A Garden Variety Muse

Happy Tax day! It's April 15th and you have until midnight to mail off your taxes.

On this day: 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.

1861 President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.


1865 Andrew Johnson became the 17th president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Birthdays: Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - Artist ("Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper")

Roy Clark 1933 - Musician, country singer

Elizabeth Montgomery 1933 - Actress ("Bewitched")


Word of the day pelf\PELF\ , noun;
1.Money; riches; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten.

Factoid: A yellow baseball (thought to be more visible to batters, fielders and spectators) was tested in a 1938 college game in New York City, between Fordham and Columbia. Obviously it didn't work.

Criminal of the day Indianapolis, Indiana: James Simpson was released from prison after serving a four-month sentence for marijuana possession. His wife came to the jail to pick him up and the urge to celebrate his freedom immediately was apparently just too much to resist. A police officer noticed their car being the driven erratically just a few blocks from the prison. He pulled the vehicle over and inside he found our James, his wife and a friend enjoying his freedom by smoking a joint. Oops. He's headed back to jail. (Bozo Criminal of the Day)

Todays Weather for Adrian, MI Today
Mostly sunny. Highs 80 to 84. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear during the evening. Mostly cloudy overnight. A 40 percent chance of showers overnight. Lows 55 to 59.


Sunrise: 6:55 AM EDT Sunset: 8:17 PM EDT Tomorrow will be 2 mins 40 secs longer.


Joke of the day: A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her
five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honor thy
father and thy mother," she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat one little boy answered: "Thou shall not kill."

Today's Quote: I have found power in the mysteries of thought.
Euripides, 438 B.C.
Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC - 406 BC) Euripides is my favorite of the Greek tragic playwrights. He wrote Medea (the original one) and died a horrible death - mauled by dogs either intentional or accidental.

Have a good day!









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