Eazy Duz It

"Straight outta Compton, is a brother that will smother your mother, and make your sister think I love her..."

Happy Eazy-E Day everyone!! Yeah, I know it's Monday (Soom-waar, Doshanbeh, yawm-al-ithnayn, Kamal, Boomtime), and it's way too early in the week for gangsta rap. I don't know when a good for gangsta rap is. I used to be a fan, but then I learned to appreciate the finer things in life, like red wine, feng shui, and, death metal. In any case, I think that Spring has finally sprung for good. This weekend was amazing- weatherwise. And I have never laughed as hard watching a grown woman shriek and pirouette at the sight of a lizard. Saturday night I went to Artopia which was pretty cool if you're into art and culture and music and other things that would confuse most Americans. Fortunately I was not confused except by some of the weirder art-folk, who are just a little too eclectic for their own good.

In 529 the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis which is extremely important in a very boring way. In 1348 Charles University in Prague was founded. In 1541 Francis Xavier left Lisbon, Portugal for the New World. In 1795 France adopted the Metric system. In 1798 Mississippi Territory was organized. In 1805 Beethoven's Third Symphony was performed publicly for the first time. In 1829 Joseph Smith, Jr. began translating the Book of Mormon. In 1906 Mt. Vesuvius erupted and devastated Naples. In 1933 Prohibition was repealed of beer more than 3.2% alcohol content (which is still sold in grocery stores in KS because apparently they still believe they're living in the dark ages.) In 1940 Booker T. Washington became the first African-American to appear on a postage stamp. In 1943 1100 Jews in Terebovlia, Ukraine were forced to strip down their underwear and march through the city. They were then all shot and buried in ditches. Five years later the World Health Organization was established. In 1994 the Rwandan massacre of the Tutsis began. In 1999 the WTO ruled in favor of the US over its trade dispute with the EU over bananas. Take that Europeans!! And five years ago we conquered Baghdad. Five years!!! I think it's time to rethink our Iraqi war plans.

Today is World Health Day. So, eat an apple or something.

In the SE African nation of Mozambique, today is Women's Day. The capital of Mozambique is Maputo and the nation is home to 24 million people. It's primarily an agricultural based economy which relies on the export of cotton, cashews, fish, and tea. Approximately 25% of the population is Catholic with an equal amount claiming to be agnostic.

Happy Birthday: St. Francis Xavier, founder to the Jesuits; Pope Clement XII; the English poet, William Wadsworth; the Indian sitar great, Ravi Shankar; Francis Ford Coppola; John Oates (of Hall and Oates); Jackie Chan; Tony Dorsett; and Ronde and Tiki Barber.

Have a good day. (And thank you, Allie Meiers, for a great weekend.)