QOTD October 6 2012
Saturday, October 6th, 2012Charlie Chaplin: “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles.”
Archive for October, 2012
Song of the Day: Love Me Do
Friday, October 5th, 2012On this day there can be only one song that qualifies for the Song of the Day…
On October 5 1962 four guys from Liverpool released their first single, Love me Do. These guys would later be known as the Fab Four…yeah, todays Song of the Day is a song by one of the most influential bands in history, The Beatles!
There is another event that make October 5 a special date:
Last year, the world lost one of the most influential technology visionaries of all time, Steve Jobs, passed away. 🙁
There are some links between the two; well, The Beatles founded Apple Corps Ltd (informally known as Apple) a multimedia corporation mostly known for its record label, Apple Records. Steve Jobs was known to be a huge fan of The Beatles and he used The Beatles as his model for business: “They were four guys that kept each other’s negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people.”
OK, back to the music; swing along on ‘Love me Do’! 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xuMwfUqJJM
And as bonus clip for today, check out the official Apple tribute to Steve Jobs, which is shown when you browse to apple.com today:
Oh, and for us geeks; the first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, was released on October 5 1991, w00t! 😉
QOTD October 5 2012
Friday, October 5th, 2012Maria Irene Fornes: “When I’m not doing something that comes deeply from me, I get bored. When I get bored I get distracted and when I get distracted, I become depressed. It’s a natural resistance, and it insures your integrity.”
World Animal Day
Thursday, October 4th, 2012Today is World Animal Day, a day to remember and pay tribute to all animals and the people who love and respect them. October 4 was chosen since it is the feast day of Saint Francis of Assisi, a nature lover and patron saint of animals and the environment. I am actually named after Francis of Assisi, one of my my Christian names is Franciscus, which also means ‘free man’……
So, how do animals, people, ‘Christian’ and ‘free’ connect on this World Animal Day??
Well, I found *the* YouTube clip…wow…BEAUTIFUL!!!
QOTD October 4 2012
Thursday, October 4th, 2012Sir Winston Churchill: “When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”
Cats manicure
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012Having three cats in da house, I know all about the ‘Oh boy, I need to have my nails done’ self-service that cats love so much. Ha, I bet they would have loved the manicure option even more…after all it is as they say: dogs have a boss, cats have personnel! 😉
QOTD October 3 2012
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012Lynn Johnston: “No matter how old you are, there’s always something good to look forward to.”
QOTD October 2 2012
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012Birthday Boy at kindergarten
Monday, October 1st, 2012Today was Misha’s first day in kindergarten after he came back from NL, and of course his Birthday would be celebrated there too.
Hmm, that meant that daddy needed to come up with a treat that he could give the other kids…I didn’t want to give a ‘sugar’ treat, so it needed to be something else…well, what about a ‘hedgehog’ with cucumber, grapes, tomato, a small piece of typical dutch cake (eierkoek), surrounded by raisins? It all came out very nice as you can see below!
HUGE success!! 😉
And here is the Birthday Boy at home with his kindergarten Birthday hat:
