Edward O’Hare achieved quite an honor on this day in 1942.  He became the first American fighter pilot to be awarded the title Ace.  It happened just minutes after taking off from the Lexington, an aircraft carrier in the Coral Sea. WWII was in action and the United States was involved.  Radar had detected Japanese… Read More »

With my apologies to all the fans of that other team up north, I want to drop a name familiar to all in the Buckeye Nation, a name we wish was still playing for Ohio State – Coleridge Bernard “C. J.” Stroud, IV.  “Stroud was a five-star quarterback at Rancho Cucamonga, California, high school. Stroud,… Read More »

You’ll get a “charge” out of this one.  Today is National Battery Day.  Yes, someone has granted AA, AAA, Cs, Ds, 6-volts, 9-volts, 12-volts, lithium-ion, cadmium, and every other kind of battery their own special day of recognition and celebration.  Try not to get too “juiced” by this news!  It’s shocking, I know.  I’ll stop… Read More »

On this day in 1801, Thomas Jefferson is elected the 3rd President of the United States.  The transition from President Adams to President Jefferson was the first to practice the “peaceful transfer of power” from one political part to the next.  The entire election was fraught with contention, mudslinging, and vicious partisan attacks.  Jefferson was… Read More »

123123 was in a race to beat 070707.  070707 had already beaten 111111.  It is yet to be determined if 123123 won. Most are scratching their heads, trying to figure out what that means.  Let’s see if I can simplify it with a couple of /.  12/31/23 was in a race to beat 07/07/07 which… Read More »

Today’s devotional is kind of an unintentional “Part 2” to yesterdays.  It’s another devotional about love, and it’s about the guy whose name has been attached to the celebration. Valentine.  And we could say that he lost his head for love. Let’s go back to 270 A.D.  Emperor Claudius II rules Rome with an iron… Read More »

Do you remember the Geico commercial with a talking camel walking through an office, saying, “Guess what day it is?”  With glee, the camel proclaimed that it was hump day, the middle of the week.  Switching to Geico would make you happier than a camel on Wednesday.  I love that commercial. So, to borrow a… Read More »

The Inquisition is often thought of as just an event.  However, it was both an event and an office within the Roman Catholic Church.  The earliest evidence of this office comes from the 12th c. and Pope Lucius III.  The purpose of The Inquisition was to root out heresy and teachings that went contrary to… Read More »

The old Mother Goose nursery rhyme says: Little Jack Horner Sat in the corner, Eating his Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, “What a good boy am I!” The lyrics of the poem seem a bit ridiculous, don’t they?  What exactly was being talked about?  What is… Read More »

If you are looking for a birthday party to attend this afternoon, why not host one in honor of Thomas A. Edison.  While you’re at it, celebrate all inventors because today is National Inventors Day.  The date was chosen by President Ronald Reagan and inaugurated in 1983 to be celebrated on Edison’s birthdate. Necessity is… Read More »