Boomer's Buzz: Thursday, March 6, 2008

Posted March 6, 2008, 4:08 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Thursday, March 6, 2008. There are 300 days left in the year and 242 days left until Election Day.

B-Block
101-Year-Old Man to Run The London Marathon
Dirty Dancing Star Patrick Swayze Battling Cancer (USA Today)
Study: Colonoscopies Are Missing Potential Cancers (ABC News)
The $62 Billion Dollar Man: Buffet Passes Gates as World's Wealthiest (Bloomberg)
"Project Runway" Finale Party: Sew Much Fun (Daily News)

By The Numbers:
8 Ways to Train Yourself to Be More Creative (eventurebiz)
Pic of the Day:
We all Remember This Day. We Haven't Been Back in 36 Years.

Video of The Day:

Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members jac and steveo! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
TV personality and GB Radio guest Ed McMahon ("Star Search") is 85. Click here to listen to his radio interview. Former FBI and CIA director William Webster is 84. Country singer Doug Dillard is 71. Actress Joanna Miles is 68. Singer Mary Wilson (The Supremes) is 64. Rock musician David Gilmour (The Zombies) is 63. Actor Tom Arnold ("True Lies") is 49. Comedian D.L. Hughley is 44.

On This Date:
In 1902: The Spanish football club Real Madrid is founded.

In 1964: Prophet Elijah Muhammad officially gives Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali meaning "beloved of Allah."

In 1981: After 19 years presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

In 1997: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II makes a bold move and launches the first official royal Web site.

In 2001: Led Zeppelin is given the honor of being the "most bootlegged band" when 422 illegal albums were counted. The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and The Beatles were next in line with over 350 unauthorized titles available.

Today's Thought:
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein



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