Today is National Letting Go of Stuff Day.

It was great to be a part of the Team Zane March of Dines Celebrity Waiter Dinner last night at the Convention Center. 

Thousands more raised to help the fight against birth defects.  People are so generous that many were willing to cough up $5 more for a signed copy of this:

Don’t forget the Mutt Show tomorrow at Young Park.  Registration at 11 with the judging beginning at Noon.  KC will be a judge.  (She’s very judgmental.) 

This morning Chad from the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley brought in a five year old pooch who once had a good home where he was certainly fed well.

He’s looking for his new permanent home and he’s currently at the Center at 3551 Bataan Memorial Highway.

History 101: March 25, 1954 RCA announces it had begun producing color TV sets. The sets cost $1,000 each.

Notice that the image of the puppy IS in color but not necessarily the color that a dog would be.  And for a thousand bucks!

speaking of vintage TV: Music History 101: March 25, 1968: The 58^th and final episode of a popular TV show aired. The show was called “The Monkees.”

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a group whose main guys grew up together in California and started a band called the Crossfires. One of them was little more than a roadie when they started out.  The boyhood friends were Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman. That relationship got Mark into the band – in a way – despite the fact he couldn’t really do anything musically related. He mostly set up equipment and during gigs would play the tambourine. Eventually he got tired of his lowly status so he bought an alto sax and learned how to play it. In time they drew the attention of a couple of record distributors who were looking for talent for their new label – White Whale. They liked the group but rejected the name, Crossfires. Influenced by many British groups, especially the Zombies, they decided on a new name and where on their way. Their sixth chart hit was number one in America on March 25, 1967 for the Turtles (Happy Together)