National Swap Ideas Day…

…to encourage the use of creative imagination.

National Toothpaste Appreciation Day.

And Sleep Dangerously Night, a night to switch sides of the bed with your spouse.

History 101: November 10th, 1775 The U. S. Marines are organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.

And two hundred years later on November 10th: A ship carrying a load of iron ore and a crew of 29 vanished during a storm in Lake Superior.

It was the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a Texan who hired a down on his luck reggae singer named Bob Marley as a songwriter. The relationship would change both their lives.  Using the money he earned from songwriting, Marley started the Tuff Gong label on which he eventually launched his legendary career with the Wailers. As for the man who hired him, he abandoned the tuxedo he’d been wearing as a nightclub crooner and donned well faded denim to follow the beat if not the Rastafarian Religion that inspired reggae and the result was that he owned the number one song in America on November 11, 1972 – a song he wrote, produced and of course, sang – one rock critic called it “two minutes and 48 seconds of undiluted inspiration.” – Here’s Johnny Nash “I Can See Clearly Now”

And other stuff:

The President’s travels have now taken him to Indonesia…where a little social accident took place. While the President and First Lady were walking down the receiving line…one of Indonesia’s most devote Muslim leaders reached out and shook Michelle Obama’s hand. He later issued a statement saying it was a mistake – he was caught up in the ceremony – and a true Muslim would never touch the hand of a strange woman. He apologized to his country’s Muslims.

And one of the contentious issues during the President’s trip to India…an Indian minister asked the President to have airport security personnel in our country stop ‘turban frisking’. Indians are insulted by having their headwear checked for weapons…and consider it racial profiling.

-Right now we’ve got a TSA agent with his hand so far up our leg…we might be engaged… So forgive us if we can’t get too charged up about your turban.

Sad news on the labor front yesterday…as General Motors announced they laid off Mr. Goodwrench. They’re revamping the service end of their franchise dealerships and are letting Mr. Goodwrench go after almost 40 years of service. The service end of the business will now be called the brand name – like Chevy or Buick – followed by ‘Certified Service’. GM says the move is its commitment to raise the bar on the ownership experience.

-er, not anymore.

Off the west coast of Mexico…the Carnival ship Splendor spent a second day dead in the water after an engine room fire knocked out the ship’s power. 3,300 passengers and over a thousand crew members had no air conditioning…flushing toilets or hot food. The good news…by yesterday afternoon…they had the toilets back up and working…and tugboats were arriving to pull the ship into the nearest port.

-Wow – two days with no flushing toilets!!! Which we believe makes every deck – the ‘poop’ deck.