TUESDAY 3rd AUGUST 2010 10:30(BST)

THIS DAY IN WW2 (3.8.40)
In East Africa... The Italians invade British Somaliland. In Abyssinia the Italians have a total force of 350,000 men of whom 70 percent are native troops. The British forces in East Africa, also including many colonial troops, are less than 25,000 men of whom only four battalions are in Somaliland. The Italians allot seven times this force to the invasion along with an overwhelmingly superior artillery contingent. General Nasi is in command. There are three main lines of advance: toward Zeila in the north, Hargeisa in the center and Odweina on the right.

In the English Channel... There are German attacks on shipping.

TODAY IN MY LIFE
Fully re-charged after a long lie-in! Blogging, dentist, lunch and evening with daughter.

TODAY'S THOUGHT
If you know you're doing a winning method, you can relax and get on with it, knowing the outcome is inevitable!

TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I always know what's best for this moment.

TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is this what you really want?

TODAY'S ONELINER
A quartet is what you get after a North Korean orchestra has finished touring South Korea : D

GARY'S 100 CLASSIC ALBUMS YOU MUST OWN No.98
VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE - Let it Bee
Irresistable witty American pop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq4W0BTFK58

TRIVIA
In September, 1978, Janet Parker, an English medical photographer, was exposed to smallpox as the result of a laboratory accident. She subsequently died. On May 8, 1980, the World health Organization declared smallpox eradicated. Some samples remain in laboratories in Atlanta and Moscow. When scientists destroy the samples the smallpox virus will become the first life form intentionally eliminated from the earth.

TODAY'S AFFIRMATION
I have everything necessary for this day!