PB&J!

     WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2025

                   PB&J

    April 2nd is "National Peanut

Butter and Jelly Day!" So common

a combination you'd think they had

been around forever. But that's not

the case. In fact peanut butter didn't

really hit the nation's fancy until

the Chicago World's Fair of 1883.

It was a home economist from New

England, Julia Davis Chandler, who

first published a recipe for peanut

butter and jelly in a Boston Cooking

magazine. And that wasn't until 1901!

You have to wonder what was so

special about that recipe unless, perhaps,

she cautioned followers to put the

peanut butter down first!

Peanut butter and jelly came along

before pre-sliced bread hit the shelves.

That showed up in 1928! These days

you can even get peanut butter jars with

the jelly already inside! And, of course,

there are all kinds of peanut butter.

I was going to tell you the rumor

about "Chunky style" peanut butter

but my wife told me not to "Spread

it around! Enjoy your PB&J and I

hope all your NEWS is good!

   

ABOUT MY BLOG!

    TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2025

        ABOUT MY  BLOG!

 Time for today's blog friends! It's the

start of a brand new month and I'd like

to say thank you to all of you to check

out my daily essay! Many check "Like"

on Facebook and some offer comments

as well. Today, praise from Caesar! Got

a note from my wife. It reads......."Just

wanted to tell you how proud I am of

your daily Blog. It's humor and wisdom

demonstrate how very talented and clever

you are. It's no wonder so many people

are impressed by your brilliant writings!

Your wife.

P.S. It's April Fools Day!

Thanks dear! Hope you're all enjoying

the day and that all your NEWS is

good! (No fooling!)

REMEMBERING ROBERT BUNSEN!

 

     MONDAY, MARCH 31ST., 2025
   REMEMBERING ROBERT BUNSEN!

  
  OK Class! Put on your lab coat and safety
glasses and get ready to celebrate!
  It's March 31st. It's Bunsen Burner Day!
  And today we mark the birthday of its
inventor, German chemist Robert Wilhelm
Eberhard von Bunsen!
   My Chemistry set didn't come with a
Bunsen Burner when I was a kid. I had to
use a candle to heat the chemicals I had
mixed together down in the basement.
   I heated it for about 15 minutes before
it blew up and wrecked my set. Fortunately
I didn't burn down the house!
   Years later I found myself in a High
School Chemistry Class.
   Our teacher, Mr. Scarcella, had a Bunsen
Burner to heat the test tube he was using
for the day's experiment.
   I was surprised when it, like mine, blew
up! But it only took him about 30 seconds!
  For years there was a small piece of
glass embedded in the ceiling of that
classroom. I often wondered if the students
that followed  noticed it or wondered
how it got there.
   I learned a lot from that lesson.
   First, Bunsen Burners can create
explosions far faster than candles.
   Second, I was not meant to be a Chemist!
   I'm sure, however, that many of today's
modern scientific advancements were
born in a basement or classroom somewhere
with the aid of a Bunsen Burner.
   Hope you'll celebrate safely and that all
your NEWS is good!

ALLOW ME TO POINT THIS OUT!

         SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025

    ALLOW ME TO POINT THIS OUT!        

    March 30th is "National Pencil Day!"

The modern pencil was said to have been

invented by a scientist serving in Napoleon's

army in 1795. Of course many years prior to

that graphite was being used as a writing

instrument. Where would be be without

a pencil? Especially when someone gives

you an address or message over the

telephone. That's when most of us find

ourselves searching to find one! I used a

pencil a lot through my school years. But

it was Hymen Lipman's improved pencil

design, patented on this very day in 1858, 

that really helped me through school. He

invented the pencil with an eraser!! Thank

you Hymen! Hope your pencil's are all

sharpened and all your NEWS is good!

and my 

A DRY NIAGARA!

 SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2025

        A DRY NIAGARA!

  No! This is not a story of a "dry

Niagara wine!" It is, instead, a story

 about a very big day at Niagara Falls.

   But it's no Honeymoon!
   March 29th is "Niagara Falls Runs Dry
Day!"
   Local residents, and tourists, will be
celebrating an event that took place on
March 29th of 1848!
   Ice blocked the river on that day and
literally shut off the falls!
   I saw the same thing! But it was in
1969! Yep! I saw Niagara Falls turned
off!
   My wife and I were on our Honeymoon
at the time and Niagara Falls was on our
list of places we wanted to see.
   Imagine our surprise when we got there
and found the falls, at least the American
falls, dry!
    It wasn't some David Copperfield trick
or the biggest plumbing problem you
ever saw. It was science.
    A team of engineers was conducting a
survey to determine how quickly the edge
of the falls was deteriorating. To do that
that had to stop the flow of water. So they
built a earth dam upstream and diverted
all of the river water over to the Canadian
falls.
    Any would be dare devil, thinking of
that old "over the falls barrel trick," probably
had second thoughts if he or she saw what's
really under those thousands of tons of
water that pour over the brink every second!
    People riding aboard the popular "Maid
of the Mist" got an up close view of boulders
as big as the iceberg that sank the Titanic!
    It was probably the biggest thing at the
Falls since 1953 when Marilyn Monroe
filmed a movie there!
    Of course the water is flowing again
these days. But the community, on both sides
of the border, is always looking for a reason
to celebrate. And you can be sure that none
of the pubs there will be "dry" today!
    Perhaps toss an ice cube into my wine
and raise a toast to the falls today!

        Hope you'll get there one of these days
and that all your NEWS is good!

             

 

NATIONAL SCRIBBLE DAY!

    THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025

     NATIONAL SCRIBBLE DAY!

   It's "National Scribble Day" everybody.

So get out your pencil or pen and some

paper and let the lines take you where

ever they may. We call scribble from

time to time. Usually it's an unplanned

series of lines or drawings with no

preplanned design or pattern. But 

they are all, in a sense, "art work."

That's especially true when they're

the work of kids. I have a collection

of such "scribbles" done by each of

our 6 grandchildren. I keep them 

in a drawer and take them out for

a glance from time to time. I found

one yesterday done by our 22-year-

old grandson Ryan when he was about

5 or 6. There's a note on the back

indicating I purchased the "drawing"

from him for just a dollar. It's worth

a lot more than that to me now. So

go to it folks! Start your scribble

and see what you come up with.

Hope it's a treasure to someone

some day and that all your NEWS

is good!   

IT'S YOUR TURN!

   WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2025

              IT'S YOUR TURN!

   I often use my Blog to tell you about

unusual "holidays" that are listed on just

about every day on the calendar. Some

are actually "official" even through they

don't result in a day off from work. But

today's unusual "holiday: offered you

a great opportunity. You see March 26th

is "Make Up Your Own Holiday Day!"

Some of those I might have invented

have already been taken. 'Take A Nap

Day" comes to mind immediately.

But this is your chance to come up with

a "Holiday" of your choice. I'll be

anxious to see your responses! If it's

really good I have even observe it with

you! Hope you pick a good one

and that all your NEWS is good!