March 28th - Today is the 87th day of the year, with only 278 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

Respect Your Cat Day
In 1384, King Richard II of England issued a royal edict condemning the eating of cats. Give your cat a little extra treat today!


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Apr 5   12:01 p.m.
FULL MOON - Apr 13   4:41 p.m.


Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray this cushy life to keep.
I pray for the toys that look like mice,
And sofa cushions, soft and nice.
I pray for gourmet kitty snacks,
And someone nice to scratch my back.
For windowsills all warm and bright,
For shadows to explore at night.
I pray I'll always stay real cool
And keep the secret feline rule.
To NEVER tell a human that
The world is really ruled by CATS!
(Author Unknown)


ACTING -
1910 James "Jimmie" Dodd, Cincinnati OH, actor, singer (MC-Mickey Mouse Club)
1944 Ken Howard, El Centro CA, Tony-winning actor (The White Shadow, Dreamer)
1948 Dianne Wiest, Kansas City MO, actress (Radio Days, Hannah & Her Sisters, Footloose)
1970 Vince Vaughn, Minneapolis MN, actor (Wedding Crashers, Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
1981 Julia Stiles, NY NY, actress (The Bourne Identity/Supremacy, Mona Lisa Smile)

ARTISTIC -
1947 Bruce Gilbert, producer (China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond)

HISTORIC -
1899 August Anheuser Busch, Jr, St Louis MO, brewing magnate
1914 Edmund Muskie, (Sen-D-ME), US Secretary of State (1980) [D: 03/26/96]

MUSIC -
1955 Reba McEntire, McAlester OK, Grammy-winning country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)

SCIENCE -
1930 Jerome Friedman, Chicago IL, physics (co-discovered evidence of quarks-Nobel '90)

SPORTS -
1944 Rick Barry, ABA/NBA forward (Warriors/1966 NBA Rookie of the Year) HoF '87


1776  Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794  Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August).
1797  Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
1834  The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank of the United States.
1885  US Salvation Army officially organized.
1944  Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle and begins writing Pippi Longstocking
1946  The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1967  UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1972  Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1979  In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails at Three Mile Island, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown.
1990  President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
2005  The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Constitution Day (Serbia only) - Serbia and Montenegro
Constitution Day (Serbia) - Yugoslavia


THE CAT'S TAIL
A certain old cat had made his home in the alley behind Gabe's bar for some time, subsisting on scraps and occasional handouts from the bartender.

One evening, emboldened by hunger, the feline attempted to follow Gabe through the back door. Regrettably, only his body had made it through when Gabe slammed the door, severing the cat's tail at its base. This proved too much for the old creature, who looked sadly at Gabe and expired on the spot. Gabe put the carcass back out in the alley and went back to business.

The mandatory closing time arrived and Gabe was in the process of locking up after the last customers had gone. Approaching the back door he was startled to see an apparition of the old cat mournfully holding its severed tail out, silently pleading for Gabe to put the tail back on its corpse so that it could go on to the kitty afterworld complete.

Gabe shook his head sadly and said to the ghost, "I can't. You know the law ... I can't retail spirits after 2:00 AM." (Author Unknown)


A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. - Mark Twain


TOM CATS: Night howls. (WordFoolery)

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