This morning while completely nude and still only half awake I walked out onto my front porch and down front stairs to fill the birds water bowl. Im so glad I live at a nudist resort.
I wake up in the morning and use the bathroom, not the bird's water bowl.
On this date in history: July 30
In 1619, in Jamestown, Va., the first elected legislative assembly in the New World -- the House of Burgesses -- convened in the choir loft of the town's church.
In 1729, Baltimore, Md., was founded.
In 1930, Uruguay won the World Cup soccer tournament.
In 1932, Walt Disney released his first color cartoon, "Flowers and Trees," made in three-color Technicolor.
In 1936, author Margaret Mitchell sold the film rights for "Gone With the Wind" to MGM for $50,000, most ever for a first novel.
In 1974, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 21-17, approved a third article of impeachment against U.S. President Richard Nixon, charging him with ignoring congressional subpoenas. Nixon resigned before the issue went to trial.
In 1975, former Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa was last seen outside a suburban Detroit restaurant. He was declared dead in 1982.
In 1976, Kate Smith made her last public appearance on this date, singing her signature number "God Bless America" on a TV program honoring the U.S. Bicentennial.
In 1991, a special U.N. commission to Iraq announced it had found 46,000 chemical shells and warheads and 3,000 tons of raw materials for weapons.
In 1994, the United States, Germany, Britain, France and Russia decided to tighten sanctions on the Serb-dominated government in what remained of Yugoslavia.
In 1997, suicide bombers detonated two bombs in an outdoor market in West Jerusalem, killing 13 people.
In 1999, a Maryland grand jury indicted Linda Tripp for illegally taping her phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky.
In 2002, Pope John Paul II was present for the canonization of Pedro de San Jose Betanur of Guatemala, Central America's first saint, and Juan Diego of Mexico City, first American Indian saint.
In 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush indicated he would favor a law or constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriages. The Vatican also condemned gay unions.
In 2004, the U.N. Security Council adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution demanding Sudan disarm within 30 days and prosecute those responsible for thousands of deaths in Darfur.
In 2005, British police said they arrested six men and one woman in the failed July 21 London subway bombings. That brought to 13 the number of suspects in custody in the apparent, unsuccessful attempt to match the July 7 attack that killed 56.
In 2006, an Israeli air raid leveled a building housing civilians in the Lebanese village of Qana, reportedly killing at least 65 people, mostly women and children. Israeli officials said the wrong building was hit.
In 2008, embroiled in a corruption investigation into alleged events before he became Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert announced he was resigning his post as soon as his party chose a new leader.
In 2009, Britain, Australia and Romania pulled their remaining forces from Iraq, leaving the United States and its almost 130,000 troops as the sole remnant of the 2003 multinational invading coalition.
In 2010, more than 1,500 people were reported dead after Pakistan was wracked by record rainfall and massive flooding. Officials said 4 million had been displaced.
Also in 2010, robust blue-chip company profits helped boost the U.S. stock market at month's end. The Dow Jones industrial average completed July trading up 7.1 percent while Nasdaq Composite and the Standard & Poor's 500 each gained 6.9 percent.
A thought for the day: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant said, "Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor."
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