Birthday Meme

Ganked from cahwyguy and more fun than whining about having spent most of my 50th birthday in the Johnnesburg airport.

Instructions: Go over to Wikipedia and enter the day you were born [such as "June 1"] and then pick 3 events, 2 births, 2 deaths and 1 holiday that occurred on your birthday.

Events:

1781 - Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.

1957 - The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

1972 - Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to do so. Spitz set world records in all seven events in which he competed.

Births:

1896 - Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)

1913 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)

Deaths:

1907 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)

1986 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)

Holiday:

Immigrant's Day in Argentina since 1949

And I Thought I Was Weirder Than That ...

So, fauxklore, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 10% unique (blame, for example, your interest in satellite ground systems) and 15% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy travel). When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is intellectual.

Your overall weirdness is: 28

(The average level of weirdness is: 28.
You are weirder than 62% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!

The Omnivore Meme

Ganked from kaasirpent

Instructions:
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating, or will never eat again.
4) italicize ones you haven't eaten but WANT TO TRY
5) Leave the ones you haven't tried, but are indifferent about

( long list of food items )