And the love affair continues…

Urchin 1.0 has always said Junior is her favorite driver. For those of you that live under a rock, she is referring to NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Jr. Anyway, the wife went to an Easter luncheon at Lauren’s school today, and this beautiful piece of art was brought to my wife:

I love Bud products. He’s gonna make a fine son in law.

And the pirating of good ideas continues…

Got this idea from IvoryFrog’s Blog courtesy of blogmad dot net and their blogsurf feature. Anyway, it goes like this:

Here’s what to do…

Go to Wikipedia and do a search for your birthday (day and month only, exclude the year).

Post three facts, two births and one death on your blog including the years.

(Thanks Ivoryfrog).

Here are mine for July 3rd:

Events

1863 – U.S. Civil War: The final and bloodiest day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1928 – First Color television broadcast in London.

1964 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.

Births

1962 – Tom Cruise, actor and lunatic

1947 – Dave Barry, writer

Deaths

1971 – Jim Morrison (The Doors)
1969 – Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)

*I listed both because I knew of Morrison but I didn’t know Jones was on the same day two years earlier.