Why is this day important?

It's an historic day. Today is the day Tony Blair hands his resignation letter to the Queen. Perhaps more importantly, this day also marks the occasion of my birth. I'm happy to be putting 35 behind me, and I plan to squeeze every drop out of 36.

While still in the thick of the recovery phase, I got so bored one day that I did a search to find out what other occurances coincide with my birthday. I found some ironic twists. Apparently Hellen Keller and I share the same birthday. Anyone who knows me is aware of how blind I am without my contact lenses (I once toured the Acuvue factory in Jacksonville, FL and they informed me my scrip is extremely rare. They hardly ever run it), and now I'm half deaf. Terry is thinking, if only I would occasionally adopt the mute thing, his life would be so much more serene. Ideally he could have a "mute button" for me which he would use for those times when I go into hyper organization mode.

Anyway, taking the coincidence further, I recently had occasion to look back at my high school senior yearbook and was reminded that I used a Helen Keller quote as my parting mantra. "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." What a naive sap! I now know: forget the heart, the most important things can only be seen by an MRI with contrast.

Below are the other occasions this day marks. An odd collection. I plan to fully partake in Special Recreation for Disabled Day, aka, Joan Voltz Day. Upon hearing news of my surgery a friend offered to buy me a beer drinking helmut (thanks, WW). I may wear it all day.

Helen Keller's Birthday

Captain Kangaroo's Birthday

Sunglasses Day

Special Recreation for Disabled Day

National Orange Blossom Day

National Columnists Day

Decide to Be Married Day (are they kidding me with this one!?)

"Happy Birthday To You" Day

National HIV Testing Day