March 31

St. Benjamin, St. Balbina (invoked against diseases of lymph glands, scrofula)

Bunsen Burner Day, National “She’s Funny That Way” Day, Mule Day

Terri’s Day

Eiffel Tower inaugurated 1889

1^st zipper patented 1896

A record 6,745 immigrants arrived at Ellis Island in one day  1913

    

Birthdays:

Rene Descartes 1596

Jack Johnson 1878

Albert Gore 1948

Day of  Tenacity

Meditation: Quitting is not always a bad idea.

Vice-Presidents sometimes will trample
Their dance partners’ feet; for example,
Al Gore wasn’t rhythmic.
He was too algorithmic—
He danced like a random code sample.

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Descartes was consuming roast yam
But pronounced that he’d rather have lamb.
When he tried spinach drink,
René ventured, “I think
That I am what I am what I am.”  -----www.speedysnail.com

March 30

St. Zosimus, St. Amadeus, St John Climacus

.,Doctors Day., Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day., Pencil Day.

Ether 1^st used as an anesthetic during surgery 1842

Rubber tipped pencil patented 1858

U.S. purchased Alaska for $7.2 million 1867

 

Birthdays:

Vincent Van Gogh 1853

Warren Beatty 1937

Eric Clapton 1945

Day of  Uncompromising Vision

Meditation: Adults grow up to be children

Many lemurs eat tender bamboo.
So would I—and why not? Wouldn’t you?
It’s a nourishing stalk;
Needs no knife and no fork:
You just break a piece off, and then chew.  ---www.speedysnail.com

March 29

March 29

St. Mark, St Eustace, St Woolos

Festival of Smoke and Mirrors, Vietnam Veteran’s D.Knights of Columbus Founder’s D.,Nat’l Mom & Pop Business Owner’s D.,Texas Loves the Children D.,

 Congress authorized 1^st US Turnpike- Cumberland Highway 1806

Queen Victoria opened the Royal Albert Hall 1871

Coca Cola went on sale marketed as a “brain tonic” 1886

      

Birthdays:

John Tyler 1790

Eugene McCarthy 1916

Pearl Bailey 1918

Day of  Observer

Meditation: My responsibility for the world begins and ends with myself

She’s his diamond, his ruby, his pearl;
Such a huggable, kissable girl.
Of his eye, she’s the apple;
He aches for the chapel.
Too bad she’s a trucker called Burl.  ----www.speedysnail.com

March 28

St. Sixtus III, St John Capistran, St. Gontran

Weed Appreciation Day

1^st Seaplane took off near Marseille 1910

Douglas Fairbanks married Mary Pickford 1920 (I am really scraping the barrel looking for interesting March stuff that doesn’t involve death and destruction)

Meltdown at Three Mile Island 1979

  

  

Birthdays:

Raphael 1483

Dirk Bogarde 1921

Edmund Muskie 1914

Day of the Innocence

Meditation: Most depression is only anger- most anger, fear.

A thespian said to a priest,
“You’re a vicar, but I’m an artiste!”
Said the priest, “So you say.
But a great one? No way.
Compared to us guys, you’re the least.”

Limerick courtesy of  Rory Ewins  www.speedysnail.com

March 27

March 27

St. Rupert, St.Augusta, St Alkelda (invoked against eye disease)

Education and Sharing Day., Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day,

Viagra  Day

U.S. Navy formed 1794

1^st successful blood transfusion 1914

       

Birthdays:

Henry Royce 1863

Dashiell Hammett 1894

Sarah Vaughan 1924

Day of the Originator

Meditation: The secret to concentration is the acceptance of endless distractions.

When Dracula looks for a wife
He eternally runs into strife:
A kiss on the neck
Leaves his darling a wreck.
The undead are just too antilife.