March 7th - Today is the 66th day of the year, with only 299 days remaining in 2006.
Mars' Month - March was the original beginning of the year, and the time for the resumption of war.
March Flowers: Daffodil or Jonquil [Yellow] -  Affection, Cheerfulness, Desire, Grants Wishes, New Beginnings, Respect, and Sympathy
March Birthstone: Aquamarine, Bloodstone - Courage

Parodies Fair Use Day
In 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parodies (which make fun of an original work) do not violate the fair use provision of copyright law.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FIRST QUARTER - Mar 6   8:15 p.m.
FULL MOON - Mar 14   11:35 p.m.
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.


FORREST in EVERYONE'S LIFE
FORREST GUMP: Life is like a box of chocolates.
FORREST ADAM AND EVE:
ADAM = Chocolates are forbidden.
EVE = Just eat one.
FORREST ANDREWS: The Hills are alive ... like a box of chocolates.
FORREST BOND: Vodka chocolate -- shaken, not stirred.
FORREST BONES: Dammit Jim, I'm a Dr., not a box of chocolate.
FORREST CHURCH LADY: Chocolates ... well, isn't that special?
FORREST DENVER: Chocolate Mountain high, in Colorado.
FORREST FUDD: Wife is wike a box of chocowates.
FORREST NICHOLSON: You want chocolate, you can't handle chocolate!
FORREST PRESLEY: Hunk-a-hunk a chocolate milk.
FORREST SCOTTY: The box, she's breaking apart Capt'n.
FORREST VADER: Luke, I am your chocolate.
FORREST ZEV: I am one with the chocolate.


ACTING -
1934 Willard Scott, Alexandria VA, weather forecaster (Today Show)
1940 Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha WI, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
1945 John Heard, Washington DC, actor (Cutter's Way, 'Duke' Duquesne-CSI: Miami)
1947 Richard Lawson, Loma Linda CA, actor (Guess Who, Ryan-Poltergeist)
1956 Bryan Cranston, San Fernando Valley CA, actor (Hal-Malcom in the Middle)

HISTORIC -
1707 Stephen Hopkins, Providence RI, Governor-RI, signed Declaration of Independence [D: 07/13/1785]
1942 Michael Eisner, Mount Kisco NY, CEO (Walt Disney Co. 1984-2005)
1942 Tammy Faye Bakker, International Falls MN, gospel singer/ex-wife of Jim Bakker (PTL)

MUSIC -
1946 Peter Wolf, Bronx NY, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame)
1952 Ernie Isley, Cincinnati OH, vocalist/guitarist (Isley Brothers-It's Your Thing)
1963 Denyce Graves, Washington DC, opera singer (2005 Pres Inauguration-American Anthem)

SCIENCE -
1837 Henry Draper, Prince Edward Co VA, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) [D: 11/20/1882]
1849 Luther Burbank, Lancaster MA, botanist/horticulturist/developed 800 strains/varieties [D: 04/11/26]

SPORTS -
1938 Janet Guthrie, Iowa City IA, race car driver, first woman to race in Indy 500/Datona 500
1950 Franco Harris, Ft Dix NJ, NFL running back (Steelers, Seahawks) MVP Super Bowl IX, HoF '90, 9 Pro Bowls
1952 Lynn Swann, Alcoa TN, NFL receiver (Steelers)/sportscaster/PA govenor candidate 2006
1960 Ivan Lendl, Ostrava Czechoslovakia, World No. 1 professional tennis player 1980-90


1644 Massachusetts establishes first 2-chamber legislature in colonies.
1778 Captain James Cook first sights Oregon coast, at Yaquina Bay.
1801 Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law.
1857 Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone (patent # 174,464).
1908 Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council and announced that, "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles".
1917 First jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step", recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden NJ.
1918 President Wilson authorizes US Army's Distinguished Service Medal.
1933 Game of "Monopoly" invented.
1965 In Selma, Alabama, State troopers and local law enforcement forcefully break up a group of 600 civil rights marchers. The event was televised and was dubbed Bloody Sunday.
1987 Mike Tyson adds the WBA World Heavyweight boxing championship to his WBC one when he beats James Smith after a 12-round fight in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1994 US Navy issues first permanent order assigning women on combat ship.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Peace Corps Day - United States of America


WONDROUS THINGS
Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the pipes leak,
When the bones creak,
When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.

Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favorite things.

Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favorite things.

When the joints ache, when the hips break,
When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.
Author Unknown


Parody is homage gone sour. - Brendan Gill


PARODIES: DD. (Internet Source)

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