August 25th. Day 237 of 2022
It’s Kiss and Make Up Day. “Your kiss is on my list” Love that tune by Hall and Oats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOuhYuZLNYw
Happy Burger Day and Banana Split Day ! Can’t remember the last time I had a Banana Split
1814: British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War, and other public buildings in Washington, D.C
1916: The United States National Park Service is created
1944: Paris is liberated by Allied forces
1950: To avoid a strike, President Truman seizes the nation’s railroads
1972: In Great Britain, computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) was introduced
1975: Bruce Springsteen releases his classic album “Born To Run”
1998: A survey indicated that 33 percent of Americans used the internet
2012: Voyager 1 enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so
In the News: Four Alexander County Citizens hospitalized with COVID associated symptoms…Visitor spending spikes large in Alexander County…Taylorsville man charged with Wittenburg break-in…Stony Point woman jailed this morning…Victim identified in fatal Lenoir shooting…Inmate dies in Burke County Jail
Weather: Clouds with some Sunshine. High around 87
Sports: Cougar Women’s Tennis and Men’s Soccer lose on Wednesday…JV Football tonight in Dallas…Cougar Football prepping to game at home Friday night…LRU Football ranked in Pre-Season Top 25…Braves now 30 games over .500…Tour Championship tees-off today in Atlanta
Happy Birthday: Tom Skerritt, Frederick Forsyth, Rollie Fingers, Gene Simmons, Elvis Costello, Tim Burton, Blair Underwood, Rachael Ray, Jo Dee Messina, Blake Lively
Rent hits all time high. Is Joe gonna pay that too ? https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/homes/rents-for-june-2022/index.html
More lunacy from the Federal Government. I wonder if they’ll send me back the checks I mailed on time in 2019 and 2020 ? https://nypost.com/2022/08/24/irs-to-forgive-1-2-billion-in-late-filing-fees-from-covid-pandemic/fa
Have you watched yourself on video or listened to yourself on tape ? Just wondering
Quote of the Day: “I never said most of the things I said”…Yogi Bera