March 12th

People who were born on March 12th:

• Mitt Romney, 2008 Presidential candidate
• Jack Kerouac, American beat poet
• Jesse Fuller, writer of the song "San Francisco Bay Blues"
• Ron Jeremy (don't ask if you don't know)
• James Taylor, really, really great musician
• Me

Random Events in History from March 12th:

• 1914 - Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother is born (d. 1958)
• 1894 - In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.
• 1912 - The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• 1994 - The Church of England ordains its first female priests.

Fun facts to know and tell about my birthday:

• It has always been on Spring Break (except in college).
• In college when it was not on Spring Break, I skipped class so that I could say I never had to go to school on my birthday.
• On my 11th birthday I begged my parents into letting me get my ears pierced for the first time, only to find out that I can't wear earrings because my ears get infected from them (except for my cartilage).
• I never had a sip of alcohol (with the exception of spiked ketchup) before my 21st birthday. I had a margarita to celebrate that, but didn't enjoy it at the time.
• My 26th birthday (today) will be celebrated at Chuck E Cheese's.