Some quizzles snagged from eryx_uk :

1. What’s the weather like?

78°F – Feels Like 80°F
Partly Cloudy
Wind: From SSE at 13 mph
Humidity: 60%
Pressure: 30.07 in.
Dew Point: 63°F
Visibility: 10.0 miles

2. When is the last time you felt appreciated?

I’ve got some lovely friends who make me feel appreciated every time I speak to them. I’m very fortunate… I’d say via e-mail today.

3. What is the last bad news you heard?

That the prez authorised the leaking of classified CIA information, including the identity of a covert agent.

4. What is your favorite sad song?

Depends on the type of sadness desired/reflected. Mike + the Mechanics, the living years is a powerful one re: my dad.

5. Tell us about something you’re obsessed with:

Information. Knowledge about anything, especially History, Science, and Sociology. Researching, (especially on the internet) of same. Feed my brain!

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Go to Wikipedia and put in your birth date. Don’t put in the year. Post in your LJ with three neat/important events, two births, and two deaths!

(My B’day is on Feb 02)

Events:

962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.

1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. [Why they Changed it, I can’t say, people just liked it better that way]

1870 – It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant was just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

Births:

1208 – James I of Aragon (d. 1276)

1882 – James Joyce, Irish author (d. 1941)

Deaths:

1661 – Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)

1969 – Boris Karloff, English actor (b. 1887)