February, the shortest month can feel like the longest Monday of the year.
February, the shortest month can feel like the longest Monday of the year.
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February 9
Established 2015. Celebrating Our Tenth Year of Publication
One night, Little Johnny went to sleep, and dreamt his Uncle Bill died. He woke up, and that evening, his dad got a call saying that Uncle Bill died. The next night, Little Johnny went to sleep, and dreamt his Aunt Joy died. He woke up, and then that evening, his dad got a call saying that Aunt Joy died.
Little Johnny told his daddy, "Two days ago, I had a dream Uncle Bill died, and then yesterday, I had a dream Aunt Joy died."
His dad said, "That's just a coincidence."
The next morning, Johnny tells his dad, "I had a dream that my dad died."
His dad was terrified! He had a terrible day at work and took every precaution. He didn't eat any of the food in case of food poisoning, and he drove slowly in case of a car wreck. When he finally got home, Little Johnny's mom asked him how his day at work was.
"Much worse than your day I'm sure," his dad replied.
"I don't know," said his mom. "The milkman dropped dead on the front porch today!"
See you tomorrow!!
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1775 - British Parliament declares Massachusetts Colony in rebellion.
1895 - William Morgan presents his new sport "Mintonette" to the world at Springfield College, Massachusetts, later renames it "Volleyball".
1904 - Japanese torpedo boats launch a surprise attack on Russian ships at the Port Arthur naval base in Manchuria, beginning the Russo-Japanese War. Japanese troops also land at Chemulpo (Incheon), near Seoul, Korea; in three weeks, they advance to the Yalu River, the border of Manchuria.
1943 - Japanese troops evacuate Guadalcanal, ending the epic World War II battle on the Solomon Islands in the Pacific.
1964 - First appearance of the Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show" live from New York; broadcast draws 73.7 million television viewers.
1943: Tough guy actor Joe Pesci has a birthday today.
So it is National Pizza Day, National Bagel and Lox Day, National Pork Rind Day and National Cut The Cord Day. All on Super Bowl Sunday. Go figure!!
I started writing The Digest in the third quarter of 2015. I was filling in as temporary General Manager until we could find a permanent one to take over the leadership of the store. I had some time on my hands and was kicking around how to fill it when I remembered an idea I saw in a hotel in Winslow, Az. In the lobby, they had a chalk board of some simple trivia that happened on that day as well as the weather forecast of sunny, hot, cold rainy or whatever the day was going to bring. I stole some of those ideas and came up with the WNTS Digest. As I was co-located at the time in Why, I would spend some time each morning putting together those trivia facts, weather, a cute Pet Picture of the Day from Freekibble.com and an ad hoc picture of something I talked about in the Digest. I would then print the two pages out and tack it to our Bulletin Board in front of the store. The two pictures to the left are from a copy of the Digest that was published in or around February 2016. Eventually we found a permanent GM and I went back to my home in Northern California. A few months later, I was asked to stand up a website for the store and because I didnβt need to be at the site, I was able to do my work in California. When designing the site, I wanted to incorporate the concepts of The Digest. It had paused publication when I moved and here was an opportunity to bring it back in electronic form.
So, over the years, I made a few changes to the format, but it is still has the basic constructs I started out with. The βWeatherβ report was discontinued due to not having a viable good option for displaying current conditions and forecast. Perhaps that will change and the weather will be put back in. If it is, it would be better on the home page and not The Digest. But, we kept Today in History, Born on this Day, Today is (national quirky holidays), moved Pet Picture of the Day to itsβ own page, which later became a contest for Pet of the Month. The static graphic that referenced something in The Digest became βWhy Nutts!!β and transitioned into a YouTube related video to something I referenced in The Digest. We added a βQuote of the Dayβ but transitioned that into βJoke of the Dayβ.
And that is how we got here and looking for the next ten years!!