November 19th, 2022. Just a few reminders before we get started. Earth is a ball of rock with a thin atmosphere flying through space at 448,000 thousand miles per hour. The chances that you and I exist at all is almost absolute zero. When everyone who knows us is dead, we’ll only be a name on a digital record. Now, put that all aside. We are alive today, we do exist, the future will take care of itself. The purpose of your life is to have fun. 11.19.2022 is International Men’s Day, Family volunteer Day, Equal Opportunity Day, National Blow Bagpipes Day, National Camp Day, Lookie Lookie Day (Nudist Camps), Play Monopoly Day, and World Toilet Day. On this day in 1274 the Mongol army landed at Hakata Bay in Japan. This was their first attempt to invade. The Mongols were defeated, and a typhoon destroyed most of their fleet as they withdrew. On this day in 1776 US forces abandon Fort Lee, New Jersey and retreat to Pennsylvania after British and Hessian troops take Fort Washington, NY. This is the day in 1805 that the Lewis and Clark expedition reached the Pacific Ocean. On this day in 1861 the first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) left the US for London. In 1863 on this day Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg address. On this day in 1923 the Oklahoma State Senate ousted Governor Walton for his anti-Ku Klux Klan measures. On this day in 1959 “Rocky & His Friends debuted on ABC. On the same day Ford Motor Company cancelled the Edsel. The first dead person we will hear from is the Canadian sociologist Erving Goffman who died in 1982 who said, “Society is an insane asylum ran by the inmates.” Next is Larry King who was born on this day. Larry said, “I never learned anything while I was talking.” “Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention luck are kidding themselves.” I’ll end with “I’m having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun.” I like the way Larry looked at life. Have an excellent day. Abide.
