AUGUST 10
By Bret Burquest
Anyone born
between July 23 and August 22 is a Leo. Leos are proud, masterful, dramatic,
generous, warm, tireless workers and natural leaders. High on
confidence, low on humility and incredibly good-looking.
August 10
is my birthday. The following incidents took place on August 10 in the
corresponding year.
1944 I
was born at
1945 --
1949
President Harry S. Truman signed a bill establishing the Department of Defense
which combined the Armed Forces under the central authority of the Secretary of
Defense. The only thing missing was another war.
1950 --
President Harry S. Truman called up the National Guard to active duty to fight
in the Korean War.
1962
Age 18. I'm finally out of high school and free at last. Now all I have to do
is figure out what to do with the rest of my life. I soon enrolled at the
1965
Age 21. I'm now legally a man and can legally inhabit the liquor
establishments I previously inhabited.
1969 --
Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in
1974 --
President Richard M. Nixon spent his first full day as a civilian after
resigning his office the previous afternoon. Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as
President and proclaimed, "Our long national nightmare is over." Somehow
I didn't quite believe it. Perhaps our long national nightmare had a few more
bumps in the road ahead.
1974
Age 30. One of my co-workers baked me a surprise birthday cake with 30
candles. She was three-quarters Norwegian and one-quarter dingbat. A couple of
years later we were married. It lasted five years and two days, during which
time I spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out what to do with the
rest of my life.
1977
The
1991
Two teenagers killed nine Buddhists in a temple just a few miles down the
road from where I lived in
1993
-- President William J. Clinton signed a massive deficit-reduction bill into
law. Our national debt has risen every single year since and is nearly $9
trillion. Another job well done by lawmakers in our nation's
capitol.
1994
President Clinton claimed presidential immunity when asking a federal judge
to dismiss a lawsuit of sexual harassment by
1995
-- Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were charged with 11 counts in the
2000
President Hugo Chavez of
2006
Age 62. I became eligible for Social Security and was still trying to figure
out what to do with the rest of my life.
2008
It was a rainy afternoon. The Russian Army invaded Georgia, the Pakistani
military bombed houses near the Afghan border and 38 Warao
Indians in Venezuela died after being bitten by rabid vampire bats. I had a
piece of cake and took a nap. Life goes on.
Actress Rosanna Arquette, singer
Eddie Fisher and President Herbert Hoover were also born on August 10. Not exactly
big names, but August has always been a slow month for childbirth.
Leos have large egos which tends to deplete the ozone layer. Thus, supernatural
forces of human evolution have minimized August births.
Birthdays
are a time for reflection, usually about trying to figure out what to do with
the rest of my life. Someday I may actually figure it out. I sure hope it
doesn't have anything to do with starting over.
___________
Quote
for the Day "How many Leos does it take to change a light bulb? Leos
don't change light bulbs, they get someone else to do
it."
___________
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Bret Burquest is an award-winning
columnist and author of four novels. Contact bret@centurytel.net
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