Tuesday

In Today's Issue

The Daily Serial - Final Part
Independence Day
Amaaaaaaaaaazing Fact
Random Jokes
Finish with a Song

The Daily Serial 
Merlin Stories by Susan McCartney
Final Part

The power to end all powers:

Merlin raged.  ‘Egbert!  Egbert you dunderhead.  You have let them steal the formulae from under our noses.’  The servant threw himself to his knees, tears and snot running down his thin face.

‘I am so sorry Master.  They must have used powerful magic to cloak their presence.  I heard and saw nothing.’  He trembled under the glowering gaze of the Magician.

Merlin muttered.  ‘Hour upon hour I bargained with the Sorcerer Oppenheimer.  Do you know how long it took to raise him? I forced him to release to me the secret of the most powerful energy of all time.  Now it is gone.  Stolen by the Alchemist Satanus.’  Merlin paced the floor growling and his eyes blazing. He reached again for the book.

‘Surely Sire,’ said Egbert his voice cracking, ‘nothing good can come of such ultimate power.  Only evil deeds. That book holds nothing but misery.’

‘That power would have been mine,’ said Merlin with a snarl – his face transformed to that of a beast.

The explosion threw them off their feet.  Together, tottering they rushed to look outside.  A huge mushroom cloud hovered above the ruins of the Castle Satanus.  Silence hovered between them and became awkward.  Merlin was the first to break it. Tears ran like a river down his wizened face.

‘You are, as always, the voice of reason my dear Egbert.  Some powers are not for us to try to control.’ Together they stared at the devastation.  The spell broken.

To my American Chums..... Happy 4th of July !!

This is the day that you celebrate independence from us in the UK !
So have a great day, enjoy your fireworks and have some yummy food !

Happy Birthday USA 

Interesting Facts
Source worldstrides.com

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on a “laptop” – that is, a writing desk that could fit in his lap.

Jefferson changed the wording of the Declaration of Independence from “the pursuit of property” to “the pursuit of happiness.”

John Adams and Jefferson, both signers of the Declaration of Independence, died on July 4, 1826. James Monroe also died on July 4th in 1831.

Only two people actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 – John Hancock and Charles Thompson.

Congress declared July 4th as an official holiday in 1870 as part of a bill to officially recognize other holidays, including Christmas.

At 27, Thomas Lynch, Jr., was the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence; Ben Franklin, age 70, was the oldest signer.

The oldest, continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States is the 4th of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island which began in 1785.

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first newspaper to print the Declaration of Independence.

Americans began observing the Fourth of July as early as 1777 with a celebration in Philadelphia that included a parade, a thirteen-shot cannon salute, and fireworks.

Eight of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in Britain.

Amazing Facts

Did you know, July 4 is the only day of the year on which three US Presidents died: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1826 and James Monroe in 1831.

Random Joke

Yesterday I came home from work, as I pulled up I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy, "Hey, why are you doing that?" He said, "Because you came home early."

Finish with a Song

Only one choice, This is Bruce Springsteen with Born in the USA, released in 1984.