Eat PB&J Today

Hey there, i decided im going to write a personal email to you today, disregard all the other names on the "send to" list. today is Children's Book Day, National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day, National Walk To Work (or class) Day, and Reconciliation Day. that should be a bundle o' fun. i dont have any children's books though. last night i started reading a book about children, i suppose that might count. Yah, read Ender's Game, it is one of the coolest books ever written, thats why ive read it roughly seven times now. holy smokes, what a book.

So yesterday i decided to give a reward to whoever guessed the band who wrote this line: "I love the rain, it knows my pain, i'm so insane cuz i love the rain." And the winner is Kelv Cutler, and on his birthday too! so congrats kelv. I hate your guts.

Happy Birthday to:

Charlemagne (742), Francesco M Grimaldi (1618), Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Irene Mayer Selznick (1910), Alec Guinness (1914), Jack Webb (1920), Michael Rizzello (1926), Leon Russell (1941, carny!), Dana Carvey (1955), Jenny Craig (1971), and probably some other people as well.

Happy Deathday to:

Boudouin I, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem (1118), Ferdinand III, Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor (1657), Hieronymus van Alphen (1803), Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1831), Simon Barere, pianist, died while perfoming at Carnegie Hall (1951), Jean Epstein (1953), Buddy Rich (1987), Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer of Godzilla (1997)

And today in history:

Gerbert of Aurillac elected as 1st French Pope (999), Congress establishes Philadelphia mint (1792), 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 1st Symphony in C (1800), H L Fizeau & J Leon Foucault take 1st photo of Sun (1845, once again, i think i may have dreamed of these people before, i was either asleep or very close to being so when i heard this), Victoria Woodhull is 1st woman to be nominated for US pres (1870), Jeannette Rankin becomes 1st women member of US House of Reps (1917), Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga (1931), Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son (1932), Dmitri Shostakovitch's 8th Symphony, premieres in NY (1944), Military coup in Brazil by Gen Castello Branco, Pres Goulart ousted (1964), Mont Canadiens set NHL record of 34 straight home games without a lose (1977), Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks (1977), battle between Chris tian militia & Syrian army in East Lebanon (1981), 1st test flight of Fokker 70 (1993), Brian writes this email (2004)

And today's Canadian history: (the reason i do this comes from the following quote: Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, while Canadians are malevolently well informed about the United States." -J. Bartlett Brebner. well ok, so it doesnt really fit, but whatever.)

First lottery opens (1967), Kurt Winter was born (1946, name that band, and you might win a prize!!), Stable fire kills 69 horses, worst racetrack fire in Canadian history (1992), Wayne Gretzky the first teenaged NHLer to score 50 goals in a season (1980), Wandering Spirit massacres 9 white settlers and Metis at Frog Lake; takes one man and two women prisoner (1885), Torontonians hold public street ox roast (weirdos) to celebrate Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert (1840)

And im going to throw in some random quotes today, i think i skipped two days worth of quotes, so be prepared for a lot of good stuff.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) oh ye of little faith...
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep.
Joan Klempner
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.
Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964)
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982)
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.
Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.
Brendan Behan (1923 - 1964)
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.
Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd.
Allan Goldfein
No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.
Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000)
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
So it finally rained, for which i am very glad. the static flying around through the air was killing me. it made me all jittery, or that might actually have been my consumption of Red Creme Soda Floats (the best thing the canc has to offer). but the static was really starting to get on my nerves. my hair looked horrible all day, and there was nothing i could do about it. actually i could have, but i chose not to so that i could complain about static. but today my hair looks better than it has in a long time. i feel sexier today than i have in at least a week and a half. i am looking particularly good today, feel free to check me out. So thats about all i have for today. i hope you all have a wonderful day, and make sure to do something fun, thats why we're here, right?