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Today is the last day of Dry January You may resume drinking with abandon tomorrow for the start of Lunar New Year Demand Euphoria!

January 31, 1988 – Everyone went back to the late 60s and early 70s when The Wonder Years, starring Fred Savage, Danica McKellar and Josh Saviano premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Arye Gross performed the narration for the pilot when it originally aired. However, Arye’s narration was later removed and replaced with Daniel Stern’sContinue reading “The Wonder Years Premiered”

January 30, 1649 – If history teaches us anything, it’s that sometimes, it NOT good to be the king. King Charles I of England, was beheaded for treason at Banqueting House on this date. It is reputed that he wore two shirts as to prevent the cold January weather causing any noticeable shivers that theContinue reading “Taking a little off the top”

January 30, 1889 –World War I really started on this date. The bodies of Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, syphilitic, depressive, whore mongering heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, and his air headed 17 year old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera, were discovered in the Imperial hunting lodge at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods on thisContinue reading “Kids, your history teachers lied to you once again –”

January 30, 1969 – At a free concert at their Apple corporate headquarters in London, The Beatles made their last-ever public appearance as a group on this date. The performance, filmed for the documentary Let It Be, was eventually halted when police arrived after neighbors complained about the racket. (I strongly encourage you to seekContinue reading “The Beatle’s famous rooftop concert”

Today is National Inane Answering Machine Day, observed on January 30th every year. This holiday encourages you on this day to bring an end to all of the mindless and endlessly long answering machine messages that annoy and waste the time of callers. Or, you could leave a long, drawn out, insane message on someone’sContinue reading “Do people still have answering machines?”

January 29, 1929 – The Seeing Eye was incorporated in Nashville, Tennessee by Dorothy Harrison Eustus and Morris Frank, on this date. A few weeks later, the first seeing-eye Dog Guide School in the United States opened in Nashville. (The name the Seeing Eye came from Proverbs 20:12 in the Bible, “The seeing eye, theContinue reading “Love leads the way”

January 29, 1979 –Brenda Spencer fired repeatedly at the school across from her residence in San Diego, killing two and wounding eight children, using the rifle her father had given her as a gift. I don’t like Mondays. This livens up the day. — The reason she gave inspired the Boomtown Rats song. Remember: gunsContinue reading “Nobody’s gonna go to school today”

January 29, 1595 –My bounty is asboundless as the sea,My love as deep. The more I give to thee,The more I have,for both are infinite …. William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet was probably first performed on this date (unless it wasn’t). I don’t know, I wasn’t there, were you? Demand Euphoria!

January 28, 814 – First Reich: Charlemagne, German emperor, dies at the age of 71 on this date. Though he had conquered much of Europe, his legacy was considerably reduced after his death from mismanagement and incompetence. Coincidentally, The Siege of Paris, lasting from September 19, 1870 until January 28, 1871, bringing about French defeatContinue reading “The French, they are a funny race”