IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER NICE DAY

It looks like its going to be another nice day here in Colonial Heights, maybe even better than yesterday. After some very hot & humid days earlier in the week the last few have been chamber of commerce days and it looks like we will get a few more before the heat & humidity returns Tuesday. I guess construction will resume here at the house tomorrow, maybe they won't start hammering as early tomorrow. I did get by Me Ma Ruth's house yesterday and fellow bloggers Al & Donna came by for lunch while I was there. I am going over to Ruth's house today for lunch, I will be bringing lunch from KFC with me. Reed Sorenson won last night Busch race in St. Louis, next week the Busch cars will race at IRP while the Nextel Cup Series will be at the Brickyard. I did go up to see Post 284 play last night and Bucs defeated Hopewell Post 146 6-5 and they also defeated South Richmond Post 137 yesterday 5-4, the Bucs will play Post 244 today at 4pm at Shepherd Stadium. Our Appomattox League playoffs start tomorrow night when we play at Matoaca, it's a single elimination tournament so it's a must win game if we want to keep playing. MICKEY

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt

1926 - Babe Ruth proved that he could catch a baseball. In a stunt at Mitchell Field in New York, Ruth, a private in the National Guard, caught a baseball that was dropped from an airplane. The plane was at 250 feet and traveling at about 100 miles-per-hour. As the cowhide hit the leather of Ruth’s glove, the ‘Bambino’ said, “Eeeeeeeooooooowwwwwcccchhh!”
1933 - Aviator Wiley Post ended his first around-the-world flight on this day. Post traveled 15,596 miles in just over a week (7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes). His famous plane was called the Winnie Mae.
1975 - Confederate General Robert E. Lee had his U.S. citizenship restored by the U.S. Congress.
1977 - Tony Orlando announced his retirement from show business. Orlando was performing in Cohasset, MA when he said that he had finally decided to call it quits. Orlando had two solo hits in 1961 (Halfway to Paradise and Bless You) and 14 hits with his backup singers (known as Dawn) through the mid-1970s. He also hosted a weekly TV variety show with Dawn (Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent) from 1974-1976.

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., is 84
Singer Margaret Whiting is 83
Actor Perry Lopez is 76
Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta is 75
Actress Louise Fletcher is 73
Game show host Alex Trebek is 67
Actor Danny Glover is 60
Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 60
Rock singer Don Henley is 60
Actor Willem Dafoe is 52
Actress Joanna Going is 44
Folk singer Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls) is 44
Actor-comedian David Spade is 43
Actress Irene Bedard is 40
Football player Keyshawn Johnson is 35
Actress Franka Potente is 33
Actress A.J. Cook is 29