A quicky

First, a haiku:

Flowers in Springtime
My nose doth runneth over
Claritin sucks hard

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And now, a meme, from my dear friend Nan:

Go to Wikipedia and look up your birthday (excluding the year). List three neat facts, two births and one death in your journal, including the year.

November 4:

Three neat facts:
Since I was born in the first week of November, my birthday falls on election day every so often. No, I won't count how often this happens. Do it yourself.
1) 1884 - U.S. presidential election, 1884: Democrat Grover Cleveland defeats Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his two non-consecutive terms.
2) 1952 - U.S. presidential election, 1952: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
3) 1980 - U.S. presidential election, 1980: Republican challenger Ronald Reagan defeats incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter by a wide margin.

Two births:
1) 1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor (yummy! now I have a conversation starter, you know, in case I bump into him.)
2) 1946 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States

One death:
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (assassinated) (b. 1922)

More tomorrow!