Alright, I’ll bite. Birthday Meme.

According to Wikipedia, the following Interesting (to me) Events happened
on my birthday:

• 55 BC - Julius Ceaser invades Britain
• 1071 - Battle of Manzikert - Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire
• 1346 - Hundred Years’ War - The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
• 1839 - The ship Amistad is captured off Long Island.
• 1862 - American Civil War: The Second Battle of Bull Run begins.
• 1883 - Eruption of Mount Krakatoa.
• 1920 - 19th amendment to U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote.
• 1978 - Papal conclave, 1978 (August): Pope John Paul I is elevated to the Papacy.

Interesting Births:

• 1743 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (d. 1794)
• Me. Really, there aren’t and others on there that I find interesting.

Intersting Deaths:

• 1346 - Charles II of Alençon, Louis I of Flanders, John I, Count of Luxemburg, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine - All during the Battle of Crecy
• 1930 - Lon Cheney
• 1958 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
• 1974 - Charles Lindbergh
• 1980 - Tex Avery

This makes me giddy in a teehee sort of way.

Bootcamp.

The Cure?

Check out this article on The Cure for Information Overload that came my way. I know it has helped me get some perspective on the glut of information out there.