The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:There is giving of yourself and there's giving too much of yourself.
At work, try to find the line between the two.
After all, you don't feel good if you're not able to throw yourself into what you do.
At the same time, you need to make sure that you have enough energy at the end of the day to take care of your needs too.
This could be as basic as making sure you have enough energy to work out and make sure you have a good dinner.
If you don't, something needs to change.
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Today is Tuesday, September 21, the 264th day of 2010.
There are 101 days left in the year.
Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:
There isn't one.
Although today is:
International Day of Peace
and
World's Alzheimer's Day
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Yes, there really was a Lynard Skynard, but his name was Leonard Skinner. Skinner, a gym teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, was the inspiration for the band’s name. Skinner died yesterday at a nursing home in Florida. He was 77.
Enter the flying supply column, a new idea in warfare at the time, but one that would be used again in future conflicts. Twenty-five planes carried water, ammunition and rations for the Italians as they advanced on Emperor Haile Selassie's Army of the Ethiopian Empire. As they supposedly refused to eat the standard pre-packaged processed food that accompanied most armies and because fresh meat would spoil in the extreme temperatures of Danakil, the supply planes dropped living animals for the troops to butcher and cook. By the time the army had finished their trek, seventy-two sheep and two bulls had been pushed from planes, parachutes strapped to their backs.
Only 79 British Royal Air Force pilots who stood against the Nazi horde in 1940 are still alive. The Daily Mail gathered 17 of them for a group portrait and told biographical sketches of each one. Here’s the tale of Air Commodore John Ellacombe:
1) Classical Studies
What does a retired circus bear do for a living? Here’s the sweets-lovin’, beer-guzzlin’ Photo Bear hammin’ it up with his peeps:
Sightings by locals in the Himalayan nation of Bhutan led researchers to look for tigers in higher elevations than they’ve ever been known to reside. Dr. Alan Rabinowitz of Panthera, a big cat conservation organization, and BBC wildlife photographer Gordon Buchanan went up in the mountains and set camera traps above 3,000 meters of elevation. They left the cameras for three months, then found that among many other species, tigers indeed came to have their pictures taken.
