What's in a date?

So today being just another Wednesday in my life, there's nothing exciting or anything bad going on that I can really report about but I was wondering here what to blog about. I figured I'd mention the fact that facebook is fabulous! I love the fact that everyday there is someone new that finds me/I find from high school, college or just a person I know from somewhere! I love it. But thinking about what to blog about I was wondering what does today mean to everyone else, what has it meant to people in other countries, time periods, etc. So I went to the fabulous google.com (seriously where would we all be without the internet) and found of some really cool facts.


Today February 11 has meant a lot . . . here are some fun facts for you to chew on ::

• In 1937, a six-week-old sit-down strike against General Motors ended, with the company agreeing to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union.
• In 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement during World War II.
• In 1989, the Reverend Barbara C. Harris became the first woman consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church, in a ceremony held in Boston.
• In 1990, South African black activist Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.
• Ten years ago: A federal jury in New York found several gun makers responsible in three area shootings for letting guns fall into the hands of criminals and assessed damages; gun makers were found liable in six other instances, but no monetary damages were awarded in those cases. However, the plaintiffs suffered a setback in 2001 when the New York Court of Appeals invalidated such claims.
• Five years ago: Wesley Clark dropped out of the race for the White House. A car bomb at an army recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq, killed 47 people. Cable TV giant Comcast Corporation launched a hostile bid to buy The Walt Disney Company for more than $54 billion Comcast later dropped its bid.
• One year ago: The Defense Department charged Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other detainees at Guantanamo Bay with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks. Charges against one were later dropped. Yahoo Inc. rejected Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Tom Lantos, a 14-term California congressman who was a forceful voice for human rights, died in Bethesda, Md., at age 80.

Today's Birthdays:

Actress Tina Louise is 75. Actor Burt Reynolds is 73. Songwriter Gerry Goffin is 70. Actor Sonny Landham is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer Otis Clay is 67. Actor Philip Anglim is 57. Actress Catherine Hickland is 53. Rock musician David Uosikkinen (The Hooters) is 53. Actress Carey Lowell is 48. Singer Sheryl Crow is 47. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is 45. Actress Jennifer Aniston is 40. Actor Damian Lewis is 38. Actress Marisa Petroro is 37. Singer D'Angelo is 35. Actor Brice Beckham is 33. Rock M-C/vocalist Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) is 32. Singer-actress Brandy is 30. Actor Matthew Lawrence is 29. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelly Rowland is 28.

And today's headlines are ::

• Boy texts nude photo of 13-year-old girlfriend to friends
• Prosecutors drop murder charges against man
• A-Rod admits using performance-enhancing drugs
• Obama says financial crisis is real
• Russia may allow shipment of Afghan-bound US arms

Why is that today is so much more negative? We compleltely focus on negativity nowadays. Yes life is horrbile, hard, mean, cruel & a million other words sometimes but are we forgetting about the great things in life that happen all the time that people overlook so quickly.

For me personally, February 11, 2009 means to me ::

• Monday for me, when it's really a Wednesday
• It's been exactly 1 year, 1 month, 13 days since my beloved* & I deceided to be exclusive.
• It was about this time last year I realized that no one would take him from him, unless he wanted to go!
• Also this time last year Aidan finally started warming up to me, just warming up!
• About this time 21 years ago I had told my parents 'I was tired of having a brother & they could send him back now'
• Today is exactly 11 days until the first of my two dearests are to get married!
• And the second is only 65 days away!

So there is no real point to this post today LoL just a bunch of random facts for ya. I believe to be turning into a nocturnal person (as is my beloved*) and I slept a total of an hour (that's seriously hoping it was an hour) but I am running on pure caffeine & sugar today so I am a little wacky today. Ciao* fellow bloggers Happy Hump Day!