, and National Bourbon Day. The winner is obvious and from Kentucky. Now the history of June 14. In 1842 the 1st compulsory education law in America was passed in Massachusetts. On this day in 1775 the US formed the Continental Army to fight in the American Revolutionary War. On this day in 1777 the Continental Congress adopted the Stars & Stripes flag. This is the day in 1834 that sandpaper was patented. This is the dark day in 1940 that Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp opened. 3 million would die within its walls. On this day in 1953 Elvis graduated from high school in Memphis TN. Today’s first quote comes from G. K. Chesterton who was an English philosopher and critic. He said, “You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem” and “It’s not the world that’s got so much worse but the news coverage that’s got so much better.” Next is the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges who said, “Doubt is one of the names of intelligence” and “When you reach my age, you realize you couldn’t have done things very much better or much worse than you did them in the first place.” I’ll end today’s post with a quote from Roger Zelazny who was a writer and poet. He said, “To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, “I wish I had known this some time ago.” The End. Abide.
