He we are in March 28, 2020. Another day filled with “not much” lies ahead. The pandemic driven isolation is making it hard to pursue happiness. I did watch a video yesterday of how the virus kills us and that provided enough motivation to remain in isolation. Maybe there’s something on the list that I can celebrate: Brothers’ and Sisters’ Day, Earth Day, Eat an Eskimo Pie Day, National Something On a Stick Day (corn dog perhaps?), National Black Forest Cake Day and Weed Appreciation Day. If I had some seed for some weed, I’d be growing my own. I’d love to eat an Eskimo Pie but I’m not going to the store to get one. Moving on. In 845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok. My son who has done the research tells me that Ragnar and I are probably related. Very cool. In 1972 on this date, Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game. He said, “Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath” Finally, this is the day in 2009 that the first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in two people in California. 20% of us were infected and the death rate was .02%. This is the birthday (1968) of the Russian writer Maxim Gorky. He said, “The most beautiful words in the English language are ‘not guilty’.” This is the date in 1953 that Jim Thorpe, who won 2 gold metals in the 1912 Olympics and is a member of the Pro Football Halls of Fame, dies of heart failure at 65. He said, “I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk]. That’s it for today. Stay away, wash, wash, wash and be sure to Abide.
