300

Can I just take a minute to say how excited I am to have made it to day 300?  The good news - I've made it without skipping a day.  The bad news - there are only 59 days until Christmas and I haven't even started shopping!  It was fitting that on day 300, the annual arrival of the blacks occured and the sound was defening.  I'm not sure that I was able to count them all, but there were definitely at least 300 of them.  However since I didn't know they'd grace me with their presense today, I had wanted to share what I learned today.

Significant 300's

July 2011 - Midland, Texas hits the 300th consecutive day without rain.
April 1930 - St Louis Cardinals are the first team to start the season with all 8 starters batting .300 or better.
March 2007 - The movie 300 is released in theaters.  It grossed $70,000,000 its opening weekend, breaking the record for biggest opening weekend in the month of March.
October 2006 - US Census releases report estimating the US population has reached 300 million.
November 1998 - Eddystone Lighthouse, Britain's first automated lighthouse, celebrates its 300th birthday.
June 1844 - John W. Jones and four companions began their 300 mile journey from Virgina to New York to escape slavery and live free.
October 1955 - The Chrysler C300 makes it's debut.
September 2010 - McDonald's celebrates the opening of the 300th Ronald McDonald House.
September 1935 - Malcolm Campbell is the first driver to reach a speed exceeding 300 mph.