March 6, 2014

Good Morning! 

Today is the birthday of Michelangelo (1475 – 1564) who said:

“If you knew how much work went into it, you would not call it genius.”

It is also the birthday of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 – 1861) who wrote:

“Who so loves believes the impossible.”

and

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal grace.

I love thee to the level of every day's

Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.”

Happy Birthday to Ring Lardner (1885 – 1933) who said:

“The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong - but that's the way to bet.”

Birthday greetings to Will Eisner (1917 – 2005) who said:

“Comics deal with two fundamental communicating devices: words and images. Admittedly this is an arbitrary separation. But, since in the modern world of communication they are treated as independent disciplines, it seems valid. Actually, the are derivatives of a single origin and in the skillful employment of words and images lies the expressive potential of the medium.”

Today is the birthday of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927 - ) who said:

“The world is a botched job.”

and

“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”

and

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”

and

“Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.”

and

“It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”

Finally, it is the birthday of Guy Garvey (1974 - ), songwriter and lead singer of the band Elbow, who wrote this fantastic song:

"One Day Like This"

Drinking in the morning sun

Blinking in the morning sun

Shaking off a heavy one

Yeah, heavy like a loaded gun

What made me behave that way?

Using words I never say

I can only think it must be love

Oh anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

Someone tell me how I feel

It's silly wrong, but vivid right

Oh, kiss me like a final meal

Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight

'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes

And only now I see the light

Yeah, lying with you half awake

Stumbling over what to say

Oh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

When my face is chamois creased

If you think I wink, I did

Laugh politely at repeats

Yeah, kiss me when my lips are thin

'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes

And only now I see the light

Yeah, lying with you half awake

Stumbling over what to say

Well, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful day

Throw those curtains wide

One day like this a year would see me right

Throw those curtains wide

One day like this a year would see me right for life

Throw those curtains wide

'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes

One day like this a year would see me right

And only now I see the light

Throw those curtains wide

'Cause holy cow, I love your eyes

One day like this a year would see me right

And only now I see the light