Today is the 79th anniversary of Black Monday, the start of the stock market collapse that lead into the Great Depression. In commemoration of that day, here is more dismal news on the economic front:...as the only bright light of the day, the stock market is irrationally up 11%. Finally, the New York Times has a terrific little timeline covering the whole mess, Seven Weeks of Financial Turmoil
On this day in 1977, the last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox. Scientists believe... I am one of the rare people that doesn't have a scar, though I have no idea how I got so lucky. To this day, smallpox remains the only human infectious disease to have been completely eradicated
Today in 1851, Herman Melville's Moby-Dick was first published in London as The Whale . One of the themes of Moby-Dick deals with obsession - what happens when a man puts his quest above everything...in money that Obama has, it's going to be harder and harder for McCain to make up ground. Ahab did not achieve his goal and it's looking more and more likely that McCain will not achieve his either
Ten years ago today, Matthew Shepard, 21, a student at the University of Wyoming, died as a result of severe head injuries from a beating. People in the entertainment industry expressed outrage and...the state Supreme Court. Young people in this country view sexual orientation as a non-issue, so as older more socially conservative folks pass away, the climate should improve. At least we can hope
Twenty-seven years ago today, capital punishment was abolished in France. France was the sixth European nation to abolish capital punishment. Today 47 of 50 European nations have abolished it, and a moratorium...public reports available and serves as an absolute minimum. The US-based organization "Dui Hua Foundation" estimates that 6,000 people were executed last year based on figures obtained from local officials
"A sky of flame, of smoke a heavenful, the earth a mass of burning coals, the mighty trees, all works of man between and living things trembling as a child before a demon in the gale. To those who have... combined with many unusual phenomena reported by eyewitnesses, has led to the highly controversial theory that the earth passed through the debris field left by the disintegration of the comet Biela
Happy 3rd Angels Day! To all my fellow Angels: lockets24 campmotha stargatelover7 lt_alias Happy 3rd Anniversary! I love you guys, thank you for helping me through the tough times!
My anniversary is this Thursday and I seem to be having the same problem that I do every year. What do I buy him? He doesn't really have that many interests aside from working and working out. And...my mom is having surgery the next morning and since she'll be spending a majority of her time in the bathroom preparing, she can't really babysit. It's so hard to be creative after all this time!
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary and my husband and I decided to spend the day at the Fort Worth Zoo. We took Jack to the zoo last spring, but he was still a bit too young to notice the animals. ...at the time, but I didn't. We did turn them in to the zoo folks though. And, I am able to post this. Unfortunately, it's only their backside. But should you recognize them from their butt shot...
