We arrived at this 1.6 million mile place in our space journey designated as June 8th, 2021. Most of humankind didn’t make it. You should feel lucky to be able to live this day. I certainly do. I get to celebrate Best Friends Day, Jelly Filled Doughnut Day, Upsy Daisy Day, Name Your Poison Day and Thomas Paine Day. I’ll go Tiny Umbrella Red Blend as my poison. It tastes good and it’s cheap. Now to history: In 492 on this day, Attila the Hun invaded Italy. He said, “Everybody has value; even if to serve as a bad example.” On this day in 1794, Robespierre inaugurated the French Revolution’s new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being. He said, “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him”. The religion was short lived. It ended when they cut Robespierre’s head off on July 28 of 1794. On this day in 1959 the USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempted the delivery of mail via a rocket (Missile Mail). On this date in 1972 the picture of a nine-year-old girl burned by napalm running down a road would become an iconic picture of the Viet Nam War. This is the day in 2018 that Anthony Bourdain decided to choose death over life. It was a poor decision. He said, “Celebrate weirdness and innovation. Oddballs should be cherished, if they can do something other people can’t do.” This is also the day in 2008 that the world lost Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian guru, known for developing the Transcendental Meditation. Yogi said, “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become” and “We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy, and a serious responsibility not to be serious.” The Yogi and I are in agreement. Try to make this day special. It will only come once in your life. Abide.
