March 30th - Today is the 89th day of the year, with only 276 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

National Doctor's Day
On this date in 1842, Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, Georgia, first used ether to save a patient from discomfort during surgery. Today, give a red carnation to your doctor as a thanks for modern medicine.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Apr 5   12:01 p.m.
FULL MOON - Apr 13   4:41 p.m.
LAST QUARTER - Apr 21   3:28 a.m.


THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR DURING SURGERY
Oops!
Has anyone seen my watch?
Come back with that! Bad Dog!
Wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what's that?
Hand me that ... uh ... that uh ... thingy
Damn, there go the lights again ...
Everybody stand back! I lost my contact lens!
Well folks, this will be an experiment for all of us.
What do you mean, he's not insured?
Let's hurry, I don't want to miss "Bay Watch"
What do you mean "You want a divorce"!
FIRE! FIRE! Everyone get out!


ACTING -
1930 John Astin, Baltimore MD, actor (Gomez-Addams Family, Freaky Friday)
1930 Peter Marshall (Ralph LaCock), Huntington WV, TV game show host (Hollywood Squares)
1937 Warren Beatty, Richmond VA, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy)
1957 Paul Reiser, NY NY, actor (Aliens, Mad About You, The Thing About My Folks)
1968 Donna D'Errico, Dothann AL, actress (Baywatch)/model (Playmate 09/95)
1970 Mark Consuelos, Zaragoza Spain, actor (Mateo-All My Children)

ARTISTIC -
1853 Vincent van Gogh, Zundert Netherlands, artist (Irises) [D: 07/29/1890]
1883 Jo Davidson, NYC, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman) [D: 01/02/52]
1913 Marc Davis, Bakersfield CA, Disney animator/theme park character designer [D: 01/12/2000]

HISTORIC -
1913 Richard Helms, Philadelphia PA, Director CIA '66-73/ambassador to Iran '73-76 [D: 10/23/2002]
1919 McGeorge "Mac" Bundy, Boston MA, National Security Adviser under JFK/LBJ [D: 09/16/96]

MUSIC -
1913 Frankie Laine (Francesco LoVecchio), Chicago IL, singer (Rawhide, I Believe)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show)
1941 Graeme Edge, Rochester England, rock drummer (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin, Your Wildest Dreams)
1945 Eric Clapton, Ripley England, legendary guitarist/singer (Cream-Sunshine Of Your Love)
1955 Randy Van Warmer, Indian Hills CO, vocalist/songwriter (Just When I Needed You Most)
1962 MC Hammer (Stanley Burrell), Oakland CA, rapper (U Can't Touch This)
1964 Tracy Chapman, Cleveland OH, singer/songwriter (I Got a Fast Car) Grammy-Best New Artist '97
1968 Céline Dion, Québec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman, Beauty and the Beast)

SPORTS -
1940 Jerry Lucas, Middletown OH, NBA center (Knicks) NBA RoY '64, Olympics-gold-'60, HoF '79
1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown ('73) [D: 10/04/89]


1814  Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon.
1822  Florida Territory created in the United States.
1858  Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia).
1867  US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2¢ an acre-Seward's Folly).
1870  15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.
1889  John T Reid opens first US golf course (Yonkers NY).
1951  Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1953  Einstein announces revised unified field theory.
1954  The first subway in Canada opens after five years of construction, in Toronto.
1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 meter).
1981  President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
1990  Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Birthday of Sultan of Kelantan - Malaysia
Doctor's Day - United States of America
Seward Day - United States of America
Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day - Trinidad and Tobago


MEDICAL ADVICE AND MYTHS
Dr. J.J. Cohen, a professor of immunology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, was recently interviewed for a newspaper article debunking those "health myths" we all learned from our parents.

EG: Don't eat anything that's been on the ground for more than 30 seconds.

Dr. Larry Wolk, CIGNA HealthCare medical director, says, "You do risk picking up certain things, like animal feces and dirt, that carry parasites. There is the potential that it can make you sick."

Cohen noted that he had always heard if it had been on the ground less than 30 seconds, it was OK to eat. He admits there's no science to the 30-second rule, and offers up his own rule: "If you drop your broccoli on the floor, then you shouldn't eat it. It would probably be dangerous. But if you drop your Snickers bar, go ahead."


The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. - Jay Leno


SURGICAL STRIKE: Doctor's walkout. (WordFoolery)

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