Wabi-Sabi

Search This Blog

Happy Birthday Jake!

on January 12, 2014

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Personalize a free slideshow

Family Jake

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Kitten Tries to Defy Gravity

This is 7 seconds long, and it's hilarious.

The poor kitten has been listening to Idina Menzel singing Defying Gravity too much.
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!

1,045 Days and Counting

Two Days of Infamy, Two Different Results

The first "Day of Infamy" was Dec. 7, 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. What followed was the most significant war for our nation in the last century in WWII.

The United States declared war on Japan on Dec. 8, 1941. On Dec. 11th Germany and Italy declared war on the US, and the US responded in kind.

Only two and a half years later, on June 6, 1944, the Allies landed in Normandy on D-Day. Less than a year later, the US was victorious in Europe (May 8, 1945, V-E Day) and on Sept. 2, 1945 Japan also surrendered.

So in less than four years (1,365 days to be exact) the US won the war against Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo.

Similarly, on Sept. 11, 2001 our nation suffered a second day of infamy. It has now been almost 3 years (1,045 days) since that fateful day.

What has been our progress in the war on terror which followed 9/11?

At this point in WWII, D-Day had already occurred (912 days), and we were well on our wa…

Powered by Blogger