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Richard C Gilbert’s Wednesday Blog

September 16, 2026 By Richard C. Gilbert

Wednesday September 16th. Day 259 of 2026

It’s Guacamole Day. Yes, I like it

Happy Pla-Doh Day ! Get this ! In 2018, Hasbro trademarked Play-Doh’s distinctive scent, described as a combination of sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.

1620: The Mayflower departed from England. The ship arrived at Provincetown, MA, on November 21st and then at Plymouth, MA, on December 26th. There were 102 passengers onboard

1630: The village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston

1908: General Motors was founded by William Crapo “Billy” Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies

1953: The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given permission to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the Baltimore Orioles

1968: “The Andy Griffith Show” was seen for the final time on CBS

1987: The Montreal Protocol was signed by 24 countries in an effort to save the Earth’s ozone layer by reducing emissions by the year 2000

1992: The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering

2013:  A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard 
PJ's Seafood & SteakNews: Pedestrian struck overnight in Alexander County… Two women from Bethlehem charged with prostitution related offenses…Taylorsville man arrested after standoff overnight…Alexander County Commissioners approve grant funding from State Railroad Commission…Statesville puts 180 day hold on data centers…Taylorsville woman busted on felony drug charge

Weather: Sunny and 87

Sports: Robinette leads Lady Cougar Golf Team to 2nd league win in as many days…Parks and Daigle share the Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week Award…Panthers release wide receiver…Brewers clinch division for 4th straight year…Braves cool the Cubs…Cleveland back to within half-game of White Sox…Canes re-sign Jordan Staal

Happy Birthday: Ed Begley Jr, Mickey Rourke, David Copperfield, Orel Hershiser, Jennifer Tilly, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler, Nick Jonas,  Bryson DeChambeau,  Sam Howell

This is a real stinker https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/revolting/caca-case-572014

Word of the Day: accord [uh-kawrd] consent or concurrence, harmonious union, proper relationship or proportion. “An accord is an agreement between groups or even nations, like a formal peace accord that prevents war or the accord between you and your sister specifying who gets to use the car on which days.”

Quote of the Day: “Along came a police lieutenant named Columbo, and my life would never be the same.”… Peter Falk (Born this day in 1927)

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