January 2008
161 posts
“Hi Bob!”
– Suzanne Pleshette, actor (and not Bob Newhart’s wife), was born on this day in 1937 (and died earlier this month).
“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles...”
– Molly Ivins, populist author and satirist, died on this day in 2007.
Happy Holidays:
It’s Inspire Your Heart with the Arts Day. Draw a picture. Go to a museum. Sing in the shower. Inspire your heart!
“I like the Spice Girls much more than I ever liked Soundgarden.”
– Mark Eitzel, a punk rock icon, was born this day in 1959.
“The real reason for comedy is to hide the pain.”
– Wendy Wasserstein, playwrite and comedian, eascaped her pain on this day in 2006.
Happy Holidays:
It’s ‘National’ Inane Message Day, a day to clean up that stupid message that’s been on your machine for years. Do it today, huh? Your friends think you’re an idiot. Really.
“The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.”
– William McKinley, 25th President of the United States and, for a time, the least ignorant man on earth, was born on this day in 1846.
“Sex is currency. What’s the use of being beautiful if you can’t...”
– Lili St. Cyr, stiptease artist and currency broker, died on this day in 1999. Oddly, she had an affair with Victor Mature, who was born on this day in 1916, and who also died in 1999.
Happy Holidays:
It’s Free Thinker’s Day. So, I’ve given you an ecard that someone else designed - all you have to do is address it and sign it.
“I’m an old rock and roll buff. I love Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty.”
– Nick Carter, Backstreet Boy who proves (once again) that time is relative, was born on this day in
“Anybody depending on somebody else’s gods is depending on a fox not to eat...”
– Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist and author, for whom acclaim followed death, died on this day in 1960.
Happy Holidays:
It’s Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day! I know - it has a corporate sponsor - but everyone loves bubblewrap!
“When you handle yourself, use your head; when you handle others, use your heart.”
– Donna Reed, actor who knew how to handle herself, was born on this day in 1921.
“You may have the universe if I may have Italy”
– Giuseppe Verdi, composer (and decidedly not a francophile), died on this day in 1901.
Happy Holidays:
It’s Thomas Crapper Day. I’m going to see if Crapper is a name that has more reality behind it than does Otto Titzling.
“You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share...”
– Anita Baker, singer who found her fame, was born this day in 1958.
“Art expresses man”
– Shinichi Suzuki, violinist and pedagogue, who had a system for expressing art, died this day in 1998.
Happy Holidays:
It’s National Peanut Brittle Day. Now that’s a candy you can enjoy with your mouth (stuck) closed.
“For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.”
– Viginia Woolf, author and non-anoymous woman, was born on this day in 1882.
“Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.”
– Ouida, English novelist who beat Cher, Madonna and Prince to the punch on that one-name thing, died on this day in 1905.
Happy Holidays:
It’s the last day of No Name Calling Week. You can do it for one day, can’t you?
“I guess I kind of lived in a fairytale world… looking at everything...”
– Sharon Tate, actor made infamous by Charles Manson, was born on this day in 1943.
“A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the...”
– Winston Churchill, Britains 41st (and 43rd) Prime Minister, didn’t suffer fools quietly, and died on this day in 1965.
Happy Holidays:
It’s Global Belly Laugh Day.
On a completely different note, it’s also Women in Blue Jeans Day. Just because we like ‘em. Of course, we never knew they had their own conference!
“Television: A medium. So called because it’s neither rare nor well done.”
– Ernie Kovacs, comic genius and television pioneer, was born on this day in 1919.
“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And...”
– Salvador Dali, surrealist who didn’t settle for less, died on this day in 1989.
Happy Holidays:
It’s National Handwriting Day. It’s sponsored by people who make money selling pens, but it’s still a cool idea.
“All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents...”
– Graham Kerr, cook and Galloping Gourmet, whose recitation of the kitchen experience omits both heavy drinking and use of cocaine, was born on this day in 1934.
“Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.”
– Queen Victoria (who was also the first Empress of India), bore nine children while on the throne, and died on this day in 1901.
Happy Holidays:
It’s the first of several International Days of Peace this year. Celebrate peace often!