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Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, the name of an unofficial holiday increasingly celebrated around the world by localities or organizations, or nationwide, in order to encourage acts of kindness. All you need to do is something a simple as hold the door open for someone or say ‘good morning‘ to the counter personContinue reading “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

February 17, 2011 –IBM’s Watson computer beats Jeopardy’s best contestants ever, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, on this date. The computer researchers acknowledged that Watson had benefited from something they called the “buzzer factor.” Both Mr. Jennings and Mr. Rutter are accomplished at anticipating the light that signals it is possible to “buzz in,” andContinue reading “Welcome our new computer overlords –”

February 17, 1990 –Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live on this date. They performed the Wayne’s World theme song while appearing in the skit as themselves.

February 17, 1971 –On this day, Boston native James Taylor made his primetime television debut on the Johnny Cash Show. Other guest on the show that evening included Neil Young and Linda Ronstadt.

February 16, 1982 –The Jam had two of their singles, A Town Called Malice, and Precious, at No.1 on the UK singles chart on this date. The title of Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice inspired the title, but the inspiration for the song came from Paul Weller’s friend Dave Waller by means of describingContinue reading “The Jam topped the charts with two singles”

February 16, 1967 –The titanic battle of the man girdles and outrageous toupees began on this date. The Star Trek episode, Space Seed, premiered on NBC-TV on this date. In it, the crew re-awaken a ship of Augments from Earth’s eugenics war during the 1990s, including their leader, Khan Noonien Singh. Ricardo Montalban was alwaysContinue reading “Space Seed premiered”

February 16, 1964 – The Beatles appeared for the second time on the Ed Sullivan Show on this date. The Beatles performed six songs: She Loves You, This Boy, All My Loving, I Saw Her Standing There, From Me To You and I Want To Hold Your Hand. The Beatles received $25,000 for their appearance;Continue reading “Ed had the Mop Tops on again”

February 15, 1975 –Linda Ronstadt’s song You’re No Good went to No. # 1 on the Billboard charts on this date. This song had been around for a while before Linda Ronstadt took it to the top of the chart. It was originally recorded by Dee Dee Warwick in 1963. Her version was produced byContinue reading “You’re No Good topped the charts”

February 15, 1979 –There’s no real reason to post this except that it really occurred – The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appeared on the Mike Douglas Show, on this date. (In case you don’t know, members Harold Bronson and Richard Foos are the founders of Rhino Records.) Hopefully that made your day a little better.

February 15, 1987 – >Broadcast over the course of seven nights, Amerika, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. Amerika sparked much controversy from many camps long before it even aired. Many liberals dismissed the mini-series as right wing paranoia, while many conservatives complained that the Soviet brutality that was depicted was seriously underplayed. Several re-writesContinue reading “The mini-series Amerika premiered”