THAT BIRTHDAY MEME

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List 3 interesting facts, births, and deaths in your journal.

JANUARY 10TH EVENTS:
1776 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense.
1927 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.
1929 - Tintin, a comic book character created by Hergé, makes his debut.

JANUARY 10TH BIRTHS:
1945 - Rod Stewart, English singer
1948 - Donald Fagen, American keyboardist
1953 - Pat Benatar, American singer

JANUARY 10TH DEATHS:
1971 - Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
1982 - Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
2004 - Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)

BIG FISH

Here's a sneak preview of howbearca's adorable cameo in the video we shot at Great America a few weeks ago. Captions, anyone?

GEODUCK

I feel compelled to share the source of my newest user icon, scanned from the image on a fridge magnet of a giant geoduck clam that my friend John received as a gift from a co-worker (who is now my boss) many years ago.

Enjoy.