Greetings and blessings! My fellow citizens and friends, “Our Unfortunate Democracy In Such A Time As This! Yes, we are about to celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday of freedom and just look at us and where we are now.
This Saturday is the Fourth of July, which in itself is a wonderful day. But this year, it’s extra-special. You see, this year’s Independence Day is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the symbolic thumbing of the nose to King George III of Great Britain by the American colonists. A pretty nasty war followed that, but once the war was over, these 13 formerly British colonies became a new nation, the one in which you and I live. (Unless you live somewhere else.) So Happy 250th Birthday, America, and let’s get on with the trivia!
Well, if this ain’t a kick in the head! Last week, this column - the silliness you’re reading right now - won an award! For the second year in a row, my little exercise in trivia was voted second place in the Lifestyle/Feature Column category in the Georgia Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest. Apparently, this makes me (gasp) an award-winning columnist! I didn’t make mention of it last year because it was such a neat, new thing, but now ... read on for some award-winning trivia! Thanks, Georgia Press!
Five hundred columns down, and an infinity of columns yet to go! After last week’s party for the 500th collection of silly trivia, you’d think I would be ready to give up, right? Heck no. I’m just getting started. In fact, I plan to be around until we hit 1,000 columns and then some! So while you settle back and enjoy your favorite beverage appropriate for the time of day in which you read this, I’ll be working on future columns to enlighten and entertain you. Enjoy!
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