Good Morning Gang, It is 66 degree outside of the Navy Blue Ranch. We will be in the upper 70s today with another chance of…rain. The trees will be 500 feet tall by September. We have no crashes, delays or true crime stories for you at this time. Today is July is July 9, 2014. There are 70 days until the Brimfest Crazy Cousins Reunion and Veterans Welcome Home Parade. Groups, bands and fire-eaters can register to be in the parade, along with veteran heroes from all over. Email us for a registration at parade@brimfieldpolice. On this date in 1893, Daniel Williams performed the first successful open heart surgery without anesthesia. Okay. I’m going to pass on that one. The thought of heart surgery is bad enough. Heart surgery in 1893, without being put under…I think not. There aren’t enough tree limbs in the world for me to bite down on…and I don’t drink whiskey. Or anything else. The word for today is…quidnunc. The word means “a gossip or a busybody.” We use it in a sentence as follows: “Very few things impact an an organization more adversely than a quidnunc.” And now, The Routledge’s Manual of Etiquette tip of the day, from your well-mannered friends at the BPD. We offer: “In eating soup, remember always to take it from the side of the spoon, and to make no sound in doing so.” We are bringing manners back, one post at a time. Today is NOT my birthday. Happy birthday to all of you who were born on this date. We hope you get Tinker Toys and a whole case of Silly Putty. I am not in North Carolina, nor am I in Virginia. Good morning to all of our Virginia cousins. Carry on! Happy Birthday to Fred Savage. He is an actor. He was Kevin on the TV show “The Wonder Years.” Kevin is 38 today. Good gravy. He directs TV shows now. Today is also Tom Hanks’ birthday. He was is an actor/director/producer. Ron Howard, who was Opie in the Andy Griffith Show, is also a famous director. It is not his birthday. It seems some child actors become directors and some rob video stores and do celebrity boxing. It seems a lot like life, huh? Happy Birthday to James Kerr from the band Simple Minds. The song stuck in your head today is Don’t You (Forget About Me). “Dont you forget about me. Ill be alone, dancing, you know it baby. Going to take you apart. Ill put us back together at heart, baby…Dont you forget about me…Dont, dont, dont, dont…Dont you forget about me.” Ahhh yes, The Breakfast Club. Today’s Quote: “Dont waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hours duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Work hard at it today….Chief Oliver.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:45:00 +0000