April 23, 2011: Billy the poet

The word jellybean meant a man was a stylish dresser back int eh 1910s and 1920s. Thanks to Answers.com.

April 23, 1564, William Shakespeare is born.



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Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 22, 2011: Save Earth

Pondering the awesomeness of this weekend and what it means.

April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day.


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Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 22, 2011: Save the earth

Pondering the awesomeness of this weekend and what it means.

April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day.


Thanks to History.com.

Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 21, 2011: WWI legend killed

I am still waiting for Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook to allow me to hold a town hall meeting at his company's headquarters.

April 21, 1918, Red Baron killed in action.

April 21, 1989, Chinese students begin protests at Tiananmen Square.


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Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 20, 2011: Sad day in Colorado

I know one day spring temps will come back here. Be patient.

April 20, 1898, President McKinley asks for declaration of war with Spain.

April 20, 1999, a massacre at Columbine High School.

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Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 19, 2011: Innocence lost

Freedom isn't free.


April 19, 1861, first blood in the Civil War.

April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building explodes

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI

April 18, 2011: The British are coming!

April 18 is National Columnist Day. On April 18, 1945 one of the greatest journalists, Ernie Pyle, was killed in action covering World War II.

April 18, 1775, Revere and Dawes warn of British attack.

April 18, 1906, the Great San Francisco Earthquake.


Thanks to History.com.

Here's the AccuWeather forecast:

Antofagasta, Chile

Brax, France

Buxton, Derbyshire, England

Cape Girardeau, Mo.

China Grove, NC

Erie, PA

Fort Wayne, IN

Glendale, AZ

Grosse Pointe, MI

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Hurricane, UT

Indianapolis

Kankakee, IL

Lafayette, IN

Rochester, MN

Wooster, OH

Some place exotic:

Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Honolulu, HI