Happy Birthday Kaya!

On this day in 2001 the world was introduced to the one & only

Kaya McKay.

Happy 6th Birthday

Kaya!!!

May Your day be filled the laughter and smiles of a Princess!

On this day in history...

In 1922 Jack Kerouac was born. The author of a few books before his death in 1967 but best known of course for the seminal sign post in Beat Literature On The Road.

On The Road was the world's introduction to the likes of William S. Burroughs and Neal Cassidy (a.k.a. Dean Moriarty) who would then be one of the few to actaully bridge the generation gap when he moved from being the Beat driver to taking the helm of Further as "Cowboy Neal at the wheel on the bus to never, never, land" with Ken Kesey's Merry Band of Pranksters in tow.

Interesting morsel, Kerouac was the son of French-Canadian parents and learned English as a second language.

afterall, there is no Life without Them

don’t ever forget the importance
of the supposed
coincidentals

-Eagle 2007

beware the commercial within...#2

"The only way to be sure that you're up on all the latest trends is to get to the Home Show!!”

I just heard this in a commercial and
as it came to settle in the ole brain pan
I realized that I just bore witness to
a commercial within a commercial.

the main one, the obvious one,
was for the Home Show
the other was hidden behind it.

how oh so subtle it is
not selling a “thing”
no product to buy

the commercial in a commercial
pedaling something else
something far more insidious.

the thought,
the idea,
the belief,
that we need to be up on the latest trends.

and then there is always the exploding yogurt...

stub your toe on the chair
shave ½ a surface then the razor dies
dirty socks are the only socks
walking into locked doors
the bus drives away even though it sees you
your coffee is too hot
your juice is too cold
you're out of coffee
you're out of juice
you miss your train,
your plane
showing up too early
showing up too late
you break a shoe lace
you forget your money
you forget your phone
you forget your-Self

each and all tell tale signs you
should have stayed in bed

-Eagle 2007

On this day in history...(part 1)

On March 7, 1923 the New Republic first published this now famous piece by Robert Frost.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

-Robert Frost

For more information: http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3900

On this day in history...(part 2)

On March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received the patent for the telephone.

Three days after the patent was issued the first successful telephone transmission was achieved when Bell called Thomas A. Watson (a machine shop employee who assisted in making the prototype) and simply said:


"Mr. Watson, come here, I need you."


Little did he know that his wish to help the deaf (continuing his father's work) would lead to all that it has.


In honour of Ole' Mr. Bell be sure to take a picture, make a movie, send an e-mail, surf the web, listen to music and watch a movie on your phone today...and maybe, if you find the time, make a telephone call to a loved one.


If anyone is interested in more information on the telephone and its history please see:

http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=223836