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April 28, 2008 by kevinstilley

April 28 – My Birthday

Yes, today I turned 46 years old. Two score and six years ago …

I share my birthday with some interesting folk such as – –

* 1442 – King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
* 1545 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)
* 1630 – Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)
* 1686 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)
* 1715 – Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
* 1758 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
* 1765 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
* 1819 – Ezra Abbot, American Bible scholar (d. 1884)
* 1838 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
* 1868 – Lucy Booth, the fifth daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1953)
* 1868 – Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (d. 1908)
* 1874 – Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
* 1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (d. 1954)
* 1889 – António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (d. 1970)
* 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
* 1900 – Heinrich Müller, head of the Gestapo (disappeared in 1945)
* 1900 – Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer (d. 1992)
* 1902 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (d. 1979)
* 1906 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (d. 1978)
* 1906 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (d. 1999)
* 1908 – Oskar Schindler, Austrian businessman (d. 1974)
* 1910 – Sam Merwin, Jr., American mystery fiction writer (d. 1996)
* 1911 – Lee Falk, American comic strip writer (d. 1999)
* 1912 – Odette Sansom, French resistance worker (d. 1995)
* 1914 – Philip E. High, Science fiction author (d. 2006)
* 1916 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (d. 1993)
* 1921 – Rowland Evans, American journalist (d. 2001)
* 1922 – William Guarnere, WWII Veteran
* 1922 – Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (d. 1987)
* 1924 – Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor
* 1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia
* 1925 – T. John Lesinski, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
* 1926 – Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
* 1926 – Harper Lee, American author
* 1928 – Yves Klein, French painter (d. 1962)
* 1928 – Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist (d. 1997)
* 1930 – James Baker, American politician
* 1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
* 1934 – Lois Duncan, American novelist
* 1937 – Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq (d. 2006)
* 1938 – Madge Sinclair, Jamaican actress (d. 1995)
* 1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-born actress
* 1941 – K. Barry Sharpless, American chemist, Nobel laureate
* 1941 – Lucien Aimar, French cyclist
* 1941 – Iryna Zhylenko, Ukrainian poet
* 1942 – Mike Brearley, English cricketer
* 1943 – Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
* 1944 – Elizabeth LeCompte, American theater director
* 1944 – Jean-Claude Van Cauwenberghe, Belgian politician
* 1944 – Alice Waters, American chef
* 1946 – Ginette Reno, French Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
* 1948 – Terry Pratchett, English author
* 1948 – Marcia Strassman, American actress
* 1948 – Dorothée Berryman, French Canadian actress and singer
* 1949 – Indian Larry, American stuntsman (d. 2004)
* 1949 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (d. 2006)
* 1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian and television host
* 1950 – Willie Colón , Puerto Rican salsa legend
* 1952 – Mary McDonnell, American actress
* 1953 – Kim Gordon, American musician (Sonic Youth)
* 1953 – Roberto Bolano, Latin American author and poet
* 1955 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
* 1955 – Nicky Gumbel, British author and priest
* 1956 – Jimmy Barnes, Scottish-born singer
* 1957 – Wilma Landkroon, Dutch singer
* 1958 – Hal Sutton, American golfer
* 1960 – John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
* 1960 – Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist
* 1960 – Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
* 1960 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (d. 1993)
* 1960 – Walter Zenga, Italian footballer
* 1961 – Futoshi Matsunaga, Japanese serial killer
* 1963 – Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater
* 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player
* 1964 – Mark Steven Robinson, American director
* 1964 – Noriyuki Iwadare, Japanese composer
* 1965 – Steven Blum, American voice actor
* 1966 – John Daly, American golfer
* 1966 – Too Short, American rapper
* 1967 – Kari Wührer, American actress
* 1968 – Daisy Berkowitz, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
* 1968 – Howard Donald, British musician
* 1968 – Andy Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
* 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player
* 1970 – Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer
* 1971 – Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* 1972 – Joseph Bruce, American musician
* 1973 – Elisabeth Röhm, American actress
* 1973 – Jorge Garcia, American actor
* 1973 – Francisco Palencia, Mexican footballer
* 1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
* 1974 – Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
* 1974 – Vernon Kay, British TV/radio presenter
* 1978 – Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
* 1979 – Bahram Radan, Iranian actor
* 1980 – Josh Howard, American basketball player (Dallas Mavericks)
* 1981 – Jessica Alba, American actress
* 1982 – Nikki Grahame, Big Brother 7 Star
* 1983 – Lauren VanHeiningen, Princess of Orlando
* 1983 – Roger Johnson, English footballer
* 1986 – George Nozuka, Canadian Singer/Songwriter

