Feb 18


Penny and I watched this weeks Grey’s Anatomy and enjoyed it. You can tell it’s sweeps. CSI killed off one of its stars – even had the doctor call the time of death at the end of the show. Then the next show began with an injection of adrenalin directly into his heart and voila! He’s alive again. I’m assuming there can be no Grey’s Anatomy without Grey so we will see how they miraculously revive Meridith next week. Now it is not only the soap operas that can resurect the dead.


I was watching Wheel of Fourtune and started thinking about how long that show’s been on. I think it began with Pat and Vana around 1985. That made me wonder about how old Vana White is. I did a little research and found that Vana was born on Feb 18, 1957. Yep, good ol’ Vana Turns 50 today. Other people born today:

1931 - Toni Morrison, American writer, Nobel laureate
1933 - Yoko Ono, Japanese-born singer
1950 - John Hughes, American director
1950 - Cybill Shepherd, American actress
1954 - John Travolta, American actor
1964 - Matt Dillon, American actor
1965 - Dr. Dre, American rapper
1968 - Molly Ringwald, American actress

This is also the time of year that for some reason a lot of people who were good friends with me were born. Robert Mathewson, my college roomate and friend after graduation was born Feb 10th. Rick Mcclure my surrogate family brother was born Feb 13th. Anne Taylor, my Niece and Godchild have always had a special connection. Robert Moore, a friend I had when I lived in Cape Canaveral, also was born in Mid February.

You may also have picked up on another trend in my life. For most of my life someone with the initials RM was a friend or helper.

Robert Mester – best friend growing up
Robert Mathewson – college roomate and friend
Robert Moore – friend , Summer ‘69
Rick McClure – almost a brother beginning in 1974

And the clincher – I earned my rocket scientist living as an expert in Reliability and Maintainability (R&M).


I don’ really belive there is anything to this other than coincidence. My sister sent me a web site that calculated the date of your conception. Mine was – Mid-February. Maybe someone should do some research on the date of conception and compatability. Only kidding but I do have fun with this. When I meet someone I usually check their initials and whenever possible their birthdate. There have been a number of co-workers and aquaintances who were mid-February babies that I did get along well with. By the way, these tests dont apply to my love relationships. Penny’s real initials are CD and I Know I get along with her. She was, however, born in early March which is close to mid-Feb (h-m-m-m-).

I wonder if I would get along with John Travolta or Matt Dillon?