We are now in the time/space of the 3rd day of 2020. It’s a Friday which used to be my favorite day of the week when I was gainfully employed. Now, it’s just another Saturday to me. Retirement is a wonderful place. My only “job” is writing this post which I do to start my day and to establish my attitude. Dale Carnegie said, “Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.” Dale is right. Today is up to you. Now let’s see what events the Commission has deemed important enough to have their very own day: Festival of Sleep Day, Memento Mori or Remember You Die Day, National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day, National Write To Congress day and Women Rock Day which is about the women of rock and roll. I’m reminded of my mortality every day and I celebrate sleep every day with a short nap in the early afternoon. Should I write to Congress? My experience has been that unless you’re writing to them on the back of check with a sizable donation, it won’t do much good. Onto history: In 1496 Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine. I looked up Leonardo’s quotes and they are impressive. He said, “I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.” In 1932 Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop revolt by banana workers fired by United Fruit. If you want to understand imperialism, research United Fruit. In 1938 March of Dimes established to fight polio. As a child I remember how frightened everyone was of getting polio and living in an iron lung. Prior to 1988, 1,000 children a day were infected. In 1977 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc. The world changed when two geeky teenagers met in a garage and started talking electronics. I’m going to end this post with another da Vinci quotes: “As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.” I think when Leonardo passed, he was proud of what he’d done with his life. I hope we all will look back and be proud of what we’ve done. That’s in my future and today my goal is to have a well-spent day. Abide