Today is Eat A Vegetable You Never Tried Before Day

Ever try a tamarillo?

On this date in history: A press release issued July 8th, 1947 by William Blanchard, Commander of the US 509th Bomb Group, stated that the wreckage of a crashed flying saucer had been recovered near Roswell, New Mexico -- hours later the release was rescinded and a new one issued saying the military had mistaken a weather balloon for an extraterrestrial spacecraft.

By the the late afternoon of July 8, callers to the office of Col Blanchard were told that he had "left on leave"!!  Roswell proponents have long claimed that this leave was just a ruse to get Blanchard out of the limelight while he commanded the effort to complete the recovery efforts and send the debris and bodies to more secure areas.  This claim is based on surmise, and the comments from some (but not all!) of The Witnesses interviewed by researchers. 

The 101 number one song of the day got it start in the bathroom – not because of the acoustics but because its writer and singer was making toilet seats at the time.  He was a late bloomer who was working for Boeing manufacturing the fixtures for 747s when he got his first record contract at age 32. Even after the success of his first album which produced two major hits including the one you’re about to hear, he still felt more like a factory worker than a performer and had the feeling he’d be picking up his toolbox and putting down his guitar at any time. He didn’t and on July 8, 1972 he owned the number one record in the land…It’s Bill Withers and (Lean on Me)

Other stuff:

Speed Dating tomorrow night for singles 55 and older at the Events Center at 522 E Idaho.  For more info call George Pindar at 680 6515.

On the subject of love: We just got our July issue of The Journal of Neurophysiology.  In it is a new report found love affects your brain just like a drug. And they say – that’s why it’s so hard to break up. It’s like kicking an addiction. People do crazy things after being rejected and are trying to get a partner back. The researchers say it’s not unlike an addict looking for drugs.  Mike admits to acting crazy after he was dumped once by going over to her house and letting air out of her tires.  Creepy yeah but it was only a bicycle – they were both ten at the time.

Saw a story on the Internet about one of the big problems during the summer – brain freeze. Doctors admit there hasn’t been a lot of actual research on the ‘brain freeze phenomenon’ – but here’s what they think happens. When you eat ice cream on a hot day…the cold constricts the blood vessels on the roof of your mouth and the nerve endings freeze. Then, when you breathe in…the warm air thaws the nerve endings. That’s why there’s a delayed pain involved. You first notice the nerve endings are frozen…and then the pain shoots to your brain as they thaw. Doctors say the brain isn’t actually freezing…and it’s not really dangerous. The best way to avoid the pain though, is to eat slowly…and avoid the roof of your mouth.

A woman in Daytona Beach lost her husband in May. This past weekend, she called the family together to scatter Tom Moore’s ashes – by having them placed in a fireworks shell and shot off at the local 4^th of July fireworks show. Moore was friends with the local fireworks family – and they agree to send their friend off with a bang.

We must be running out of news this summer – Levi Johnston is back in the news – publicly apologizing to Sarah Palin and her family. He issued a statement saying that after breaking up with Bristol Palin he was angry and made up a lot of stories about the family. He said he privately apologized to Sarah and Todd Palin…but since his lies were published – he felt he had to publicly apologize, too.  He explained it all as “youthful indiscretion.”  Bristol and Levi’s baby can be explained that way too.  And how about those Playgirl photos?  Indiscretion? 

Here’s the story behind the 101 Gold Nugget of knowledge: A 29-year old man in Villa Rica, Georgia was charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after he took his mother hostage…when she refused to iron his clothes. The standoff started with police after he told his mother to iron his clothes – because it was ‘woman’s work’. When she refused – he pulled a gun and held her hostage for six hours.  Mike says,  “if I told my wife ironing was ‘woman’s work’…I’d have to pray she didn’t have a gun!!”