On this day in 1956, Sugar Ray Leonard was born. But you can tell he’s getting old because his new name is Splenda Ray Leonard.
On this day in 1961, Enya was born. You can tell she’s getting up there because she’s listening to Enya.
On this day in 2004, the first legally recognized same-sex marriage was performed in Massachusetts. It sent a message that anyone should be entitled to a lifetime of, “So, what do you want for dinner?” “I dunno, what do you want for dinner?” “I dunno, what do you want for dinner?”
On this day in 1965, the FBI ruled that the song “Louie, Louie” by The Kingsmen was not pornographic – but instead, completely unintelligible. Said the relieved Kingsmen, “Phrrggg larrggg manna wawa!”
On this day in 1873, the pioneer of “stream of consciousness” writing Dorothy Richardson was born, and then in 1957 she died, and 1957 is also the first year the Celtics won the championship, and I wonder if they should trade Jaylen Brown since Jayson Tatum’s gonna be out for so long, and if we wait too long, they’ll be as old as Splenda Ray Leonard, phrrggg larrggg mana wawa.
Enjoy the present. And remember…The Garden’s Always Greener.