Day By Day© by Chris Muir.Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Today would have been my father's 82nd birthday. I still miss him.
Two other notable deaths occurred in the past couple of days. The more recognized was the passing of Rosa Parks, the simple seamstress who galvanized the civil rights movement by retaining her seat on a bus. The other passing was not quite so notable to the world. Elmer "Len" Dresslar, Jr. was a man most people wouldn't recognize on the street. But if he were to put his hands on his hips, tilt his head back and bellow, "HO HO HO!", you'd know him right away. Mr. Dresslar was the voice of the Jolly Green Giant for many decades, periodically re-recording the vocals so they'd be fresh. Perhaps he didn't change the world in the may Miss Parks did, but he definitely secured a place in the hearts of many children. Recently, my sister gave me a Jolly Green Giant telephone, and a JGG penny candy machine, both of which are difficult to obtain. I plan to keep them for a long time.
Enough about death, okay? Let's find some weird stuff in the news.
Two other notable deaths occurred in the past couple of days. The more recognized was the passing of Rosa Parks, the simple seamstress who galvanized the civil rights movement by retaining her seat on a bus. The other passing was not quite so notable to the world. Elmer "Len" Dresslar, Jr. was a man most people wouldn't recognize on the street. But if he were to put his hands on his hips, tilt his head back and bellow, "HO HO HO!", you'd know him right away. Mr. Dresslar was the voice of the Jolly Green Giant for many decades, periodically re-recording the vocals so they'd be fresh. Perhaps he didn't change the world in the may Miss Parks did, but he definitely secured a place in the hearts of many children. Recently, my sister gave me a Jolly Green Giant telephone, and a JGG penny candy machine, both of which are difficult to obtain. I plan to keep them for a long time.
Enough about death, okay? Let's find some weird stuff in the news.
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