Watching the sun rise over the ocean or a large body of water is magical experience as you can see from the photo below. I hope he catches a big bass and creates a good memory. Drinking my morning coffee from the back deck on a cloudless morning is my way of starting the day. It’s March 5, 2021 and it is going to be a good day. I can feel it. It’s National Absinthe Day, Cinco de Marcho, Multiple Personality Day, National Poutine Day, National Day Of Unplugging and National Cheese Doddle Day. Cinco de Marcho is a made up holiday that marks the beginning of a 12-day period when “people train their livers for drinking huge amounts of alcohol on St. Patrick’s Day.” Works for me. Now to a short history lesson. This is the day in 1770 known as the Boston Massacre when British soldiers killed 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks is the 1st to die. In 1836 Samuel Colt manufactured his first pistol, a 34-caliber “Texas” model. In 1841 on this day began the 1st continuous filibuster in the US Senate which lasted until March 11. In 1933 FDR proclaimed a 10-day bank holiday. This happened 2 days after FDR took office and gave him time to pass the Emergency Banking Act to save our financial system. Today is Penn Jillette’s birthday. He’s the talking half of Penn and Teller. He said, “I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers.” When you love what you do, keep on doing it. This is also the day in 1982 that we lost the comedy genius John Belushi. What a funny guy. I’ll give you two of his lines from Animal House: “Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!” and “Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.”. Now, this is a new day, you only get one chance to make it a good one. Abide.
