Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Good Morning! Tuesday March 23, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. Although the forecast is for mostly cloudy, it's starting out bright and mostly clear. It'll go to the lower to mid 60s, which is just right for late March. We may get showers later; yesterday started out rainy but cleared by evening.
My class last night was interesting to say the least! LOL! I am most definately not an "aggressive" type person; but in class I had to simulate a negotiation - with the only other person in class, a very "forceful" personality! There were no winners .. but no losers either.
I got home in time to see the last half of Dancing. I was disappointed in Evan (but hope he'll improve); and still have NO use for Kate! LOL! Tonight will be much better, the top 11 sing on AI. Can't wait to see how my favorites do. :)

Today is "American Diabetes Association Alert Day" ... "Liberty Day" ... "Near Miss Day" ... "UN World Meteorological Day" ... "Republic Day (Pakistan)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."
-- Ronald Reagan

"True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway."
-- Edna Buchanan

Today in history:
In 1775, in a speech supporting the arming of the Virginia militia, Patrick Henry declared, "Give me liberty or give me death."

In 1965, Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young are launched in Gemini 3, the first U.S. two-man crew in space.

In 1998, "Titanic" won 11 Academy Awards, tying the record total won by "Ben-Hur" in 1959.

In 2001, the Russian space station Mir was brought down in the Pacific Ocean near Fiji after more than 15 years in orbit.

Today's birthdays include:
- Pirate Capt. William Kidd in 1645
- Culinary expert Fannie Farmer in 1857
- Czech writer Josef Capek in 1887
- Psychoanalyst Erich Fromm in 1900
- Actress Joan Crawford in 1905
- Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in 1910
- Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun in 1912
- Roger Bannister, the first person to run the mile in less than 4 minutes, in 1929
- Land speed racing pioneer Craig Breedlove in 1937
- Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson Jr., in 1938
- Musician Ric Ocasek in 1949
- Television analyst and former NFL player Ron Jaworski in 1951
- Author Kim Stanley Robinson in 1952
- Musician Chaka Khan in 1953
- Actress Amanda Plummer in 1957
- Actress Keri Russell in 1976
- Gossip blogger Perez Hilton in 1978

Everyone have a Great Tuesday!

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