HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

Well today is dad's birthday and he is 67 years old today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD. He is home from the beach for the day before he heads back down Tuesday with a package (ANDREW) with him for the rest of the week. I think fellow blogger Keith is out of town doing some more work for the government this week in Detroit, if I am not right he can correct me. Kurt Busch dominated yesterdays race at Pocono, it was him an nobody else but Dale Jr did finish a distant second. Next week they will race on the road course at Watkins Glenn, NY. My ankle is completely back to normal now and I have to say that was the strangest thing I have seen, as bad as it hurt Friday morning and as swollen as it was Friday night. By the way my right shoulder is now hurting. Today appears to be the coolest day of the next three days with today high of 98 predicted before tomorrows high of 101 and Wednesdays high of 103 before it cools to 96 on Thursday. By the way football practice starts today in Colonial Heights. I am off to work. MICKEY

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain quote

Daily Fun Fact
Laugh and you'll burn up three and a half calories.

1928 - One of radio’s first serials was heard as Real Folks debuted on NBC.
1939 - After becoming a success with Ben Bernie on network radio, Dinah Shore started her own show on the NBC Blue radio network. Dinah sang every Sunday evening. Dinah also had a successful TV career spanning over two decades.
1952 - Satchel Paige, at age 46, became the oldest pitcher to complete a major-league baseball game. Paige shutout the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in a 12-inning game.
1969 - Willie ‘Pops’ Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the first fair ball to sail completely out of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Stargell’s blast measured 506 feet from home plate.
1981 - Golfing legend Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when the ‘Super Mex’ had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself. Ouch!

A World of Possibilities
You can make a positive difference. You can move forward from this point on. It doesn't matter who you are or what you have been or what you have done in the past. Though the past indeed has lingering consequences, those things cannot prevent you from moving forward when you're determined and committed to do so.

Nothing can pull you down when you refuse to let it -- not any other person or group or situation or challenge. People just like you have overcome obstacles that truly would appear insurmountable even to the most optimistic person. People just like you have achieved things no one would have thought possible in their wildest dreams.

There are an infinite number of directions in which you can journey from where you are right now. Some will certainly be more challenging, and yet those will also be much more fulfilling. The choice of direction is entirely up to you. So envision your ideal future and then set out to make it happen.


Actress-singer Abbey Lincoln is 77
Jazz musician Charlie Haden is 70
Retired principal & teacher Bobby Goulder is 67
Actor Michael Anderson Jr. is 64
Actor Dorian Harewood is 57
Actress Catherine Hicks is 56
Actress Stepfanie Kramer is 51
Actress Faith Prince is 50
Country singers Patsy and Peggy Lynn are 43
Basketball player David Robinson is 42
Country singer Lisa Stewart is 39
Actress Merrin Dungey is 36
Actress Ever Carradine is 33