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Mandela Day is being celebrated by encouraging people to take 67 minutes of their day to do something for the good of humanity and the planet, in recognition of the 67 years Mandela devoted to making the world a better place. The efforts, on Saturday, 18 July, are spearheaded by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and the 46664 Campaign. This year, the day will be widely celebrated across the world "It is our hope that people will dedicate their time and effort to improve the conditions within their own communities. We thank you for participating in Mandela Day." The national celebrations in South Africa for Mandela Day will begin at 9am at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Joburg. The City has also planned other celebrations.

They were singing and dancing not only in Los Angeles yesterday, because the world is bigger than just Los Angeles.

They were singing and dancing in New York. They were singing and dancing in Detroit. They were dancing and singing in London. They were dancing and singing in Tokyo. They were singing and dancing most likely in Gary, indiana.

People were dancing and singing everywhere.

They were quiet, melancholy, in shock the whole day. But singing and dancing is what they began to do when someone started playing the music of the person that they soon began to sing and dance about.

Because they saw him sing and dance, and were inspired by it.

Yes, some in the back of their minds thought about the embarrassing moments in his life, the humiliating ones. Ones that he may have regretted, ones that have lead friends to leave him or betray him, even though they were never friends to begin with in the first.

And there are many in the back of their minds saying the same, and justified at times, "Why the hell is a celebrity getting more attention then what's wrong in Iran or Afghanistan or Iraq or Darfur or with health care, what is wrong with our American society!"

Even so, there were many (and still are many) who just keep on dancing and singing to not only alleviate a tragic time for them, but posthumously celebrate like they were at a concert watching him.

A dismembered soul can't do things like this. A dismembered soul wouldn't be able to have people randomly sing and dance on their streets.

He was much more than just a dismembered soul. The human spirit is an amazing thing.

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Doesn't everyone miss Jeff Gannon, the gay stud patsy masquerading as a reporter that GW Bush and Rove planted in press conferences with a White House pass, to ask questions about why Democrats were unpatriotic?