Happy Birthday to me!  I am feeling quite old but also very young at the same time, it’s rather strange.  I’m really excited for the day, even though it’s all rainy and gray outside.  Kudos to my family though, they have been very efficient with the birthday phone calls.  So far my mother has advised me not to get drunk and sleep with anyone, my father assured me that he would not try to track me down at the bars, and my underage brother encouraged me to “go to town at the bars.”  Okay then! 

So, quick history lesson for the day. 
Here is a list of events that have occurred throughout history on this day, August 12:
1. 1851- Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine
2. 1877- Edison develops the phonograph
3. 1898- Hawaii is formerly annexed into the United States
4. 1961- East Germany begins construction on the Berlin Wall
5. 1966- John Lennon apologizes for saying that The Beatles were “bigger than Jesus”
6. 1981- IBM’s first PC is completed
7. 1994- “Sue” the Tyrannosaurus Rex is discovered
Neato!

Other August 12 Birthdays
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Michael Ian Black
Casey Affleck
Pete Sampras

I think August 12 is pretty darn cool!  Granted, I am a little biased, but some major events happened today!  So if you aren’t celebrating my birthday, at least put on ”Baby Got Back” and have a party for somebody!