It’s over 24 hours since the presidential election and the
world has yet to end. So I guess we take it day by day. Remember you can always
go to Walt Disney World where the presidents stand up every day, say exactly
the same thing and do it all again roughly 30 minutes later with no surprises
and no need for fact checkers.
This being two days after the election, I thought this was
an appropriate excuse for attending WDW. Read into it what you will and apply
it to whomever you will. Today is National Dunce Day. Dunces are generally
associated with dunce caps and even though you won’t find any dunce caps at WDW
you will find traffic cone cabanas at Disney’s Art of Animation. What more
excuse do you need to visit Disney’s newest resort?
Today is the anniversary of the death of Frank S. Land, the
founder of the Order of DeMolay. Walt was a proud member of DeMolay and was
greatly influenced by its precepts. Jim Korkis devotes a chapter of his
excellent book, The Vault of Walt,
to the influence DeMolay had on a young Walt Disney and, as well as
recommending the book, may I also recommend visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios
and spend an hour or so in One Man’s Dream. Look at all the artifacts from
Walt’s career and the history of the Disney Company and especially be sure to
watch the 20-minute film at the exit of the exhibition.
In 1789, a Baptist minister and distiller named Elijah Craig
is said to have invented bourbon whiskey by aging his whiskey in charred oak
casks giving it its unique color and taste. There are a number of apocryphal
stories about the origin of bourbon whiskey and this is as good as any. Of
course the whiskey was produced in Bourbon County, Kentucky, named for the
French house of Bourbon. The France-Kentucky connection goes way back, it’s why
Louisville is Louisville. Let’s have a little love for the Yak and Yeti at
Disney’s Animal Kingdom and their Bourbon Chicken or just go the lounge at the
Dolphin and have a nice sip for yourself.
Remember, your best excuse is always: waiting for your
dreams to come true.
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