Showing posts with label wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wikipedia. Show all posts

Fighting the Evil Minions of the Vast Machine

I just learned that my birthday is exactly in the middle of the year. Its the 182 day of the year, 183 on leap year. That means there are 182 days left till the end of the year fascinating! Oh and it always falls on the same day as New Years day except for leap year. Another fascinating tidbit.

Also I learned that Kerwin Mathews died on July 5th. Kerwin was best known for his roll as Sinbad in The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, the one where he engages in a sword fight with an animated Skeleton. Anyway, I met Kerwin a few years back he and his partner Tom used to bring their cats into the clinic I worked in. He was seriously the sweetest man always smiling and friendly to everyone, he also sent us yummy candy during the holidays!

Actually several famous people used to go to that animal clinic. I met Armistead Maupin, Tracy Chapman, Ashley Judds personal assistant, James Hormel the heir of the famous Hormel estate, as in Hormel Chili. Thats all I can think of at the moment...

Anyway, I also learned that the very day I was born Betty Grable died.

Can you tell I've been spending time on Wikipedia again? Its terribly addictive. Oh yeah and so far today there has been one death of note, an opera singer who actually shot himself in the head a while back but his girlfriend found him and he was rushed to the hospital where he was put on life support. They unplugged the life support two days ago, he died early this morning.

July two

Since yesterday was my birthday I have decided to start a Wiki Birthday Meme because it sounds pretty interesting. Heres how it works, go to Wikipedia type in your birthday (only month and day). Then you list 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday, and then you tag 5 friends.


July 2


Events:

1776 - John Hancock signs Declaration of Independence

1947 - An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.

1998 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was released to the public as the second installment to the Harry Potter book series.

Births:

1964 - José Canseco, Cuban baseball player
1986 - Lindsay Lohan, American actress


Holiday:


Canada Day. Under the Holidays Act, Canada Day is always observed on July 1 unless that date falls on a Sunday, in which case it is observed on July 2


I tag:

http://southernsnowball.blogspot.com/

http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/

http://www.turtleparade.blogspot.com/

http://www.momoneymandy.blogspot.com/

http://rainbowcircuit.blogspot.com/

World No Tobacco Day


Acording to Wikipedia. today May 31st is World No tobacco Day its officially my favorite day after my birthday.

So all you smokers and self-proclaimed non-smokers(who still smoke) try not to smoke today.