Spicing Things up

Ok, so we got a new look...a new Forum...and everything is groovy...except for this dull Daily! I decided that I am going to spice this Daily up a little bit and add some fun facts, historic events, and other interesting news that happened in our lovely disco era. Feel free to comment on the blogs, throw in your two cents or share another fact you might have come across.

Along with the Disco Dollars news, we can definitely make this a more exciting blog with maybe learning a few things we maybe did not know about the Disco era, right?

So, to ease into this...here is a "This Day in History" tidbit that spans from the 60's to early 80's.

1965 - Willie Mays, at the age of 34, became the oldest man to hit 50 home runs in a single season. He had also set the record for the youngest to hit 50 ten years earlier.


1973 - The three crewmen of Skylab II landed in the Pacific Ocean after being on the U.S. space laboratory for 59 days.

1978 - 144 people were killed when a private plane and a Pacific Southwest Airlines Boeing 727 collided over San Diego, CA.

1978 - Melissa Ludtke, a writer for "Sports Illustrated", filed a suit in U.S. District Court. The result was that Major League Baseball could not bar female writers from the locker room after the game.

1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when she was sworn in as the 102nd justice. The had been nominated the previous July by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

**Source: On-This-Day.com

New Look

We just got ourselves a new look! What do you all think of it? We received many positive comments regarding the Forum and so we thought it would be groovy to do the same design for the Main site as well. Our re-design was done by bannersbyjodey. Jodey does wonderful work and we are happy she accepted our request to redesign Disco Dollars for us.

There are still a few tweaks we are working out, so we would appreciate your patience as we get everything as it should be!

We hope you like it!

Disco Ball Prizes

I have sent out most of the disco ball prizes, however, I am waiting on a couple of the merchandise items to get to me. I had to order more because they went so fast! I surely wasn't expecting that to happen!!! But, as Martha Stewart would say, "it's a good thing" and I really hope you enjoy them.

Just wanted to update you all on the status of the prizes. They are on their way! Remember to post proof of receipt on the Forum when you get them!