This one is a stretch so cut me a bit of slack, I had a very awful evening I don’t want to discuss since it involves my Florida-based in-laws. This rushed my writing and I chose to go with Gordie over Al because Mr. Hockey is getting up there in age, he may not be around much longer; I should start a survey to see how many think Gordie will receive a state funeral in Canada.
On this day 32 years ago, Apple officially began. Definitely a nod to the founders’ sense of humor and daring. Daring? Sure. Since the Fifties, IBM was synonymous with computers and high-tech if it didn’t involve NASA, the Pentagon or a university.
This ties in with Al Gore, a board member of Apple. It was his 60th birthday yesterday. Like him or not, he has gone on to be a pretty decent ex-vice president in the same mold as Jimmy Carter (building houses for the poor) and Teddy Roosevelt (gathering samples for the Smithsonian and other museums). All three are Nobel Peace Prize winners too.
Apr 6, 2008 Update: Oh yes, the only comment was the tired, old litany about Gore “inventing” the Internet. You can always tell it’s an election year because the Republicans are dusting off their worn-out, tired play book of posting off misinformation “veiled” as a joke. What can they do? W will continue to be a living punchline like Ford…until his funeral.
And of course, we could not wish Mr. Gore an online Happy Birthday had he not invented the internet!
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