08.22.2023 is here. I’m prepared to make this day as good for me as I can. It’s unique, just like every other one I’ve lived. How many do I have left in my cosmic jar? 7,000 would put me into my late 90s. As Michale McCloud says in his song Schooner Warf Bar Room Dog “Everybody knows we’re all gonna die, nobody knows the what, when or why”. It’s a question of ‘when’ not ‘if’. Therefore, I’ll do my best to enjoy each and every one of them. A good place to start is finding out what we can celebrate. It’s Be an Angel Day, Eat a Peach Day, National Pecan Torte Day, National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day, National Tooth Fairy Day, Never Been Better Day, and World Plant Milk Day. Onto history: On this day in 1642 the English Civil War began between the Royalists and the people who supported a Parliament. Not that much different than today? On this day in 1775 King George III proclaims the American colonies to be in open rebellion and orders his military to suppress it. On this day in 1791 a voodoo priest named Boukman lead a slave revolt in Haiti which is considered to be the catalyst for the Haitian revolution. He was caught, killed and his head displayed in an attempt to convince his followers that he wasn’t invincible. On this day in 1902 Theodore Roosevelt became the 1st president to ride in a car. On this day in 1953 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran returned to power. The US and England facilitated his assent to power. Today’s dead person is Jacob Bronowski who was a Polish philosopher. Jacob said, “No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.” “Dissent is the mark of freedom.” “Certainty ends inquiry.” “Science is the acceptance of what works and the rejection of what does not. That needs more courage than we might think.” I’ll wrap this one up with “The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.” Abide.
