Happy January 3! Today is National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day, and National Write-To-Congress Day! Write members of Congress and tell them -in great detail- just how much you love (or detest) chocolate covered cherries! Seriously, DO IT! I bet it will make that Congress person’s day; the letter will probably contain more depth than eighty percent of the rants they receive from their adoring public!

On this day in history:

She was in a jam........

She was in a jam........

1521 - Martin Luther is excommunicated by The Roman Catholic Church. Exasperated, Martin goes for a swim, spots a desperate struggle at the bottom of the shiny sea, and intervenes. After successfully releasing Felix The Cat’s tail from the mouth from a giant clam named El Ron (conflicting sources say the clam was actually named El Duce), Marty converses with the cat and clam underwater for over an hour, and returns to land with a whole new outlook on religion and evolution. Rumor has it he was also heard humming a yet to be written song known as “The Evolution Rag.” Incredible!

1929 - Film director Sergio Leone is born. Never seen a Sergio Leone flick? Check one out now! There is nothing like a Sergio Leone western filled with a mysterious stranger and Ennio Morricone tunes. I highly recommend “Once Upon A Time In The West” featuring Charles Bronson as the mysterious stranger, and Henry Fonda playing the no-good sonofabitch. This film has the greatest shootout sequence I have ever seen in a western. Check it out!

1969 - “Mister” Paul DeMarco defeats Dick Steinborn in the main event in Atlanta, Georgia.

1987- The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Aretha Franklin as it’s first female inductee. Sweet!