Alan Reed’s Daily Doof And Other Stuff

February 13th is the 44th day of the year. There are 321 days remaining until the end of the year

There is 1 day remaining until Valentine's Day
There are 315 days remaining until Xmas
There are 321 days remaining until New Year's Eve

Today is Friday the 13th, Mistress Day, National Tortellini Day, Stamp Collectors Day, Blame Someone Else Day and Get a Different Name Day

-- On this date in 1959, Mattel toy partner Ruth Handler gave birth to an 11-inch teenager named Barbie, the first doll with developed breasts. Mattel sells over 20-million Barbies a year.

-- On this date in 1967, The Beatles released "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" in the U.S.

-- On this date in 1983, Karen Carpenter died of anorexia at age 32

-- On this date in 1988, Michael Jackson bought the Neverland Ranch

-- On this date in 1997, Michael Jackson became a father when Debbie Rowe gave birth to a baby boy, Prince Michael Jackson Jr.

-- On this date in 2000, Charles Schulz's last 'Peanuts'' comic strip ran in Sunday newspapers

-- On this date in 2002, Waylon Jennings died at age 64

-- On this date in 2002, John Walker Lindh plead not guilty to conspiring to kill Americans and supporting the Taliban

-- On this date in 2002, a French judge was accused of throwing the pairs skating decision to the Russians at the Olympics

-- On this date in 2005, Ray Charles' final album, Genius Loves Company, won eight Grammy awards

-- On this date in 2008, Roger Clemens denied taking performance-enhancing drugs

-- On this date in 2008, Hollywood writers ended a 100-day strike.

-- On this date in 2011, Lady GaGa arrived for the Grammys in an opaque egg shell. Four scantily-clad men carried her in.
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Doof of the day: An Ohio man was arrested for bringing three bags of cocaine into a police station.

The man went with his family to post bail for his cousin. Cops said the group smelled like pot and searched them.

He was charged with trafficking cocaine.

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Fact and quote of the day:

Hang onto your spouse…because someone gets divorced every ten to thirteen seconds.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.” - JAMES A. BALDWIN