>On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 36 of the 97 people on board.
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>Separately can ruin a commute together, definitely ruin a commute.
First the MetroNorth train equipment problems. I didn’t notice anything wrong with the train, but when we pulled into Croton there was an announcement that we were changing equipment. Equipment being the train. So everyone had to get up and get on another train. Which of course takes more time then just stopping and picking up more passengers. Then we were on one of the new electric trains that make me motion sick. While on the train I get a text alert about signal problems at GCT affecting the 7 train. Kind of dismissed it, nothing I could do about it.
I stopped to get tea on the way to the 7 train to settle my stomach, it worked, got on the train across from Robert ___ (the funny looking guy of indeterminate nationality with the hat). And waited, and waited, heard an announcement about signal problems(still!) finally the train started, and crawled, well crawled for a subway train, usually they barrel through at top speed. I saw something I have never seen before workers in the tunnel squished up against the wall. I don’t been squished as in flattened by the train, I mean they were squishing themselves against the wall as the train went by. Then the train started going fast for about 2 seconds then stopped dead. I pulled out my phone, 10 minutes until I had to be at work. I sent a tweet, “‘It’s 7:50 a.m. I’m supposed to b @ work in 10 minutes and i’m stuck under the city on a f***ing subway train!”
So I was late to work. Is being a stuck on the subway a good excuse for being late to work? I don’t know, but my boss was stuck on the same subway.
>On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America’s first space traveler as he made a 15-minute suborbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Space Race! Start your engines!
>On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine others.
>Today was going to be a great day, a day I didn’t have to do anything, until I woke up with a headache, so I took Tigger and we went out, first I stopped at Starbucks to get a coffee, hoping the caffeine would knock out the headache, then we went up to the mall, I wanted to get a new flash drive, for a little bit more I got this.
It has a ton more storage space and is more what I wanted. I got that at Best Buy and looked at the net books while I was there. I saw one I really want. Then went to Target and got the other stuff I wanted then stopped at the gas station for gas and more caffeine, it didn’t help, I took a Maxalt when I got home and laid down, then got up, thinking I needed something to eat, I made some toast, couldn’t eat it, went back to bed, got up again and had some Star Trek cereal dry, that worked and the headache was finally gone.
So not that it is time to go to bed I am feeling good!
>On May 3, 1971, anti-war protesters calling themselves the Mayday Tribe began four days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., aimed at shutting down the nation’s capital.
>Sorry to put a post so close to the other one, but that post was for yesterday and this post is for today. First off we had to go to Newburgh for the Special Assembly Day, so I had to pack my lunch and I was running around like I usually do. I put my lunch in my insulated bag and put the blue ice thing in it. I went in my bedroom to put my eye makeup on and as I was putting the mascara back into the bag, I noticed something blue all over my hands! My ice pack thingy had a hole in it. Fortunately I didn’t get it all over, just all over hands which were then dyed blue. That stuff does not wash off at least not right away.
Last night I joined the forum the boys are on all the time. Tigger kept insisting. Today after we got home, I checked my e-mail and Red-Lady had invited to join Facebook. Stitch is on, I didn’t tell him I know. So I joined Facebook. I just put a bunch of the pictures from Manhattan on it but I couldn’t get to all of them on my computer. My name there is Bella Foxx, or you could just scroll down to the button and click on it.
I started this post, then I fell asleep. I was going to go to bed, but after I washed my face, took out my contacts and sneaked upstairs to get a snack (I got grapes, not what I wanted, I wanted Star Trek cereal) I felt more awake and got my computer back out to finish this. Now I am dead tired and going to bed.
>On May 2, 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.
Mine That Bird Wins the Kentucky Derby
Mine That Bird, a 50-1 longshot ridden by Calvin Borel, won the 135th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday after I Want Revenge, the morning-line favorite, was scratched.
>On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
That wasn’t very nice of the Soviets! 😦
On May 1, 1907, Kate Smith, the American singer who was considered the “first lady of radio,” was born. Following her death on June 17, 1986, her obituary appeared in The Times.
>On April 29, 1992, deadly rioting that claimed 54 lives and caused $1 billion in damage erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 