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The good news is, I now officially sound a LOT worse than I actually feel. My throat is still a little scratchy, but it's not OMG BURNING anymore. Of course, I also have like NO VOICE, which is annoying. My hearing is really muffled, just for good measure. :p But other than feeling like I'm walking around under water (until I hit myself with a door, anyway :p), I'm feeling ALIVE again!

That Wikipedia meme, gakked from, like, EVERYONE.

Go to wikipedia and look up your birth day (excluding the year). List three deaths, two to three births, and three neat facts in your journal, including the year.

(April 23, for those of you who don't know)

Events

1348 - The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III of England is announced on St George's Day.
1956 - Elvis Presley makes his first appearance in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1994 - Physicists discover the top quark subatomic particle.

Births
1564 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright
1858 - Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1897 - Lester B. Pearson, fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Deaths
303 - Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
1014 - Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (killed in battle)
1616 - William Shakespeare, English writer and actor

Also, my birthday is apparently National Beer Day in Germany. :p

ETA:

My Yahoo! horoscope for today:

Today is not the day to back off whatever you're working on just because you encounter a problem. Absolutely the opposite, in fact: Today is one of those days where the more you push through obstacles, the more powerful you -- and your project -- become. By the time you've finished with this, people will really be able to see what you're made of. (And what you're made of is some mighty impressive determination!)

I love how it's telling me to do the exact OPPOSITE of what everyone else has been quite sensibly saying. :p Oh well, not as lame as the one that told me to buy new kitchen curtains a couple days ago. :p