There is a lot going on in the world today. The first day of the 2011 school year, National Read a Book Day, Freddie Mercury’s sixty-fifth birthday, Princess Diana’s funeral was fourteen years ago, Magellan circumnavigated the world back in 1522, and back in 1958, comedian and published author Jeff Foxworthy was born.
What does this all mean? National Read a Book Day is perfect for today. The US Open’s day and evening sessions were canceled because of unwavering rainfall, and picking up a good read is exactly what most players and fans will now do as a way of staying warm, dry, and relaxed in recovering from the splendid Labor Day Weekend.
As for the Queen musician, Google created a cartoon montage of Freddie Mercury’s iconic look accompanied with a song, and as a whole, it has a Peter Gabriel-meets-Yellow Submarine feel. Quite catchy and brilliant, actually. Magellan and Princess Diana, though she was of Wales and he was traveling for Spain, both need no explanation, just simply notoriety that today they were bittersweetly a part of history.
As for Jeff Foxworthy, who is known for his blue-collar comedy, has turned a new leaf by publishing his latest book with us, “Hide!!!”, a hide-and-seek children’s adventure! This book is a perfect interactive read for parents and children, or a group of young readers to enjoy together. Foxworthy’s light-heartedness truly captures the interest of all who explore it.
Beyond the bird’s eye view of today, many New Yorkers, New Englanders, and Americans know what is coming up: the ten-year anniversary of 9/11. As towns finalize their memorials, newspapers and publishers prepare to relive that day in remembrance for those whose lives were forever changed on that picturesque Tuesday morning.
