We woke up in September 19, 2020 to find that RBG took the off ramp yesterday. I will miss her. She was a remarkable lady. That’s the way it works for everyone on this planet. We’re born, we live and we die. It’s how we decide to live our life that’s important. Who we help, the service we provide, the love we share is all up to us and when the end comes, being satisfied with what you’ve done is the goal. I’m not ready to take the exist yet because today is Talk Like A Pirate Day! Arggggg. It’s also International Coastal Cleanup Day, International Eat An Apple Day, Locate An Old Friend Day, National Butterscotch Pudding Day, Women Road Warrior Day and Thank A Police Officer Day. I’m going for the Pirate Day. On this day in 1559, Five Spanish ships sink in storm off Tampa, about 600 die. Back to the present, there’s a tropical storm named Beta just sitting in the Gulf right now becoming a slow moving hurricane. Yikes again. On this day in 1876 the 1st carpet sweeper is patented by Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich. This is the day in 1893 that New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote. in 1896 on this day marks the beginning of the Bombay plague epidemic which kills 12 million in India. Finally, in 1952 the Adventures of Superman premiers. I’ll deviate from my normal routine today and give you a couple of quotes from Ruth Bater Ginsburg: “How fortunate I was to be alive and a lawyer when, for the first time in United States history, it became possible to urge, successfully, before legislatures and courts, the equal-citizenship stature of women and men as a fundamental constitutional principle.” And, “Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.” Abide.
