Monday, May 14, 2012

Blue Monday . . .


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This is the location reserved for words of wisdom. Too bad I have none to offer on this specific day.

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WORD FOR TODAY

venerable
adj.
Commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position.

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BORN ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY


Bobby Darin

Born May 14, 1936
Died Dec. 20, 1973

Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto) was an American singer who performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk and country. He started as a songwriter for Connie Francis, and then recorded his own first million-seller "Splish Splash" in 1958. This was followed by "Dream Lover", "Mack the Knife" and "Beyond the Sea", which brought him world fame. In 1962, he won a Golden Globe for his first film Come September, co-starring his wife Sandra Dee.

 Bobby Daring and Sandra Dee

 
ALSO


Born May 14, 1944

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones.

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Cleverness is not wisdom.
--Euripides

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