whose behaviour merited celebration?
As it prepares to roll over into my 30th year, here's a toast to some other notable folks who share my illustrious cabbage patch birthday, the day before Groundhog Day, occasionally Super Bowl Sunday, the first day of the shortest month of the year.
Drink up, be healthy and prosper, all of you who are still alive:
Clark Gable, 1901
Langston Hughes, 1902
Muriel "Miss Jean Brodie" Spark, 1918
Boris Yeltsin, 1931
Jessica "Sensasionalist News Correspondant" Savitch, 1947
Rick "Super Freak" James, 1948
Bill "Danger Will Robinson" Mumy, 1951
Princess "I'm not Grace Kelly" Stephanie of Monaco, 1965
Sherilyn "Audrey Cooper" Fenn, 1965
Meg "Chicklit" Cabot, 1967
Lisa Marie "who did I marry, again?" Presley, 1968
Pauly "I am so embarassed to share a birthday with you" Shore, 1968
Sab "I am Sab" is ME, 1976
(For those playing the home game, there's a Makiko who was born on Feb 1, 1973, and a Sabine who was born on Feb 1, 1977.)
Bonus:
Sleeping Giants, Pigeon John
Drink up, be healthy and prosper, all of you who are still alive:
Clark Gable, 1901
Langston Hughes, 1902
Muriel "Miss Jean Brodie" Spark, 1918
Boris Yeltsin, 1931
Jessica "Sensasionalist News Correspondant" Savitch, 1947
Rick "Super Freak" James, 1948
Bill "Danger Will Robinson" Mumy, 1951
Princess "I'm not Grace Kelly" Stephanie of Monaco, 1965
Sherilyn "Audrey Cooper" Fenn, 1965
Meg "Chicklit" Cabot, 1967
Lisa Marie "who did I marry, again?" Presley, 1968
Pauly "I am so embarassed to share a birthday with you" Shore, 1968
Sab "I am Sab" is ME, 1976
(For those playing the home game, there's a Makiko who was born on Feb 1, 1973, and a Sabine who was born on Feb 1, 1977.)
Bonus:
Sleeping Giants, Pigeon John