happy birthday Harry Houdini

As a kid I was always fascinated by Harry Houdini and the life that he lead. The ways he pushed the limits of the human body.

Born Erik Weisz he was a performer most of his life. He changed his name to Harry Houdini when he became a professional magician. His early carrer was not always successful. Some was spent in Cony Island, where he preformed with his brother. From a small start he spent much of his carrer fascinating crowds around the world with his stunning tricks and life defying feats.

Harry Houdini toured Europe and America durring his career. Many of his tricks were of his own invention. Each one more death defying then the last. His tricks were more then just tricks, each time Houdini preformed he defied death.

But death would still catch up to Houdini. At his funeral on November 4, 1926 over 20,000 mourners attended, just a small fraction of the lives he touched and the influence that he had on the world of magic.

happy birthday Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is known as the father of modern physics, but his impact on the world reached beyond science alone. With his crazy hair he was a lovable man who never stopped learning.

Throughout his life, Albert Einstein was active in the pursuit of freedom and equality. Although he was German born, he was a huge supporter of the Alies durring WWII, and later on he joined W. E. B. Du Bois in the pursuit of Civil Rights.

Einstein was visiting the United States at the time of Hitlers rise to power. In the long run this was not only good for the Alies, but also for Einstein himself, his family were non-observant Jews. Because of what he and other refugee scientists knew of German scientific research they were able to warn President Roosevelt about nuclear weapons. Because of this the Manhattan Project was started.

Eventually Einstein did become a US citizen in 1940 while he was a professor at Prinston. Where he lived and worked until his death at the age of 76. He was still pushing the bounds of science and conducting research up until his death. Nuclear physicist Robert Oppenheimer spoke at Einstein's memorial, describing him in these words, "He was almost wholly without sophistication and wholly without worldliness . . . There was always with him a wonderful purity at once childlike and profoundly stubborn."

He is best known for his formula E=MC2 and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."

Wikipedia Albert Einstein | goodreads Albert Einstein

happy birthday Dr. Seuss

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Born on March 2, 1904, Theodor Seuss Geisel was born, and who could have thought of the impact that he would have on every child in the world.  Theodor Seuss Geisel's mother always wanted him to be a Doctor, but he wanted to be an artist. In college he was banned from all extra curricular activities, including a humor magazine called Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern. In order to continue contributing to the magazine, he began using the pen name of Seuss. After college when he began writing children's books he added the title Dr. and so began the inspiring rhymes and illustrations of Dr. Seuss.

At the time, the "See Dick Run" books were the way to teach kids to read, and lets face it, they are some pretty boring books. Dr. Seuss agreed, so he wrote his own books full of rhyme and fun with colorful and beautiful illustrations. He filled childhood after childhood with fun ways to learn and lessons hidden in The Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, Horton, Sam I am and so many other lovable characters.

Here is a list of Dr. Seuss books 

What ones were your favorites? What ones inspired you? 
Personally, My favorite Dr. Sesss book is One Fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. But then I may just be a partial to the characters. 

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937)
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938)
The Seven Lady Godivas (1939)
The King's Stilts (1939)
Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)
McElligot's Pool (1947)
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948)
Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949)
If I Ran the Zoo (1950)
Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953)
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)

If I Ran the Circus (1956)
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957)
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958)
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1959)
Happy Birthday to You! (1959)
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961)
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962)
Hop on Pop (1963)
Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963)
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965)
Fox in Socks (1965)
The Cat in the Hat Song Book (1967)
The Foot Book (1968)
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (1969)
My Book about ME (1970)
I Can Draw It Myself (1970)
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?: Dr. Seuss's Book of Wonderful Noises! (1970)
The Lorax (1971)
Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972)
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973)
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
There's a Wocket in My Pocket! (1974)
Great Day for Up! (1974)
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975)
The Cat's Quizzer (1976)
I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! (1978)
Oh Say Can You Say? (1979)
Hunches in Bunches (1982)
The Butter Battle Book (1984)
You're Only Old Once! (1986)
The Tough Coughs as He Ploughs the Dough (1987)
I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today! (1987)
Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)

25 on the 25th

Today is the only day ever that this will happen, so I might as well enjoy it. I have turned 25 on the 25th. I don't know why that means something, I don't think it really does, but it seems cool. So I'll go with it.

