Friday, April 07, 2006

While I'm Waiting for My Laundry, A Couple of Memes

TheeSummer DayScore
NameBetty (72)Sunday 2nd April (97)0 : 1
LovelinessLovelyLovelier0 : 2
Temperature98.6° F60° F1 : 2
Lease34.76 years0.59 years2 : 2
Complexion 3 : 2
Betty is more lovely, and probably more temperate, than a summers day
Compare Me To A Summers Day


And, speaking of summer's days:

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (e.g. 12th May). Post three events, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

Three Events:

1772 - HMS Resolution, under the command of Captain James Cook, set sail from Plymouth, England.

1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.

1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.

Two Births:

1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor

1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor

And One Death:

1974 - Patrick Blackett, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

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