Word: birthdays
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...lake island where Princess Diana is buried and a new museum dedicated to her memory will both be opened to public view at her family home Wednesday, which would have been her 37th birthday. Diana's brother, Earl Spencer, has opened the grounds of Althorp, in rural Northamptonshire, through Aug. 30. The burial island will be off-limits to visitors, and the exact location of the grave is not marked. But visitors will be able to stand at the water's edge, look at the house, tour a museum (built in former stables) and view Diana's schoolgirl letters...
...question "Why are your problems so much bigger than everyone else's?" with the earnest response "Because they're mine." When Ally gets any work done, how she keeps her job, why she thinks it's O.K. to ask her secretary why she didn't give her a birthday present--these are all mysteries. Ally probably wouldn't seem so offensive as an addition to the cast of Seinfeld, but because this is a one-hour drama filled with pseudo-Melissa Etheridge music and emotional pretense, we are meant to take her problems more seriously than George Costanza's. "Ally...
...Hope is lucky to be alive. In addition to recently celebrating his ninety-fifth birthday, Hope was able to receive a taste of the postmortem praise that awaits him. As was widely reported, due to a darkly comic technical snafu, the Associated Press prematurely announced Hope's death on its web site. Some members of Congress got wind of this and rushed to extol his virtues for the sake of the Congressional Record and C-SPAN audiences everywhere...
...your stationery and school supplies, try Bob Slate on Church Street although CVS will certainly do. Definitely check out Buck-A-Book on JFK St. if you're in need of inexpensive birthday cards (2 for $1) for friends and relatives. It's a hidden gem of the Square...
...first encounter with Rodgers and Hammerstein was via my father. He was then director of composition at the Royal College of Music. On my 10th birthday, he interrupted my endless replays of Jailhouse Rock and insisted on playing something for me. Onto the battered 78 r.p.m. record player was plonked Ezio Pinza singing Some Enchanted Evening. Then Dad played the song on the piano. Right then, Rodgers and Hammerstein joined Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers as heroes...