LET IT ALL OUT!!!

   FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

               LET IT ALL OUT!!!                

   Well September has arrived and, with it,

"International Enthusiasm Week!" You are

encouraged to throw yourself into something

full force this week. Perhaps a hobby, your

work, or some sport. Pick something you  

 really enjoy. That will make it easier. I

can't tell you a lot about this 7 day campaign.

We don't know how it got started or who it

was that came up with the whole idea. Maybe

they weren't really too enthusiastic about it.

Thar said, this is the week, so really get into

something and don't hold back! Hope it works

out for you and that all your NEWS is good!  

TEMBER 1, 2023

        LET IT ALL OUT!!!!

THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME!

     THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023

   THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME!           

    Now don't panic! Summer isn't over
yet. Officially or unofficially. There's
still plenty of hot days ahead.
        But as we say good bye to August
there are all too many signs that the end
of this long hot summer is within sight!
       Most of the community swimming
pools have either shut down or are in their
last week. That's partly because most of
the colleges are back in session and Life
Guards are hard to find.
          Playgrounds seem pretty empty
now that most of kids are back in their
classrooms.
         You'll find you need your
headlights on before 8pm now that
September is coming round. At
least we've still got Daylight Savings
Time.
          The Fall Fairs have already
started. And while they're a lot of
fun they're also a sign that summer
is on its way out.
          But the worst is yet to come.
Soon those little Ice Cream Stands
will be closing for the season. I never
quite understood that. I buy ice cream
year round and if the stands stayed
open I'd be a customer!
          This is the first summer in a
while that really has seemed long and
hot right on through.
          Hope it hangs in till the bitter
end and that all your NEWS is good!

        

IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!!!

    TWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2023

       IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE!

   Those were the exciting words spoken

by Dr. Frankenstein shouted out when he

realized the man he created from dead

bodies was breathing and moving!

August 30th is Frankenstein Day!

You might think such an observance

belongs on Halloween! Actually there

are three separate Frankenstein holidays!

There's Frankenstein Friday, National

Frankenstein Day, and today..Franenstein

Day. This August day was selected because

it marks the 1797 birthday of Mary

Shelly who wrote the book

"Frankenstein" in 1818. So there you

have it! Three Frankenstein holidays!

And each is a Monster of a day! Hope

you're observing the day and that all

your NEWS is good!   

PLAYING BY THE RULES!

    TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2023

      PLAYING BY THE RULES!

   Many famous people are honored

or remembered on their Birthdays but

today's unofficial holiday honors a

man on the date he died. I wonder if

you can guess who? Here's a hint or

two. Edmund was an Englishman who

passed away on August 29th of 1769.

He was well know for establishing the

rules for all kinds of games, especially 

card games. Got it? Well, when you

plays games of any sort you are

suppose to play be the rules. You're

expected to follow those rules

"according to Hoyle!" Edmond Hoyle

that is! And this unusual holiday is

"According To Hoyle Day!" Don't

cheat now! Hope you follow the

rules and that all your NEWS is good!

MEDICINE OR WHATEVER!

    MONDAY, AUGUST 228, 2023

     MEDICINE OR WHATEVER!

     Throughout the years pharmacists

have been coming up with concoctions

to help us deal with what ales us. But

sometimes their products don't really

seem like medicine! Such was the case

in 1837 when two pharmacists, John Lea

and William Perrins came up with a mixture

that was too harsh to ingest. They stored it

in a basement but discovered the taste

had changed after the liquid fermented!

And on this day in 1837 they marketed their

new product... Worcestershire Sauce!

 In was on this day in 1893 that pharmacist

Caleb Bradham came up with a medicine to

aid digestion. He called it "Brad's drink."

The name was eventually changed though

and you know it now as Pepsi Cola! Ah the

wonderful world of pharmaceuticals! Hope

you're taking all your medicines, that you're

well, and that all your NEWS is good! 

THE BIG BANG!

    SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2023

              THE BIG BANG!

    Mother Nature can be powerful.

We got a small taste of that power a

couple days ago with heavy rains and

a strong wind that caused flash flooding

ans well of some power outages. But if

you want to know just how powerful she

can be you've got to look back a few years

to this very date in 1883 the largest

explosiong ever heard on this planet took

place west of Java in Indonesia with the 

peak eruption of the volcano on the island

of Krakatoa! The blast was heard 3,000

miles away! It sent rock and ash 50 miles

into the sky and created a tidal wave 120

feet high. To give you an even better idea,

the blast was 13,000 times stronger than

the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima!

It claimed between 36 and 40 thousand

lives! And, again, it happened on this date

in 1883. Never fool with Mother Nature!

She has more power than most of us could

ever imagine! Hope you're well and that all

your NEWS is good! 

ON A ROLL!

  

    SATURDAY, AUGUST 26TH., 2023
                     ON A ROLL!

     If you're a regular blog reader. that's
 great! Especially today! August 26th is
"National Toilet Paper Day!"
     This everyday commodity is usually
taken for granted.  It's difficult to imagine
it hasn't been around forever!
     A guy named Joseph Gayetty gets
the credit for producing the first
commercially available toilet paper in
this country. That was in 1857. That's
38 years before the Sears Catalog came
along. (You older readers will have to
explain the connection between the two
for younger ones!)
     As I noted, wed tend to take toilet
paper for granted. We expect it to be
there when we visit a public rest room
and it's more than just disappointing
when we find an empty roll! Of course

when the pandemic hit the first thing

that seemed to be missing was toilet

paper. Iy was very hard to find as 

horders bought up all they could find!
       If your home is anything like
ours there's a sort of waiting war to
see who will replace a roll that's
running out. How long can we
extend the life of that rapidly
decreasing supply?
       We do have an agreement on
proper installation! Our roll feeds
from the top front in our dispenser.
       I suspect, at one time or another,
all of you will be absorbing.....I mean
observing this holiday sometime
during the day!

       Toilet paper shuld always make

you feel calm, After all, it's always

found in...a Restroom!
       Hope you've got a full roll and
that all your NEWS is good!