February 26, 2022. All is well in my little bubble of reality. It’s like a holiday snow globe except mine is filled with sunshine, palm trees, ukuleles and tiki bars. I prefer to spend my remaining days as protected from the world’s chaos as possible. If I could change things, my non-participation would be a selfish act. Since I can’t, I’ll continue to pursue my own happiness. Today is Levi Strauss Day, For Pete’s Sake Day, Tell a Fairy Tale Day, National Pistachio Day, Carnival Day, and my pick, Open That Bottle Night. On this day in 1616 the Roman inquisition demanded that Galileo abandon his belief that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun. An early example of the conflict between religion, politics, and science. On this day in 1773 the Walnut Street Jail was approved in Pennsylvania. This jail would became the first experiment in solitary confinement. In 1930, the 1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan Finally, 1954 Michigan Representative Ruth Thompson (R) introduced legislation to ban mailing “obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy” phonograph (rock & roll) records. Today we will visit the late comedian Bill Hicks who died early at the age of 32 on this day in 1994. He was cutting edge satire. I didn’t discover him until he was already gone. Bill said, “If you are living for tomorrow, you will always be one day behind.” “Don’t worry; don’t be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.” “That’s starting to depress me about UFOs. They fact that they cross galaxies…and always end up in places like Fyfe, Alabama.” I’ll end this post with “…All drugs should be legal. War is wrong. The rich get richer. The poor get poorer. Thank you. I’ll be here all week.” Abide.
