This new day is called January 22, 2023. Normally I don’t mention specifics of where I go or what I do each day. Today I will. Last night we went to the Melon Patch in Leesburg to see “The Play That Goes Wrong”. Can’t remember laughing so hard for so long. Tickets are only $22. That’s dirt cheap for a great memory. Today is answer Your Cat’s Questions Day, Celebration of Life Day (my pick), Child Labor Day, Chinese New Year, come in From the Cold Day, National Blonde Brownie Day, National Hot Sauce Day, and National Polka Dot Day. Next some historical footnotes of this day. In 1673 on this day postal service between New York and Boston was inaugurated. On this day in 1857 the National Association of Baseball Players was founded in New York. In 1862 on this day the Confederate government raised the bonus for volunteers from $10 to $20 ($600 in 2023 dollars). On this day in 1879 the Battle of Rorke’s Drift too place when a British Garrison of 150 holds off 4,000 Zulu warriors. The movie “Zulu” is about this battle and one of my all-time favorites. On this day in 1905 Russian troops fired on protesters as they marched to the Winter Palace with a petition for the Tsar. This event is called “Bloody Sunday”. On this day in 1941 the first mass killing of Jews began in Romania. On this day in 1964 the world’s largest cheese weighing 34,663 pounds was made in Wisconsin for the New York’s World Fair. Today’s dead person is President Lyndon B. Johnson who said, “Better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.” “If you’re in politics and you can’t tell when you walk into a room who’s for you and who’s against you, then you’re in the wrong line of work.” “You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.” “The guns and the bombs, the rockets and the warships, are all symbols of human failure.” That’s enough for you to think about this morning. Abide.
