This is the time space designated as November 17th, 2019. It’s a good place to be. My weather predictor tells me that we’re going to get to 67 degrees today. Still flip flops and shorts weather. Winter in Florida is a wonderful thing. The Commission on Daily Holidays has picked: Electronic Greeting Card Day, Homemade Bread Day, National Unfriend Day, National Baklava Day, National Take a Hike Day and International Happy Gose Day. Gose is a particular kind of German beer. Nothing stands out in this list for me. I used to make a lot of homemade bread but since I’m going low carb, no bread will be made today. Onto history: On this day in 1889 the Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco. In 1928 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years. Wow. In 1936 Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio. In 1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown, scores NCAA record of 43 pts (vs Colgate). Today is the birthday of Marie Antoinette. She was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. Her quote “Let them eat cake” had a lot to do with her being guillotined on October 26 1793. She used her last words to apologize to the man who was about to cut her head off for inadvertently stepping on his foot. This is also the date that Auguste Rodin died. He was the sculptor of the Thinker. He said “Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely”. Pretty good advice. I hope I leave you with a better understanding of today. I’ve learned some new things by writing this. The most impressive new fact is that Notre Dame won every home game for 23 years. Wow a second time. Abide.