Happy birthday to me (and all the above people),
Happy birthday to me (and all the above people),
Happy birthday, God bless me, (an all the above people),
Happy birthday to me, (all all the above people).

If Jessica Alba wants to get together and share a birthday cake, she can give me a call.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 1962, April, birthday, Blog, Festivals and Celebrations

March 18, 2008 by kevinstilley

Kiss My Blarney Stone

An estimated 15 to 20 thousand people celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day lined up in Hot Springs Monday night for what organizers call the First Ever 5th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Arkansas, Blog, Festivals and Celebrations, Hot Springs, Ireland, parade, St. Patrick's Day

December 5, 2007 by kevinstilley

How To Survive The Holidays

I like the following list of helps for surviving the Holiday. It was put together by Jerry Lankford at Biblical Wellness Ministries.

• Remember what all the fuss is about. This is the time to give thanks for all that God has done and to celebrate the birth of our Savior. Let’s keep that in focus. It’s not about cooking the perfect dinner, throwing the perfect party or buying the perfect gift.

• Don’t overdo it. Plan your activities and then stick to the plan. Don’t allow yourself to get caught up in all the hustle and bustle unless you enjoy it and it charges your batteries.

• Plan time to rest and reflect. Take some time with a journal to write about your feelings and thoughts. Read a good book. Be alone with God.

• Remember and honor those that you miss. One of the toughest things about these special times is being reminded of who isn’t with us. Loss is always painful, but it can be worse when we try to ignore it and don’t acknowledge it. Instead, take some time to remember those who will be missing. Spend some time looking through the picture album and reminiscing about them. Then remember that they are with you in spirit and that they would want you to be happy and blessed.

• Build your own traditions. The things we learn from our families are wonderful, but remember to build your own traditions. Make them your own and enjoy them. Don’t feel like you have to do it a particular way because grandma did it that way. Remember the story about the lady that always cut the end off her pot roast because her mother did it that way? It turns out that her mother’s pan was too small and she had to cut off the end.

• The greatest gift is time spent with our loved ones. Make sure you get plenty of time with family and worry less about all the extra stuff. After all, it’s just stuff. Love is the real thing.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, christmas, Family Life, Festivals and Celebrations

November 19, 2007 by kevinstilley

A Different Christmas Poem

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn’t quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
“What are you doing?” I asked without fear,
“Come in this moment, it’s freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!”

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire’s light
Then he sighed and he said “Its really all right,
I’m out here by choice. I’m here every night.”
“It’s my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I’m proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ‘ Pearl on a day in December,”
Then he sighed, “That’s a Christmas ‘Gram always remembers.”
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ‘ Nam ‘,
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I’ve not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he’s sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue… an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.”
“So go back inside,” he said, “harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I’ll be all right.”
“But isn’t there something I can do, at the least,
“Give you money,” I asked, “or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you’ve done,
For being away from your wife and your son.”
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
“Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we’re gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.”

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, christmas, Festivals and Celebrations, Military, poetry

November 15, 2007 by kevinstilley

New Balloons To Appear In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Macy’s reveals three new balloons that will appear in this years Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade; “Hello Kitty,” “Shrek,” and “Abby Cadabby.”

 

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Blog, Festivals and Celebrations, Thanksgiving

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