The sign reads 10.10.23. It has the same, and lowest, numeric sum (7) as the first day of this year. I’m planning on a peaceful day which I will create for myself. Some of you don’t seem to understand the almost magical power you have to shape your reality. Buddha said, “What you think, you become.” If you want to change or control your reality, search on “Cognitive science” and start looking for practical suggestions for controlling your thought process. Now today’s list: Hug a Drummer Day, Motorsports Memorial Day, National Angel Food Cake Day, National Handbag Day, National Tuxedo Day, Naval Academy Day, Own Business Day, Squid & Cuttlefish Day, World Day Against the Death Penalty Day, World Homeless Day, and World Porridge Day. It’s also Drink Local Wine Week which makes up for the daily events list. Now to our history: On this day in 1870 the Great Hurricane killed 20 to 30 thousand people in the Caribbean and became the Atlantic’s deadliest on record. On this day in 1845 the US Naval Academy opened in Annapolis. On this day in 1942 1,300 Austrian Jews were transported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Theresienstadt was a collection camp where Jews were sent to extermination centers or forced labor camps. The Germans also used it for propaganda purposes calling in “spa town” where elderly Jews could retire in safety. On this day in 1957 President Eisenhower apologized to the finance minister of Ghana after he was refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware. This is the day in 1973 that US Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after pleading No Contest to allegations of tax fraud. Today’s quotes come from the actor Orson Wells who said, “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” “My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.” “My definition of success is not having things thrown at me!” I’ll end on this one: “Old age is the only disease you don’t want to be cured of.” Abide.
