Good morning to all you good hearted, yet deplorable Dawgs…..Sunday……Times flies……We are five months into 2020 already……Did you know today is National Macaroon Day? A macaroon is a small coconut cookie that’s full of flavor……Don’t mistake these with the delicate sandwich cookies called macarons……These small, but substantial, cookies hold their own despite the sometimes mistaken identity……For coconut lovers, this day is a little bit of bliss……I love coconut, but it’s been a while since I’ve eaten a macaroon or a macaron, and I seriously doubt I’ll have either today……Take care……
UGA SPORTS SPOTLIGHT:
I’m gonna mention a Dawg great in the UGA football spotlight section this morning, just to make sure at least something Dawg is mentioned today in this “DAWGChat” forum…Today the Georgia Bulldog in the spotlight is former Dawg Linebacker Steve Boswell…….
In 1983, one recruiting service had Steve Boswell as the second-best prospect in the nation…….As highly-touted as Boswell was coming out of Warner Robins High School, he was somewhat obscured at Georgia, competing with the likes of standout linebackers Knox Culpepper, Bill Mitchell, and John Brantley. However, recognized as a “street fighter,” “Possum,” as he was nicknamed (“…and, that’s a name he’s proud of,” according to Brantley), excelled at the position, totaling 250 career tackles, three sacks, four other tackles for loss, and three fumble recoveries from 1983 through 1986, including as the Bulldogs’ starting Mike linebacker as a junior and senior.
Boswell also intercepted four passes, the final interception occurring on the Plains, capping a memorable final drive by the Auburn offense in a 20-16 upset of the Tigers……Boswell tallied 19 tackles in that epic game……It was a brutal affair that saw highly ranked Auburn scrap their way back into reaching distance……But with under a minute remaining and the Tigers driving down the field, Boswell sealed the win with a dramatic interception…….Watch the video………
Steve Boswell, damn good Dawg!
SOME “STUFF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU DON”T KNOW” AND SOME “STUFF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU DO KNOW”……(by year/comments)
1634 The colony of Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony
1759 The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions
1790 US copyright law enacted
1837 Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria
1859 The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high Elizabeth Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time
1861 Mint at New Orleans closes
1868 1st Memorial Day parade held in Ironton, Ohio
1870 E J DeSemdt patents asphalt pavement
1878 US Congress accepts decrease in dollar circulation
1879 Madison Square Garden opens in New York, named after 4th President James Madison
1884 Dr John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal"
1889 Johnstown Flood; 2,209 die in Pennsylvania
1893 Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)
1900 US troops arrive in Beijing, help put down Boxer Rebellion
1907 Taxis 1st began running in NYC
1909 The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) holds its first conference.
1911 RMS Titanic launched in Belfast
1912 US marines land on Cuba
1913 The 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for direct election of senators, is ratified.
1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
1916 Battle of Jutland: Largest naval battle of World War I between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet which killed 8,645 in an inconclusive battle but strategic British victory. German fleet never puts to sea again in WWI……British battle cruiser HMS Invincible explodes, only 6 crew members survive
1919 1st wedding held in an aircraft (over Houston, Texas)
1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic
1921 Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700
1921 A large-scale race riot breaks out in Tulsa, Oklahoma, later described as the worst incident of racial violence in American history; around 150-200 African Americans killed
1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition opens in Philadelphia
1928 1st aerial crossing of Pacific takes off from Oakland
1930 the actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker Clint Eastwood is born in San Francisco, California.
1935 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat
1937 1st quadruplets to finish college (Baylor University)
1938 Johnny Paycheck is born Donald Eugene Lytle in Greenfield, Ohio. His stage name comes from a boxer who was knocked out by Joe Louis.
1941 1st issue of "Parade" magazine goes on sale
1942 U-boats sink and damage 146 allied ships this month (722,666 tons)
1943 "Archie" comic strip 1st broadcast on radio
1943 42 U-boats sunk by the Allies this month
1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4 foot square platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, & stays 117 days)
1955 US Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
1955 Great Britain proclaims emergency crisis due to rail strike
1956 Buddy Holly sees the John Wayne film The Searchers. Wayne's line, "That'll be the day," inspires him to write a song with that title.
1961 Chuck Berry's amusement park, Berryland in St Louis, opens
1962 "Tell It To Groucho" last airs on CBS-TV
1962 Adolf Eichmann, the former SS commander, is hanged near Tel Aviv, Israel.
1964 Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim
1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy
1970 7.75 Ancash earthquake off coast of Peru kills 66-70,000 and sets off world's deadliest avalanche
1971 Badfinger records "Day After Day."
1974 Gordon Lightfoot's Sundown album is certified Gold.
1975 The Eagles release "One Of These Nights."
1975 Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
1977 Trans Alaska oil pipeline completed
1980 The disco group Lipps, Inc. has the #1 hit song in America with "Funkytown," a tribute to New York City.
1984 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge
1985 Tornado outbreak in United States and Canada sees 41 tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, leaving 90 dead
1985 New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
1985 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) became a Schedule I drug in the United States.
