January 24, 2011
January 24 is … Eskimo Pie Patent Day
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them
Now, for the Bear game…
The Chicago Bears allowed the Green Bay Packers to come into their house and beat them in a game that meant going to the Super Bowl or staying home. The game was exciting for the fourth quarter. The rest of the game, for Bears’ fans, was dull and uninspiring.
The first half was terrible. No offense and a defense on occasion. Why is Johnny Knox still on the team? He has to go back to his Pop Warner Football League and learn if you cannot catch the pass, you cannot allow the defender to catch the pass. This happened twice in this game. Johnny Knox was the intended receiver on the last pass by the Bear’s quarterback that was intercepted and an earlier one. This has happened to him all year long unless he dropped the pass or ran the wrong route. Apparently the Bears do not give an intelligence test to the receivers. If they do, they need to change it or hire a better proctor.
There is a running joke in my family that my wife’s favorite singer is Neil Diamond. This is for you, honey.
A song titled Sunday & Me was his first hit [1965]. He wrote it for Jay and The Americans; then I’m a Believer and A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You followed for the Monkees [1966].
Neil wrote and wrote and sang and sang: 36 hits for you and me to remember from 1966 through 1983; the first, Cherry, Cherry; three #1 smash hits, Cracklin’ Rosie [1970], Song Sung Blue [1972], and You Don’t Bring Me Flowers with Barbra Streisand [1978].
By 1973, Neil Diamond had gone from being a poor premed student to composing soundtracks for seven figures (Jonathan Livingston Seagull and The Jazz Singer, in which he also starred and which also yielded three hits: America, Love on the Rocks and Hello, Again).
The music of Neil Diamond is everlasting poetry, Longfellow Serenade. The concert ended but it will continue, Forever in Blue Jeans. I Am, I Said, sang Neil.
And, we sing to you, Neil Diamond: HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Tuesday night President Obama gives his State of the Union Address. Be prepared to hear how strong the union is, how strong the country is, how great the economic turnaround is doing, how well respected we are throughout the world, how great a job the politicians are doing, how great the bi-partisan cooperation is in congress, how Congress has spending under control, how well health care is working and how warm and fuzzy we should all feel.
Congressional members are once again showing their respect for our intelligence. They are going to sit together by state rather than sit with their party. They have apparently figured out how to look up old friends and classmates on the internet and want to reconnect with each other. They have not decided who will bring the cookies yet but that is not unusual for Congress to be undecisive.
On this date in history;
1848 - James Marshall finds gold in Sutter's Mill in Coloma, Calif
1922 - Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo)
1935 - 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co
Deaths on this date in history;
0041 - Caligula, [G C Germanicus], Roman emperor (37-41), assassinated at 28
1975 - Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72
1989 - Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42
Music at the top of the charts;
1944 My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
1952 Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
1960 Running Bear - Johnny Preston
1968 Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
1976 Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) - Diana
1984 Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Not a Neil Diamond among the bunch.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
COPYRIGHT 2011
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