This Day In History
In 1864, the battle of Jonesboro took place in Georgia.
In 1870, Maria Montessori was born.
In 1886, an earthquake shook Charleston, South Carolina.
In 1897, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetograph.
In 1914, Richard Basehart was born.
In 1924, Buddy Hackett was born.
In 1949, Richard Gere was born.
In 1950, Mona Lisa, by Nat King Cole, topped the charts.
In 1964, California became the most populated state in the United States.
In 1997, Princess Diana died.
You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, and Those Were The Days.
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From 1967, Underdog!
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Keeping The Weight Off
For the past few years I have been overweight, not extremely overweight, but enough that I was starting to feel the effects of being fat.
I started eating right, and buying the right foods, and enjoying the garden of life, and I lost 42 pounds. I have kept 40 of those pounds off, which has been awesome.
This is a far cry different that when I was growing up. It used to take me three months to gain five pounds if I tried.
Sphere: Related ContentThe Second Anniversary Of Katrina
On this second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, please take a moment to remember the victims. More than 1.1 million volunteers have responded to help but more are still needed, and many homes have still not been rebuilt.
Oh sure, everyone knows about the “refugees” of Hurricane Katrina, and many of us, myself included, have our own horror stories about “non-victims” who attempted to take advantage of the system or even demanded that people “take care of them”. But I am not concerned with those people now, as they have disappeared back into the slimy little holes they crawled out of. The people I am concerned about are the real victims of Katrina. The people who took all the proper precautions and fled when they knew the storm was bearing down on them.
Since the day of the disaster, Americans have donated over 14 million hours of volunteer service to help rebuild New Orleans and the other affected areas. This has been the single biggest volunteer response to a disaster in our nation’s history, but there are still many jobs to be done, lots of work to be completed, and many people who still cannot return to their homes.
Several people I know had homes in the affected areas, and luckily most of them have been able to return or have settled elsewhere around the country, but let’s take a moment out of our day and do what we can to help. Heck, I’m not asking you to volunteer, or even donate money, I’m simply asking you to help raise awareness so others will remember as well.
This Day In History
In 1809, Oliver Wendell Holmes was born.
In 1885, the first motorcycle was patented.
In 1915, Ingrid Bergman was born.
In 1956, I Walk The Line, by Johnny Cash, topped the charts.
In 1957, Senator Strom Thurmond set a filibuster record in the Senate speaking for 24 hours and 18 minutes.
In 1958, Michael Jackson was born.
In 1960, Hurricane Donna formed.
In 1964, Pretty Woman, the song by Roy Orbison was released.
In 1966, the Beatles played their final tour date.
In 1969, Merv Griffin debuted in late night.
In 1982, Ingrid Bergman died.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast.
You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, and Those Were The Days.
America, Why I Love Her
Check out this link to the poem “America, Why I Love Her” by John Mitchum, recited by John Wayne.
Enjoy.
Are You Ready For Some Football?
When I was a kid I didn’t enjoy watching football all too much, but as I grew up, I loved to watch professional football, and last year I started watching college football more often. I haven’t really picked a favorite team when it comes to college teams, but Tennessee football is always pretty exciting.
Sphere: Related ContentHeadaches Run In The Family
My grandmother used to get really bad headaches and neck aches. She suffered from them all the time. My mother used to get them all the time, and now my sister and I get them too.
I sure would like to know what causes them, because when they hit, unbearable doesn’t even begin to explain the pain. I have read that you can now get Botox for migraines, and there is some evidence that it works.
Too bad it wasn’t available when my grandmother needed it.
Less Than Two Months Away
In just under two months, I will be packing up my mom and moving her clear across the country to live near us, here in Georgia. I’m gald she’s moving out here, because she’ll be close to the grandkids and she won’t be alone out west.
A few years ago we looked at Phoenix real estate, so it could have been a lot different. We could have been packing up and moving her direction. It’s going to be a lot easier moving her back here though.
Sphere: Related ContentSixty Three Years Ago Today
On this day in 1944, Paris was liberated.