March 9, 2022. Here I am as usual sitting in front of my computer trying to figure out how to best use the next 16 hours of this day. The next 30 minutes that I will spend creating this post is the foundation of my day. This is how I adjust my attitude. Today is Bang Clang Day. This is about the Navel battle between the South’s ironclad Virginia battleship and the North’s iron wrapped battleship Monitor. They circled each other for 4 hours and bounced cannon balls off each other’s ships and then went back to their respective ports. It’s also False Teeth Day, Get Over It Day, National Crabmeat Day, National Meatball Day and Panic Day. Now to history: For those of you who feel threatened by mask mandates, on this day in 1562 a law was passed in Naples that made kissing in public a crime punishable by death. They were dealing with the plague. On this day in 1776, Adam Smith published the influential economics book “The Wealth of Nations”. On this day in 1839 the Prussian government limited the work week for children to 51 hours. In 1933 on this date, FDR called Congress back into session to begin what is now called the “100 days” when 13 new laws were enacted. FDR’s goal was “getting Americans back to work, protecting their savings and creating prosperity, providing relief for the sick and elderly, and getting industry and agriculture back on their feet”. A remarkable demonstration of unity that could never happen today. This is the day in 1996 that George Buns died at the age of 100. George said, “First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.” “Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.” “I look to the future because that’s where I’m going to spend the rest of my life.” I’ll wrap this up with this one: “There’s an old saying, ‘life begins at forty.’ That’s silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.” Abide.
