Black History Month: Quick Facts

Over the next week, I will be posting random Black History Month facts that I'm sure many will find very interesting and informative.

We ALL need to know our history so that we can plan for the future.

• John Love invented the pencil sharpener

• William Purveys invented the fountain pen

• Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine

• W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press.

Leave it to Google!

This is something that you'll want to have and use. I still remember when the telephone company charged me $1.50 to get a telephone number from 411!

Here's a number worth putting in your cell phone, or your home phone speed dial: 1-800-goog411.

This is an awesome service from Google, and it's free -- great when you are on the road. Don't waste your money on information calls and don't waste your time manually dialing the number. I am driving along in my car and I need to call the a sneaker boutique in New York City and I don't know the number. I hit the speed dial for information that I have programmed.

The voice at the other end says, "City & State." I say, "New York, New York."He says, "Business, Name or Type of Service." I say, Premium Laces NY." He says, "Connecting" and Pete at Premium Laces answers the phone. How great is that? This is nationwide and it is absolutely free!

Interesting blog: Worcester County Freedom Trail

A relative sent me a link and typically I expect the email to contain information regarding the latest going-ons in the Nations Capital, but this email was different.

The email contained a link to a website that serves Worcester County and specifically information about the "Rational Thought from the Red Part of the Bluest of Blue States".

It makes for some interesting reading, so check it out when you can or you can choose to say "pass". Either way, the best way to know what people are thinking is to read their messages and, of course, reading between the lines.


Worcester Country Freedom Trail