The Wrath of Dawn
Spring Cleaning Meme O' Random
What to do on this lovely, sunny... at least here... Good Friday? Why surf, of course! Here's a meme I found over at Momentary Lapses of Insanity, home of that lovely purveyor of pointy sticks and all things Viking, Misty.
What you do is go to Wikipedia, and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three interesting facts, two births and one death in your blog, including the year. And on we go...
Facts
- 1823 - The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas (AKA The Night Before Christmas) is published in the Sentinel.
- 1888 - Vincent Van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel.
- 1947 - The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
Births
- 1805 - Joseph Smith, Jr., American founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1844)
- 1956 - Dave Murray, English musician (Iron Maiden)
Death
- 1771 - Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (b. 1701)
There! Now off you go to do your research. What happened on your birthday?
What I really have to do is go tidy the yard. The snow has finally melted and left behind its usual spring offering of flotsam and jetsam - one glove, lots of sand (spread on the roads to combat the ice, then shoved up onto your property by the snow plow), litter and the ubiquitous dog poo.
Posted by WrathofDawn at 10:15 a.m.
10 Comments:
Dawn, you're such a romantic.
Wot, no snow!
Ya got that straight. Nothin' more romantic than dog poo. Fuh shizzle.
No. Snow.
And now? No dirt, leaves, twigs, assorted bits of garbage or... dog poo. 3 hours of pushin' broom and my driveway, steps, deck and the sidewalk in front of my house are clean again.
I have a date with an ice pack and ibuprophen, but the place is clean.
Ouch.
Thanks Dawn! Now I know that the day of my birthday is the National Potato Day in Peru! Cool!
"Vincent Van Gogh cuts off the lower part of his left ear, takes it to a brothel, and gives it to a prostitute named Rachel."
Makes me feel quite sane :)
MP - Woo hoo! Now you can incorporate potato worship into your birthday celebrations...
Misty - Oh yes, me, too! Everyone knows you should always cut off your right ear, not your left. What was Vincent thinking?
Fed Exing it to you now...
Facts:
1356 - In the Battle of Poitiers, the English defeat the French.
1959 - Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland.
1982 - Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board.
Births:
Hermione Granger (fictional)
1909 - Ferry Porsche, Austrian automobile pioneer
1974 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
Nobody very interesting died though.
Skeeter Davis isn't interesting?
You left out the most important fact. It's Talk Like a Pirate Day. Aaar! Me maties!
Who the hell is Skeeter Davis?
A 'Merican country singer. Mostly known, I guess for:
"The End of the World":
"Why does my heart keep on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know?
It's the end of the world.
It ended when you said goodbye."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeeter_Davis
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