I've never been much for celebrating my birthday. In high school it was torturous, every morning they would announce the birthdays of the day for the day. Then I would walk around for the rest of the day having people that rarely spoke to me say Happy Birthday as if they were my best friend. Needless to say, I hated it.

College and post college birthdays have been a little better. I've had a few good friends along the way that have made them special. From Ice skating to an adventure in New York City and this year a wonderful girls night.

On the day I was born the Giants won the Super Bowl. My dad, being, well, my dad went out and bought commemorative shirts and sweat shirts from the Super Bowl. Usually I wear my "birthday shirts" on my birthday, I know, it's a little cheesy and silly. But it is what it is. I love this shirt. It's so perfectly worn and soft. Someday I'm so scared it will fall apart. It will be such a sad day, but for now it is my birthday shirt. 

Other things that happened on this day in History.
1533 - Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.
1787 - Small farmers in Springfield, Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays, revolt against tax laws. Federal troops break up the protesters of what becomes known as Shay's Rebellion.
1846 - The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.
1904 - Two-hundred coal miners are trapped in their Pennsylvania mine after an explosion.
1915 - Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission.
1918 - Austria and Germany reject U.S. peace proposals.
1919 - The League of Nations plan is adopted by the Allies.
1929 - Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.
1930 - New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.
1943 - The last German airfield in Stalingrad is captured by the Red Army.
1949 - Axis Sally, who broadcasted Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops in Europe, stands trial in the United States for war crimes.
1951 - The U.S. Eighth Army in Korea launches Operation Thunderbolt, a counter attack to push the Chinese Army north of the Han River.
1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock that is accurate to within one second in 300 years.
1956 - Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.
1959 - American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.
1972 - Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress, announces candidacy for president.
1972 - Nixon airs the eight-point peace plan for Vietnam, asking for POW release in return for  withdrawal.
1984 - President Reagan endorses the development of the first U.S. permanently-manned space station.
1987 - Super Bowl XXI (at Pasadena): New York Giants 39, Denver Broncos 20

Born on January 25
1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet ("Auld Lang Syne," "Comin' Thru the Rye.")
1882 - Virginia Woolf, English author (Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando).
1933 - Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines.

happy birthday

Happy Birthday to me. 

Really, I'm not much of a birthday person. But I figure maybe this year will be worth remembering, so I might as well start it out right. So as I close my eyes,  blow out my candles and make a wish it is all done with hope of a good year.

But I won't tell what my wish is. If I did, it wouldn't come true.

girls night - b-day addition

 Yeah to having a great friend.

 On Monday, Sara and I had a girls night. Yes, it was a typical girls night that consisted of talking about boys, books, movies, a bit of fashion and everything in between (not necessarily in that order). It was a much needed day on my end. But it was also a very special girls night, it was our own little celebration of my birthday! I even got presents!

Brennan as always was very excited to see me. He's so cute, and he's got so much energy for such a little puppy. 

Sara made home made pancakes, which were delicious! So very nice and fluffy. YUM. 

I did help flip a few pancakes, but Sara was the real master behind this lovely meal. And of course, the conversations about boys, books, movies, and a bit of fashion and everything in between (not necessarily in that order), continued. 

While we ate we watched a little Christy and debated (and didn't agree) on which man was better, Dr. McNeil or David. 

Personally, I like Dr. McNeil, the kind of man that'll protect you and be there no matter what. He will also not always agree with you and will bicker with you a bit, knowing that it's all in good fun, even if you end up getting a little riled up and mad at him, he knows it's all fleeting and in two seconds you'll be in his arms again. Yet very suave and handsome (and in his case the accent doesn't hurt).

Sara, on the other hand, is more into David. Tall, dark and handsome, yes, but he's also steady and wants nothing more then for you to be happy and will do anything to protect you. But he likes peace and not big on the riled up side, and any bickering he takes personally and holds on to it. 

Eh, They both have their merits, but Sara can have David. I'll keep Dr. McNeil.

happy birthday

I can't believe that Tibby is 1 years old today! Crazy! 

It seems like just yesterday she came home and was a little white puff ball. Now look at her.