tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post2638651550758614799..comments2023-11-03T02:51:37.788-05:00Comments on 24/7: Did I Ever Mention How Much I Love Wikipedia?Binkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17161541480469324280noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-83104414762002390322007-03-30T08:31:00.000-05:002007-03-30T08:31:00.000-05:00HEY! Its PGH. Add me to the wonderful people who s...HEY! Its PGH. Add me to the wonderful people who share your birthday - July 30. Best day of the year! :)Joy Through Cookinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06387554255720054586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-6082066542367707162007-03-23T17:22:00.000-05:002007-03-23T17:22:00.000-05:00Imagine my surprise to find that November 2, my bi...Imagine my surprise to find that November 2, my birthday, was the birthday of two (very, very dead and rather inconsequential, but still) Presidents, Harding and Polk. What are the odds?<BR/><BR/>I'd better start doing something, er, more presidential, with my life.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-41724531073508379632007-03-23T12:35:00.000-05:002007-03-23T12:35:00.000-05:001. Birthday - Dec 132. List 3 Events1636 - The Mas...1. Birthday - Dec 13<BR/><BR/>2. List 3 Events<BR/><BR/>1636 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.<BR/><BR/>1769 - Dartmouth College founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth<BR/><BR/>1941 - World War II: Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.<BR/><BR/>3. List 2 important Birth days.<BR/><BR/>1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)<BR/><BR/>1925 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian<BR/><BR/>4. List 1 Death.<BR/><BR/>1961 - Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)<BR/><BR/>5. List a Holiday or Observance.<BR/><BR/>In the Julian calendar before the Gregorian reform, this was the shortest day and longest night, and widely celebrated as such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-50796703009319478422007-03-22T22:45:00.000-05:002007-03-22T22:45:00.000-05:00this is interesting. shakespeare and me are kindr...this is interesting. shakespeare and me are kindred.<BR/><BR/>makes sense (ok, not so much)Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-55134018979013852592007-03-22T21:48:00.000-05:002007-03-22T21:48:00.000-05:00Wasn't this fun? I'm glad you decided to play. O...Wasn't this fun? I'm glad you decided to play. Of course, I'd never heard of the House of Burgesses (at least not that I remember). Elvis is cool as is Johnny Cash. And I bet from now on, on your birthday, you'll have a little moment when you wonder about Jimmy Hoffa's fate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270726693980247861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-27591784733576682882007-03-22T19:25:00.000-05:002007-03-22T19:25:00.000-05:00This is a fun one! I'm going to play!October 1810...This is a fun one! I'm going to play!<BR/><BR/>October 18<BR/><BR/>1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock.<BR/><BR/>1767 - Mason-Dixon line, survey separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.<BR/><BR/>1968 - A police raid on John Lennon and Yoko Ono's flat finds 168 grams of marijuana. They later plead guilty and are fined £150.<BR/><BR/>2003 - Bolivian Gas War: President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.<BR/><BR/>At the risk of sounding like a teenage boy, I could not stop giggling when I read "Bolivian gas war!" And it must have been pretty bad gas if the president was forced to leave! LOL!<BR/><BR/>And I share a birthday with Isabella Briggs Myers. I'm assuming she's the Briggs of the Myers-Briggs test.<BR/><BR/>Oh & Lee Harvey Oswald.<BR/><BR/>It's also Chili pepper day in France. That must be an interesting holiday.Lawyer Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06819273107327846943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-75846825530733730812007-03-22T18:36:00.000-05:002007-03-22T18:36:00.000-05:00Vanuatu - Its is an island in the pacific. They d...Vanuatu - Its is an island in the pacific. They did a season of Survivor there.<BR/><BR/>Hum, maybe I'll try this one.Whirlwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16865143484526708978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-76971752955678449362007-03-22T17:10:00.000-05:002007-03-22T17:10:00.000-05:00Alexander The Great shares a birthday with me.That...Alexander The Great shares a birthday with me.<BR/><BR/>That must be why I am so humble.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342425698876916791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31704895.post-84308345794132598782007-03-22T17:01:00.000-05:002007-03-22T17:01:00.000-05:00I'll play. Sept 271787-The US constitution is deli...I'll play. Sept 27<BR/><BR/>1787-The US constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.<BR/>1821- Mexico gains independence from Spain. Freedom!!<BR/>1937- The last Balinese Tiger died. (So sad...)<BR/><BR/>1805-George Muller a Prussian orphanage builder was born. (A man after my own heart...)<BR/>1947- American singer, MeatLoaf was born. (I feel I should apologize for this...hmmm)<BR/><BR/>1921-Engelbert Humperdinck (teehee) the German composer died. (Perhaps I should consider his name for my adoption...)<BR/><BR/>And finally, Sept. 27 is WORLD TOURISM DAY. (And I do love to travel.)Redneck Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947243296264284961noreply@blogger.com