1989 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
1990 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne
1990 Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles
1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots his third victim Joseph Ponce
1991 Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia
1992 46th Tony Awards: "Dancing at Lughnasa", "Crazy For You" win
1992 5th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000
1996 Bass singer Elsbeary Hobbs (of The Drifters) dies from throat and lung cancer in Manhattan, New York at age 59.
1997 The Confederation Bridge opens, linking Prince Edward Island with mainland New Brunswick
2000 Soul singer Johnnie Taylor dies of a heart attack at age 66.
2004 Senior PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Valhalla GC: Hale Irwin wins his 4th title in the event by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Jay Haas
2005 Strawberry Field (no s), the Liverpool orphanage which inspired The Beatles' famous song, is closed by the Salvation Army after almost seventy years.
2005 Mark Felt, former FBI high ranking official revealed as "Deep Throat" source during Watergate investigations in "Vanity Fair" article
2007 Rob Grill, lead singer of The Grass Roots, is arrested for illegal possession of prescription painkillers at his home in Mount Dora, Florida.
2008 Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
2014 The trustee for Randy California, leader of the band Spirit who died in 1997, sues Led Zeppelin, claiming a song California wrote was stolen
2018 Danish government bans garments that cover the face, including the niqab and burqa
2019 Disgruntled employee shoots and kills 12 people at a US municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia
2019 US President Donald Trump threatens to impose extra 5% tax on Mexican goods if country does not increase its efforts to curb immigration
SOME FOLKS WHO DIED ON THIS DATE:
Joseph Grimaldi, English pantomimist and the "greatest clown in history"
Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician who was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States
Spuds Mackenzie, American advertisement dog
Jack Dempsey, American boxer
Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard prof/LSD guru
Millvina Dean, last living survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster
Chris Haney, Canadian journalist who created the board game "Trivial Pursuit"
SOME FOLKS BORN ON THIS DATE:
Walt Whitman, American poet (Leaves of Grass) and volunteer nurse during the Civil War
Fred Allen [John Florence Sullivan], American comedian.
Emily Bissell, American welfare worker and founder of Christmas Seals
W. Heath Robinson, English illustrator and cartoonist (Don Quixote)
Clint Eastwood, actor, is born in San Francisco, California.
Johnny Paycheck, Country music singer, is born Donald Eugene Lytle in Greenfield, Ohio
John Bonham, Led Zeppelin drummer, is born in Redditch, Worcestershire, England.
Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) is born in Manhattan, New York
Happy Hairston, NBA star, Cin, Detroit, LA
Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock Georgia, PGA golfer, 1990 Kemper Open
Mick Ralphs, born in Hereford, England, born Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of music bands Mott the Hopple and Bad Company
Joe Namath , American football player
Terry Waite, English Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage
Colin Farrell, Irish actor
Brooke Shields, New York City, model/actress, Blue Lagoon, Suddenly Susan
Lea Thompson, actress, Back to the Future, Caroline In The City
Jim Craig, born in North Easton, Massachusetts, hockey goalie, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics
Laura Baugh, Gainesville, Florida, LPGA golfer, 1994 Youngstown Classic-9th
Tom Berenger, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me
TODAY’S @$$HOLE OF THE DAY:
May 31, 1938 Peter Yarrow was born jn Mahattan, New York…..We all know this knucklehead as the Peter in the Peter, Paul, and Mary folk-singing trio……
Allow me to tell you about Mr Puff, and he ain’t no Magic Dragon….He’s a political activist and has supported liberal causes that range from opposition to the Vietnam War to bullying and every liberal cause in between……In other words, he a whiner……
Yarrow's involvement in politics started when he was married and continued throughout the decades…..He has had a variety of contacts with liberal politicians; he performed at John Kerry's wedding; he worked for the presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama among other Democratic work…..
Yarrow has cited Judaism as one of the roots of his liberal views……..
In 1970, Yarrow was convicted of, and served three months in prison for taking "improper liberties" with a 14-year-old girl who went with her 17-year-old sister to Yarrow's hotel room seeking an autograph…….."Yarrow answered the door naked and made sexual advances that stopped short of intercourse"…….The 14-year-old resisted his advances but according to reports, did not call for help…….Yarrow served three months of a one-to three-year prison sentence.......
He has since semi-apologized for the incident: "It was an era of real indiscretion and mistakes by categorically male performers…….I was one of them. I got nailed. I was wrong. I'm sorry for it”………(Only a low rent POS would bring up the era in his so-called apology………1940s, 1960s, 1980s, it don’t matter; showing your naked self to a 14 year old girl and making sexual advances is just sicko wrong, regardfless of the year……Now get this:
In 1981, Jimmy Carter granted Yarrow a presidential pardon for the crime……..One sorry @$$ liberal to another…….
That’s enough for me………..Get up on the podium, put on that crown of shame, because I now anoint you @$$Hole of the day……Peter Yarrow, aka Mr Puff, you can KMA too………
As always folks, I hope each of you have a Great Bulldawg Day.......GATA.....THWGT......MAGA......Go Dawgs......God Bless........
