"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."

Knute Rockne died this day in 1931.

I had a good group to chose from today including Charlotte Bronte, John Donne, Grandma Moses, and George Braque. I couldn't resist the sports quote. I guess once a coach's daughter, always a coach's daughter...

Yesterday I saw In Bruges. Excellent movie.

A couple of weeks ago I saw "The Other Boleyn Girl". That was the worst movie made since that gymnastics movie in the Eighties with Mitch Gaylord. I thought it would be entertaining but it was HORRIBLE! I am not sure if it was the screenplay or the acting that turned interesting historical figures living in a fascinating time into huge snore jobs, but it was bad.

I was pleasantly surprised with "In Bruges". Go see it.

"There is only one absinthe drinker, and that's the man who painted this idiotic picture."

The French artist Thomas Couture who died March 30, 1879 said this in reference to Manet's "The Absinthe Drinker".

I have heard of Couture, but only as an early teacher of Manet. Funny, isn't it? Today no one remembers the large-scale, romantic, landscape crap Couture painted (I don't know this, but I am guessing it is true). But "this idiodic picture" helped revolutionize painting. I wonder if Couture was bitter or just arrogant? He definitely didn't have much vision.

Manet is probably my favorite artist and I especially enjoy his guys. I could look at "The Smoker" at the MIA for hours: http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=1689.

How did they know...

I have been going by this name for years.

Your DJ Name Is:

DJ Juicy Beats

What's Your DJ Name?

Your Thinking is Abstract and Sequential

You like to do research and collect lots of information. The more facts you have, the easier it is for you to learn. You need to figure things out for yourself and consider all possibilities. You tend to become an expert in the subjects that you study. It's difficult for you to work with people who know less than you do. You aren't a very patient teacher, and you don't like convincing people that you're right.

What Kind of Thinker Are You?

This is mostly right on. I have quite a bit of

"Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets."

Dudley Moore died on March 27, 2002.

Yeah, right

I couldn't find anyone interesting that died today, so how about a birthday.

"There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself."

Johann Sebastian Bach
(03/21/1685 – 07/28/1750)

The Definitive Personality Test...

What Your Easter Egg Says About You

You are truly optimistic, open, and hopeful. And your optimism gives you the courage to live life adventurously. You love new experiences, ideas, and challenges. You see life as a fluid, growing process.

The Easter Egg Personality Test

Which egg did you pick?

Brendan Behan died on March 20, 1964. What a life he had. Behan was kind of a media darling for his antics which were usually accompanied by a great quote. Do you think he was the mid-century equivalent to Britney, only witty and Irish?

My favorite of his quotes:

"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the road safer, the beer stronger, the old men and women warmer in the winter, and happier in the summer."

Oh, and here's another. I have always liked McDaids in Dublin. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall...

"Yeats can have his f—ing castle and Joyce his tower...I'm happy in McDaids. We don't talk crap about literature here. We talk about who's goin' to buy the next f—ing pint."

Me too

"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."

Susan B. Anthony died March 16, 1906. Remember the dollars? I wish those would have caught on.

No surprises here

My score on The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test:

Eeyore

(You scored 18 Ego, 17 Anxiety, and 13 Agency!)

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"Do you know what A means, little Piglet?"
"No, Eeyore, I don't."
"It means Learning, it means Education, it means all
the things that you and Pooh haven't got. That's what A means."
"Oh," said Piglet again. "I mean, does it?" he
explained quickly.
"I'm telling you. People come and go in this Forest,
and they say, 'It's only Eeyore, so it doesn't count.' They
walk to and fro saying 'Ha ha!' But do they know anything about
A? They don't. It's just three sticks to them. But to the
Educated--mark this, little Piglet--to the Educated, not
meaning Poohs and Piglets, it's a great and glorious A.
You scored as Eeyore!
ABOUT EEYORE: Eeyore lives in his own thistley corner of the forest and wonders why people don't come to visit him more often. He is master of the Guilt Trip, and is always gently forgiving his visitors for neglecting him. Eeyore considers himself to be smarter than the other inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, and is often exasperated by their habit of having adventures and general merriment.
WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU: You are an anxious person, and you tend to expect the worst. Your friends find you somewhat cynical at times, because you have found that it is best to expect disappointment. You often feel unappreciated by the people you work with, but you rarely actually try and do anything to change that fact.
Your close friends admire you more than you think they do. They wish that you would learn to stop worrying so much and actually start trying to fix what is bothering you. If something is making you unhappy... change it!

