SOME RAIN COULD BE ON THE WAY

It looks like we might get some much needed rain on Friday here in Colonial Heights, they are calling for a 50% chance of rain on Friday. Maybe the rain will slow down the Thomas Dale Knights football team tomorrow when the Colonials visit. The Cleveland Indians will try to put away the Boston Red Sox tonight in Cleveland, the Red Sox will have to win there next three games if they want to advance to the Word Series. There is a another pretty good football game on tonight when South Florida the nations #2 team travels to Rutgers to play the Scarlet Knights. Just a reminder to all you fellow bloggers in Colonial Heights of the water restrictions that are in place, I wouldn't want anybody to get a ticket. MICKEY

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
Mignon McLaughlin

1842 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse, whose friends all called him Sammy or F.B. for short, laid his first telegraph cable in New York Harbor between the Battery and Governor’s Island. This is the same Sam Morse of Morse code fame.
1892 - The first long-distance telephone communication was established between the mayors of New York and Chicago. As the two exchanged messages, one of the mayors is reported to have said, “I think I’ll switch to Sprint.”
1924 - The term ‘The Four Horsemen’ was used in a New York Herald Tribune article by columnist Grantland Rice. The referenced Four Horsemen were the backfield of the University of Notre Dame which had beaten Army, 13-7.
1954 - The comic strip Hi and Lois appeared in newspapers for the first time. Created by Beetle Bailey cartoonist Mort Walker (and Dik Browne), Hi and Lois are still tickling us (now done by Brian and Greg Walker and artist Chance Browne). The strip appears in more than 1,100 newspapers around the world in 37 countries and is translated into ten languages.
1968 - Circus Circus Casino opened in Las Vegas “to attract all members of the family.” The football-field-sized casino and big top was a giant pink and white oval shaped circus tent across from the Riviera Hotel. To separate the gamblers from their kids, as required by law, a second level contained midway games and attractions for the tykes, but still in view of the circus acts.

It's your life
There's no sense in fighting over the scraps that others might or might not throw under the table. Instead, get busy and create your own magnificent feast.

Stop going from door to door begging for someone else to solve all your problems for you. Instead, pick a formidable challenge, work your way through it, and you'll build plenty of strength and experience to handle whatever situations come your way.

What possible use is there in developing elaborate arguments that place the blame for your difficulties on someone else? Put your energy into creating a brilliant future, not into fighting over what has already been left behind.

This is your life. The only person who can successfully live it is you.

Do you really think you can ever find fulfillment by signing over your control and responsibility to someone else? You're here to live and to do, not to merely observe and complain.

Nothing that could ever be done for you or handed to you can come close to the experience of making a positive difference in your own unique way. This is your life, so jump right in and live the exquisite richness as you make your own way through.


Former Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., is 86
Rock-and-roll performer Chuck Berry is 81
Sportscaster Keith Jackson is 79
Football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka is 68
Actress Pam Dawber is 56
Gospel singer Vickie Winans is 54
Tennis player Martina Navratilova is 51
Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 47
Actress Erin Moran is 47
Actor Vincent Spano is 45
Tennis player Michael Stich is 39
Country singer Josh Gracin is 27
Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 26
Actor Zac Efron is 20
Actress Joy Lauren is 18