Mar 06
Our email server is down… and it is driving me crazy!!!
Mar 06
Mar 6, 1857: The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott v. Sandford that slaves were not citizens.
Mar 6, 1930: Clarence Birdseye started to sell prepackaged frozen food for the first time, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Mar 6, 1981: Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America,” retired from the CBS Evening News and was replaced by Dan Rather.
Mar 05
Persist
Sometimes what you think will work great, doesn’t work at all. But that doesn’t mean that nothing will work. Sometimes you build your hopes up, only to be disappointed. But that doesn’t mean that your hopes have lost their value.
On the contrary, your hopes and ideas have great value, even though they may expose you to great frustration. Though it may be over difficult and uneven terrain, they do push you forward.
Your ideas are still valid, your hopes are still justified, and your dreams are still alive. Pick yourself up, adjust your approach based on what you’ve learned, and make another attempt.
Feel the joy of knowing that you can persevere. Transform the power of the challenge into your own inner strength.
Grow your way forward, through the triumphs and the setbacks. Persist, and anything is within your reach.
— Ralph Marston
Mar 05
Going to Clear Channel this afternoon to record March commercials. But before that a stop at my favorite place. NPR.
Mar 05
Mar 5, 1770: The Boston Massacre, a pre-Revolutionary incident that grew out of anger towards British troops, occurred. Five anti-British rioters were killed.
Mar 5, 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent.”
Mar 5, 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash.
Mar 04
Do what matters, not just what is convenient. Do what is fulfilling, not just what is easy. Just being busy will not lead you to anything of value. Instead, challenge yourself to be effective in the service of a meaningful purpose.
Any particular stretch of your time can be infinitely valuable or it can be hopelessly worthless. Which will it be right now, on this very day?
See that every moment has the potential for soaring greatness. Let your words and actions, your thoughts and deeds express that potential in your own special way.
There are many skills that must be studied and developed, and you can choose the ones you wish to acquire. The skill of living, however, need only be allowed, for it is already within you.
Live with richness, with great fulfillment and joy and substance. Do what matters, what really matters, and delight in being the unique, beautiful person you are.
Mar 04
At the doctors office with my son Mark. They are removing his cast today.
Mar 04
Mar 4, 1791: Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.
Mar 4, 1994: Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
Mar 4, 1789: The Constitution of the United States went into effect.
Mar 03
Watching American Idol with Shawna.
Mar 03
Mar 3, 1845: The U.S. Senate passed legislation overriding a presidential veto for the first time.
Mar 3, 1845: Florida became the 27th state in the United States.
Mar 3, 1879: Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood became the first woman lawyer to be admitted to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Mar 02
Just getting home from a long, but good day. Really had a great evening with NPR and Company. Sandra did a great job too. Now trying to get a few hours of sleep until we hit it hard again tomorrow. Good night.
Mar 02
Busy big day. Going to go hard and long. Have a reception this evening with NPR President Vivian Schiller. She was head of Discovery Channel and NYTIMES.COM before moving to Public Radio in 2009. Should have some real shakers and movers at this event!
Mar 02
Mar 2, 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes was declared president by a U.S. electoral commission since the original result was too close to call. He was the only president elected this way.
Mar 2, 1949: Captain James Gallagher completed the first non-stop around the world flight. He completed the 23,452-mile journey in 94 hours, 1 minute.
Mar 2, 1956: Morocco gained independence from France.
Mar 01
Mar 1, 1803: Ohio became the 17th state in the United States.
Mar 1, 1864: Rebecca Lee was the first black woman awarded a medical degree.
Mar 1, 1867: Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States.
Feb 28
Going to go see Cop Out tonight. I hope it’s good.