Happy birthday, KIz

I looked up people born on the 10^th of October. I found out that with age comes distance from popular culture. Almost all of them were greeted with: “nope, not heard of him / her either”. Anyway, starting with Kiz, this year’s birthdays (the birth of the children year, Kiz being the first, starts on October tenth) will be accompanied by famous names with the same birthday…

…famous names that I’ve heard of, that is.

Some 10^th October stuff I’ve found is confusing:

·         In 1582, because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, whatever that means, the 10^th October simply didn’t exist in Italy, Poland, Spain and Portugal. That smacks of religion. Denying a day the right to exist through some arbitrary lack of reason.

Thelonious Monk: 1917 – 1982, jazz pianist and composer and cooler-than-thou, whoever thou art.

Some 10^th October stuff is misleading:

·         The Great Chicago Fire, it says. Then it says the fire burnt from the 8^th to the 10^th. So, actually, the 10^th is the anniversary of the extinguishing (or burn-out) of the Great Chicago Fire. These historians.

Tony Adams: born 1966. One of the best central defenders ever to have played the game. Now an ex-player and a 24-carat nutter.

Some 10^th October stuff is good news:

·         Fiji became independent. It does not say how, or of what or whom, but taking independence as a good thing, this is a good thing.

Some 10^th October stuff is plain weird:

·         In 1967 countries signed up to the Outer Space Treaty (which should be called the outer-your-tree treaty), among other things, confining use of the moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.

Charming – outgoing – surprising (it sez ‘ere):

The cod-scientific cobblers says:

Your Sun is in Libra in the Aquarius decanate and the Aries quadrant. (WTF?)

The ruler of your Sun is Venus. Venus bestows a charming, sometimes indulgent nature, with a love of comfort and peace.

Secondary rulers of your decanate and quadrant signs are Uranus (a Finbar Saunders “harf harf” at your anus) and Mars. Uranus adds a sometimes rebellious and wilful spin to the personality, and Mars adds spunk and assertiveness.

Happy birthday kid!