Today is...

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto. The evening stars are Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1880; actor Paul Newman in 1925 (age 79); sports personality Bob Uecker in 1935 (age 69); political activist Angela Davis in 1944 (age 60); film critic Gene Siskel in 1946; rock musician Eddie Van Halen in 1957 (age 47); comedian Ellen DeGeneres in 1958 (age 46); and former hockey star Wayne Gretzky in 1961 (age 43).

On this date in history:

In 1788, the first shipload of British convicts arrived in Australia. The establishment of an Australian prison colony was aimed at relieving overcrowding in British prisons.

In 1875, the electric dental drill was patented by George Green of Kalamazoo, Mich.

In 1918, to promote food conservation during wartime, the U.S. government called for one meatless day, two wheatless days and two porkless days each week.

In 1950, India ceased to be a British dominion and became the Republic of India, the most populous democracy in the world.

In 1980, six Americans who were hidden for three months in the Canadian Embassy in Tehran were smuggled out of Iran by Canadian diplomats.

In 1988, Australians marked their bicentennial with celebrations and a re-enactment of the arrival in 1788 of the first shipload of prisoners from England.

In 1991, Iraq fired Scuds at Israel and Saudi Arabia, but most were intercepted by Patriot missiles.

In 1995, the House passed a constitutional amendment that'd require Congress, beginning in 2002, to approve a federal budget that was balanced. It has not progressed any further.

In 1996, the U.S. Senate ratified SALT II. President Bush (the elder) and Russian President Boris Yeltsin had signed the arms reduction agreement three years before.

In 1997, the Green Bay Packers, who'd won the first two Super Bowls, finally won a third with a 35-21 victory over the New England Patriots.

In 1999, President Clinton welcomed Pope John Paul II to St. Louis.

In 2001, more than 20,000 people were killed when an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale rocked western India.

In 2003 sports, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers routed the Oakland Raiders 48-21 in the Super Bowl.

Famous Quotes To Live By:

"A life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught! "
     --- Thomas A. Kempis

"To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows."
     --- Jean Anouilh

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" WOMAN "

I just thought I would experiment and see how you all liked this. I have probably 100 things I can think of that I don't like about this... but I think it's all right. Maybe I'll work on it some more sometime. Enjoy!

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Fallen angel going to hell
Fallen angel not doing well
Fallen angel did something wrong
Fallen angel sing this song

I stand at the gates of hell
Suddenly I hear the raggedy bell
Hell's choir starts singing songs
Sounds horrid
this isn't where I belong
Satan appears next to me
An ugly face the world couldn't see
His breath smelt bad when he started talking to me
Chains placed on my feet
Placed here for all demons to meet
I was an angel
they captured me and placed these chains on my feet
If I was good I wouldn't be here
It is me people fear!!

Fallen angel going to hell
Fallen angel not doing well
Fallen angel did something wrong
Fallen angel sing this song

Time was coming for the demons to feed

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"I love to play guitar and I love to just get lost in my music," she told us. Zibby has performed at the IMTA convention in Los Angeles in early 2003. While she was there
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