January 18, 2011
January 18 is … Winnie the Pooh Day
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
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In 1778, on this day, Captain James Cook, of the British Navy, thought he was the first to find a group of islands in the Pacific. He named them the Sandwich Islands in honor of England’s Earl of Sandwich, the first lord of the British Admiralty. Little did he know that the islands already had a name. The people who lived on them called the islands Hawaii (known to us now as the 50th of the United States).
Actually, these islands had been discovered long before this day by the Polynesians. Other explorers before Cook probably stopped at the Hawaiian Islands as early as the 1500s. However, it was Cook who spread the word of the existence of this group of tropical isles to the rest of the world. Captain Cook got along really well with the Hawaiians at first. It seems that his two major trips to the islands occurred during makahiki (a festival) when one of their gods, Lono would, symbolically, return from his travels to preside over the festivities. Some thought Cook was this god. Unfortunately, on his next trip to his Sandwich Islands, Cook lost the godlike image. He had returned to the islands other than when Lono was to arrive and his humanity was revealed. Cook and his men got into a battle with the Hawaiians and Cook was killed in the melee. History holds no other mention of any further relationship between Hawaii and the Earl of Sandwich, except that folks who live there like to eat huge... well, you know. Pass the SPAM, please.Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the face by the seventeen year old lover of her then husband in 1992. The shooter, Amy Fisher, was convicted of the shooting and did prison time. Mary Jo, now 55, lives in Las Vegas with her long-time boyfriend. She is one of the few who has survived a shooting through the face. She knows something about the injuries and recovery facing the Arizona Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. Like most victims, both women were victims of senseless violence perpetrated by someone who thought they were more important than the victims.
A "riff" is defined as a short, repeating musical theme that forms a song's framework. Check out the story about the top fifty guitar riffs of all time at the website I am listing. It is rather interesting. I do not play any instruments but agree with most of the top fifty, partly because I recognize most of the songs. Familiarity breeds comfort.
http://www.spinner.com/2011/01/13/rock-guitar-riffs
My oldest child, a boy, is getting married in June of this year. My second oldest child, also a boy, is graduating from Valparaiso University Law School in May of this year. To complicate the year a liittle bit, he called yesterday to tell his mother and I he is getting married in November of this year. Both boys are marrying wonderful young ladies we look forward to having in our family. It is going to be a busy 2011 especially for the young Law School graduate who also has to prepare for and take the bar exam. Isn’t the exuberance of youth wonderful?
At the top of the music charts on this date throughout history;
1946
1954 Oh! My Pa-Pa - Eddie Fisher
1962 The Twist - Chubby Checker
1970 Raindrop Keep Fallin’ on My Head - B.J. Thomas
1978 Baby Come Back - Player
1986 That’s What Friends are For - Dionne & Friends
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