To me August 16 means two things:
1. It's my sister's birthday
2. It's the day Elvis died, which I always remember because I live in Memphis and there's no way to forget but mainly because of #1.
There are quite a few famous births and deaths on this day. I do not want to take away from the candlelight vigil, but maybe there’s room to think about these other deaths today while hot wax drips down your hand as you proceed toward the graveside at Graceland…
Some other August 16th deaths:
1938- Robert Johnson, the famous blues musician who reportedly sold his soul to the Devil at a crossroads somewhere in Mississippi.
1948- Babe Ruth
1949- Margaret Mitchell, wrote Gone with the Wind
1956 - Bela Lugosi, actor who played Dracula waaaaayyyy back before the Twilight Saga. What, you think they invented it?
And on the brighter side, some August 16th births:
1953 - Kathy Lee Gifford
1954 - James Cameron, director (Titanic, Avatar, the Terminator..)
1958 - Madonna and Angela Bassett
1960 - Timothy Hutton
1962 - Steve Carrell, hilarious!
No one covers all the Death Week fun as well as fellow blogger Carbunkle Trumpet, so do stop in and check out his Elvis shenanigans.
As for me, I'm psyched! Tonight the new episode of "No Reservations: ROME" airs and I must see it. I can't wait to get back to Rome, where all roads lead afterall. I know what's going to happen. I'll watch the episode, squealing with delight at everything I see, then I'll start writing out the shopping lists to try to recreate the unrecreatable (new word I just made up) in my kitchen.
3 comments:
Oh many things to comment on. I had a great birthday. We will never forget it is the day Elvis died.
As far as other birthdays, I noticed that you think Steve Carrell is hilarious. If you have not seen "Date Night" it is a must for you to see NOW. Steve is at his best in this movie. While I laughed so hard my eyes were watering, Mr. Sparkling did not really get the humor. I think you will. Yes, it is a silly movie, but sometimes you just have to be silly.
I will confess, that I did not see "No Reservations" last evening. I know this distresses you, however, a million things were happening during that time.
It's ok that you did not see "No Reservations". A few Italians running about screaming at each other over whether the carbonara should have onions in it or not. You know, kind of like a day from childhood.
I didn't know there had been so many deaths of famous people on that day. I'm going to followw your link about the TV series now!
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