I'm going back for the annual pilgrimage to the Florida Keys to get Lobster.
I love that place!
Okay, so I'm done with 1 of two finals for my second semester and I have to say that these classes were A LOT harder! Almost rediculous hard! Talked to the Capt. (aka Dad) who is an Accountant and a Finance guy and he even said that the Accounting class was too specific.
Anyway, if you're going to get your MBA from Stetson then be careful of the Accounting class... you have to already be an Accountant to come close to doing well. Here's hoping for the best!
1. when someone complains that I don't "vox" enough and then they haven't voxed in over a week.
Thank goodness! Epcot will be back to normal!!!
"Mickey Mouse gloved hand and wand to be removed from Spaceship Earth
Date: 07/09/2007
Removal of the Mickey Mouse gloved hand and wand treatment that was installed on Spaceship Earth at Epcot as part of the Millennium Celebration will start today.
Cranes have begun removing the icon, which was later updated for the 100 years of Magic celebration. The removal will be complete by mid-September, shortly before Epcot's 25th anniversary Oct. 1.
Refurbishment of Spaceship Earth also is underway. Spaceship Earth's Post Show will remain open during the closure, and the attraction is scheduled to reopen in late November."
I have waited for this day since they said they were going to keep it after the 2000 celebration was over. Now if we can just get rid of the silly hat at the Studios!
So today is ACTUALLY the day that was supposed to be Independence Day. Why, you ask? Well, I'll tell you... and show off my crazy Declaration of Independence knowledge...
Without making a long story short, July 2nd is actually the day that the 2nd Continental Congress passed the Resolution for Independence.
John Adams actually wrote to his wife, Abigail, the following on July 3, 1776:
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore."
So, John Adams sort of came up with the idea of the "4th of July" but it was supposed to be "the 2nd". So why do we celebrate the fourth? It isn't for sure known. There were a lot of things that happened in the day between... there were some rewrites, changing of words, and they had to make it all "pretty". The 4th was, as history tells us, the first day it was read to the public... not really the day it was "signed". The copy you see in the Archives wasn't signed until like August 1776... but we won't get into that.
So Happy 2nd of July Everyone! Beers and burgers for ALL!
