On this day...

... in 1775, the Marine Corps was established.
... in 1801, Tennessee was the first state to outlaw dueling.
... in 1483, Martin Luther (not King) was born.
... in 1925, Richard Burton was born.

Last night, Mike and I went to see The Prestige.  My mind is sill doing the figurative *blink, blink* thing.  I cannot say one single word about  ( Read more... )

(I apologize to any overlapping MySpace readers...if there are any.)

I just got done reading Britta Coleman's debut novel, Potter Springs.  I picked it up at the Borders because it was on the 3-for-2 table, and because I'm a sucker for debut novels.  I feel like if they put out the effort (and believe me, I know it's an effort) to write an entire ( Read more... )

On this day...

... in 1900, the first automobile show was in Madison Square Garden in New York.
... in 1957, the first living being, a puppy name Laika, was launched into space (poor pupster) about Sputnik 2.
... in 1793, Stephen Austin was born.
... in 1933, Michael Dukakis was born (I had no idea he is the same age as my grandmother).

And in 2006, I' ( Read more... )

Here was her idea (and I did this, too):  "So, I came up with the best LJ roleplaying activity ever. Here's how it works: go to Google image search, type in your character's name, and then post the most ridiculous images you come up with."

Mine, for people who never RPed, was just to type in your own name and see what images come up.

Here were my ( Read more... )

On this day...

... in 1659, two Quakers who escaped England to avoid religious persecution, were hanged in the colonies for their religious beliefs.
... in 1904, the New York subway system opened.
... in 1994, the prison system reached it's 1 millionth prisoner mark (I wonder if they ate McDonalds to celebrate...1 billion served, 1 billion serving...)
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On this day...

... in 1825, the Erie Canal opened.  Go UP.
... in 1947, Hillary Clinton was born.

Seriously, that's all Encarta could come up with.  Today was not an exciting day in history.

There's this commercial on TV right now for Playskool (PS...way to teach kids how to spell, morons) or something, some karaoke machine, and there's a cute little ( Read more... )

On this day...

... in 1810, King George III celebrated his 50th anniversary as king.
... in 1960, the world's first electronic wristwatch (the Accutron) went on sale.
... in 1971, China joined the UN and replaced Taiwan.
... in 1881, Picasso was born.
... in 1912, Minnie Pearl was born.

And in 2006, I returned to my LJ with an uninspired "I'm home"  post ( Read more... )

On this day...

... in 1701, Yale was chartered.
... in 1930, Laura Ingalls (not as in Wilder) became the first woman to complete a solo transcontinental airplane flight.
... in 1940, John Lennon was born.

On this day in my life, I took a brief breath.  All this past week, I've been trying to do double duty with my transcripts to make up for the two ( Read more... )

Sometimes I get tired of having to think of names for my journal entries.  Thus...

Anyway, on this day...

... in 1922, Rebecca Felton became the first female senator in US history.
... in 1952, Britain tested it's first atomic bomb (successful one, whatever that means) off the coast of Australia.
... in 1990, East and West Germany formally reunited ( ( Read more... )

After going through 600+ songs to help us "shape" our wedding music, that's the one stuck in my head.  Right this moment, anyway.  Mostly because I've been reading Bethany's blogs and she's inspired me (thus the song) to make my own list.  I've always wanted to make a "life list" of things I really want to do before I keel.  The problem is, they ( Read more... )