Today is National Goal Buddies Day

ah, no.  It’s a day to celebrate the people who support you as you reach for your goals.

Today is also National Take a Break to Reset Your Mind Day.

History 101: 2010: The Deep Water Horizon oil rig run by British Petroleum exploded in the Gulf of Mexico some 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. The resulting oil spill was the largest offshore spill in U.S. history.

Music History 101: 1963 – University of Michigan football great Tom Harmon gave his daughter in marriage to the son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson – his name was Rick.

The 101 number one song of the day was recorded by a woman who got her first job not so much because of her talent, but because she looked like someone else. She grew up in Inglewood, CA where people would often tell her how much she resembled another woman who was a regular on TV. That prompted her to write a fan letter and the two women then got together to meet. The TV star agreed that there was a remarkable resemblance. As it so happened, she was about to host her own variety show and she asked today’s featured artist to join the cast in an ongoing role as her sister. The show became a huge hit and she would soon be in America’s living rooms every week. While she was becoming known for her comedic skills she recorded a song that was written by her then husband, Bobby Russell who didn’t think the song was any good but his wife did and so did America. It was number one on this day April 20, 1972 for Carol Burnett lookalike, Vicki Lawrence (The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia)

Other stuff:

A graphic designer in New York has come up with a new sanitary bath towel. The towel has a human figure on it – modeled after the universal symbol you find on bathroom doors. The head of the figure is labeled ‘top’ and the bottom is labeled ‘bottom’. She says this is to help keep you from drying off your face with the part of the towel you used to dry off your butt yesterday.

-You know – we never even thought of that before…but Euwwww…..!!!!

A postman in Oregon was suspended without pay after being caught defecating in a citizen’s yard while delivering the mail. A next door neighbor noticed the mail carrier squatting in the bushes and took pictures.

 – that’s bad enough…but then he made the homeowner sign for it!!