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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Saturday Meme (because I do have a few moments right now)

Amy W tagged me to do a meme and she is in luck, because right at this moment ... I have a few minutes of extra time! On Saturday mornings, I do nothing productive until after I have had my coffee. What better thing to do than check blogs while enjoying the fresh brew. And since, A Family Story is one of the first I read each time, I will get to it right now ... before time slips away.

The deal is: go to Wikipedia and input your birthday (just month and date). Then write down 3 events, 2 births and 1 holiday that you share your birthday with.

My birthdate is February 26th.

Events:

1957: Final radio broadcast of Dragnet. (Don't tell anyone, but that was the exact day I was born!)

1991: Tim Berners-Lee introduces WorldWideWeb, the first web browser. (YEA Tim - do you think he ever realized that his introduction would be so HUGE in the years to come?)

1993: World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center goes off, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand. (If only we had known then ... maybe the future could have been changed)

Births:

1829: Levi Strauss, German-born clothing designer (d. 1902) (I have owned more than a pair or two of Levi straight legs and cords in my lifetime!) Don't blame me - it was a 70's thing!

1953: Michael Bolton, American singer (OK - I'll admit it - that man was an object of my affection for quite a few years - things all changed when he cut his hair!!)

An added extra to prove that I can be a little more current -
1979: Corinne Bailey Rae, English singer (Put Your Records On) I may be a bit older than a lot of you, but I listen to the new stuff too and can sometimes make my sons proud when I recognize what they are jammin along with!

Holiday:

Liberation Day in Kuwait (1991). (Not much there for holidays ... So, my birthday will have to be the main reason to celebrate on this day!)

OK - the coffee cup is empty so that means that my time is up and I need to get busy doing things I should be doing instead of doing things like this! Thanks Amy W, you were a welcomed diversion this morning.

I tag ANYONE who is interested - let me know, so I can come check you out.

6 comments:

Emma in Canada said...

I keep seeing this and I should probably hop on the bandwagon and do it.

And thanks for the link, I'm quite thrilled! Will be updating mine shortly and will be sure to add you.

Amy W said...

Interesting birthdays...

Thanks for playing along!!

CPA Mom said...

I've not been tagged for this one..but I might have to go check it out

Julie said...

Wait, so you liked Michael B with the long hair?! I felt like he needed to use some conditioner.

frannie said...

I did not like Michael Bolton with long hair--- I don't like long hair on hardly any guys.

interesting stuff

BS said...

Julie and Frannie - The hair didn't really have anything to do with my liking him - it was the songs he sang - his singing style changed, coincidentally, about the time he cut his hair.