Ringo Starr Wild Card — 7.7.09

Today is the 188th day of 2009. There are 177 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court . Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is 69. Thought for Today: “Only a mediocre person is always at his best.” — W. Somerset Maugham , English author and dramatist (1874-1965). Today is National Strawberry Sundae Day. In the news this evening: The American Bar Association gave Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor its highest rating here . And the Ringo Starr Wild Card is in play …