Happy Birthday, Sir Paul!

Born: June 18, 1942

Also, on this date in 1990, the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Best of Both Worlds" aired!

Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl but she changes from day to day...

Happy Birthday!

April 26, 1921

Princess Elizabeth and President Harry S. Truman in the Canadian Embassy in Washington on Nov. 1, 1951

Queen Elizabeth and President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House State banquet he held in her honor on Oct. 20, 1957.

 

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip host Queen’s Dinner for President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at Buckingham Palace on June 5, 1961.

Queen Elizabeth is pictured with U.S. President Richard Nixon at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, in 1970

President Gerald Ford and Queen Elizabeth dance during the state dinner in honour of the Queen and Prince Philip at the White House on July 17, 1976, in Washington.

Queen Elizabeth and President Jimmy Carter

Queen Elizabeth of England making a toast at a state dinner given in her honor by President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan in San Francisco, March 1983.

President George H.W. Bush escorts Queen Elizabeth II from the White House to a helicopter en route to Baltimore to watch her first Major League Baseball game on May 15, 1991, in Washington.

Queen Elizabeth sits alongside President Bill Clinton at the Guildhall in June 1994 prior to attending a banquet for the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.

Queen Elizabeth and President George W. Bush walk through St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle in England, June 15, 2008.

President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II give a toast during State Banquet in Buckingham Palace on May 24, 2011 in London, England.

Happy Birthday, Leonard Nimoy!

Leonard Simon Nimoy
March 26, 1931
Boston, Massachusetts

Happy Birthday, Norman Rockwell!

Norman Rockwell was born on this day in 1894.  I have always been a fan of his work.  They evoke something in me that is difficult to describe.  The town I grew up in is home to The Norman Rockwell Museum.

Here is a look at some of the photographs Rockwell used to create some of his most famous works.

   

  

   

Birthday Milestones

I think the only reason I understood the references on this past week's SNL was because it could've aired when I was a teen in the 80s!  Martin Short and Paul McCartney....

I've also joked with my students recently about another joke I saw online....that if any of them live to be 100 and get interviewed by their local paper, they MUST make up some INSANE thing they attribute their longevity to...."I woke up every day at 4:30 and mewed like a cat for 20 minutes!" or "Once I turned 50, I ate 3 pinecones a day!".  It was a fun conversation!

My Birthday Haul!

I think I may have neglected to mention my birthday was this past weekend...and this was what I got!

Three new Marvel Eaglemoss mini-statues:

Black Widow 

Invisible Woman

Medusa

Plus 100 comic bags and boards!  SCORE!

Spoiler: It’s Jerry Orbach.

Happy Birthday, Jerry!  Your portrayal of Lenny Briscoe remains a favorite of mine!

from Our Cereal, It Is Warm

Smuggler's Notch

We started our morning with a ride down the Alpine Slide in Stowe. We arrived wicked early so we found a table in the shade and played some UNO.

After about an hour,  I went in to buy the tickets and found the line.  I was promptly cut by a family just not paying attention.  At this point, I had been up for 5 hours and just let it go.

However, I was then cut again.  So I moved a little more to make sure it was obvious that I was in line.

Then, two punks blatantly tried to cut me.  I sort of raised my hands in an incredulous "What's up" manner and was about to ask the boys if I could help them.  At this point, their mother raised her voice to me and bellowed "They're with me. Don't get so angry!"  I responded, that I was not angry, I was just trying to figure out what was going on.  The woman then shrieked... literally shrieked, "Well our friends were... NEVER MIND we'll just go wait outside."

Most folks in the place sort of stared at her with their mouths open.  There wasn't a huge line.  It was a BEAUTIFUL summer day.  The ride hadn't even OPENED yet.

When I went out, Nan confirmed that the lady was ranting and raving outside.  It bugged me, but we let it go.

Nan and I went down the slide first and waited at the bottom for the kids....and waited...and waited...and waited.

Eventually, they came down with a kid RIGHT behind each of them....looking ANGRY.  Nan pointed out they were the punks that had tried to cut me earlier!  KARMA!


We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon exploring the notch and climbing the rocks.

The pink dot is Haley!!  We had gotten separated so I went down and she went up until we could see each other!

The view out over the valley...

This was the highest point we reached.  Not the best picture but that is ABOUT a 50 foot drop!

So close to the top....

This Day In History Thursday: July 19

Happy 36th Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch!

Music Monday: 6/18/12

Yesterday, my daughter and I were talking about blogs and wondering if either of us could blog with any regularity over the summer.  The added wrinkle would be to have "theme" days.

Today will be the first Music Monday.  Nothing major, just happy birthday to Paul McCartney!  Without a doubt, McCartney has produced more music that has brought me more pleasure than anyone else.  While I sort of miss the days where I had to hunt down bootlegs to find "new" nuggets, I really enjoy having all of his stuff at my fingertips!

Since quite a few blogs I follow either have theme days, theme posts or are just neat glimpses into their lives...I thought I would spotlight them here as my inspiration! Click their banners to visit!

Kate's Ink: Dust and Probability

The Armchair Squid

Bob Mitchell in the 21st Century

smacky and bucky

You say it's your birthday.....

I can't even begin to imagine what he might have done over the last 30 years....

...and SMACKY just became THAT much more awesome, now that I realize he shares Lennon's birthday...

Happy Birthday to both...

Peace and Love!

Happy Birthday Ringo!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Morgan Freeman!*

*This post created on 10-22-09 when I found the above photo. I hope he hasn't died in the interim.

My Birthday Haul

Nan and the kids got me these two AWESOME t-shirts from Target for my birthday last week.

And a new toothbrush!

Happy Birthday!

Tampa Bay Devil Ray (and Red Sox nemesis) Evan Longoria turns 24 today. He has run up an impressive resume for such a young player. However, I will always remember when he turned up in our Fantasy Baseball league in 2008 that Lee called him EVA Longoria. To me, he will always be Eva.