Link: The Deep and Meaningful Winnie-The-Pooh Character Test

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Happy Birthday, Ang!

It is my best friend's birthday today. I remember the first birthday I spent with her like it was yesterday - sort of.

It was 1993. Early in the evening, we met Ang's brother Jeff and his friend Mike at a bar at Seven Corners. It wasn't Sgt. Preston's - maybe Bullwinkle's? We had a couple of beers, or in Ang's case, amaretto sours. I am not sure what we did after this, but we ended up at St. Anthony's East - a dive on near Central and University that's no longer there. Marie came with us. This is real fuzzy but I remember the drunk across the bar who struggled to keep one eye open as he slurred incoherently.

Doesn't sound all that interesting and I doubt it was the twenty-first birthday of Ang's dreams, but I am sure we laughed. I always laughed a lot (and still do) with Ang.

Thanks for being a great friend these past fifteen years. And they said it wouldn't last...well, one person did anyway...

Again, happy birthday.

Baseball

I am excited that baseball is underway. Just hearing a couple of words about what's going on at Spring training on the 10 o'clock news puts a smile on my face.

I was without a favorite player for the second half of last season, after the Luis Castillo trade. Who will be annointed my favorite Twin? It may be to early to decide, but I will have to have someone by opening day. Once I see how things flesh out, this may change, but it is good to go into opening day with a designated favorite.

Speaking of baseball, Joe DiMaggio died March 8, 1999. This is my favorite quote of his: "They call a man graceful because he hits a little ball with a certain swing. My father hammered piles on a railroad out of Martinez for 10 cents an hour to support a family. That was grace."

What These Daisies Say About You

You have a spirt of pure optimism. Your view of the world is eternally cheerful. You are bold and vibrant. Incredibly striking, you always stand out in a crowd. You are adaptable and flexible. You can thrive in almost any situation.

What Do The Flowers You Pick Say About You?

What a Day

Several notable women passed away today...

1. Louisa May Alcott died in 1888: "If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had better stop writing for them."

2. Ayn Rand died in 1982: "When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is."

3. Georgia O'Keefe died in 1986: "I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart."

4. Pearl S. Buck died in 1973: "Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied."

"The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment."

D. H. Lawrence died on March 2, 1930.

It was difficult to chose this quote - he had many good ones. Today I saw an exhibit of Sean Scully's prints at the MIA. I also heard him speak. It was so cool to hear an artist talk about his art rather than someone else's interpretation. He put slides up of his paintings and prints and compared/contrasted them. This quote reminded me of what he talked about today. Thanks Regan - I had a great time today!

"The shortest answer is doing the thing."

English writer George Herbert died March 1, 1633.

My sister and I were just talking about how when your superior at the office asks you to do something and their description and instructions actually take up more time than if they were to have simply done the stupid thing in the first place. People can be so inefficient. I am not sure this is to what Mr. Herbert is referring, but it is what I took from the quote.

Bill Carlson died early Friday evening. This is kind of sad for me because I grew up watching Channel 4 - Dave Moore, Bud Kraehling, Pat Miles. I always thought, and still think, that the other channels are cheesy. My grandma always watched channel 4, too. I am nostalgic about things I relate with my childhood (our yellow VW bug, those tall glass bottles of pop, Kangaroo sneakers), but I am especially sentimental when things remind me of my grandma. I remember the day five or six years ago when I was talking to her on the phone. She asked me if I had seen Bill Carlson lately, because she hardly recognized him. He was doing the noon news but had gone away for a spell and returned with a new look (thanks to a little plastic surgery). Gram didn't understand why someone would alter their looks, but "to each his own".