What Author Shares your Date of Birth?

[AuntShecky]

To Pensive:

You've never heard of James Thurber? Drop everything and get to the public library post haste. Next to Mark Twain, he is undoubtedly the greatest American Humorist of the Twentieth Century. Along with great humor pieces,
short stories ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"), he also drew distinctive cartoons for The New Yorker magazine. They are remarkable, and even more so with the knowledge that Thurber was all-but legally blind when he drew them. I don't believe he hung around with the Algonquin Wits, but he is their contemporary, and again, worked at the same publication. My Life and Hard Times is Thurber's very funny autobiography, a true classic.

Delmore Schwartz? Extremely important American poet.
some say that Delmore was the inspiration for Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Saul Bellow's great novel, Humboldt's Gift. Also, look up "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz.

Bill Bryson -- entertaining writer w. a good sense of humor.
Explored under-rated byways of the good ol' USA. Also he is very, very good on language.

And Ann Coulter? A dragon lady! Avoid her at all costs.

Auntie

Janine:

Just a note that Smarty Jones -- the 2004 winner of the
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and missed winning the Triple Crown when ---? Birdstone?-- won the Belmont, may indeed have been born on Feb. 28, but for thoroughbred purposes -- all foals are considered to have been born on January 1.

That way the bookkeeping isn't too formidable when determining which horses are eligible for which races --
for instance, all three-year-olds running now are considered to have been born on Jan. 1, 2004

[Janine]

Janine:

Just a note that Smarty Jones -- the 2004 winner of the
Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and missed winning the Triple Crown when ---? Birdstone?-- won the Belmont, may indeed have been born on Feb. 28, but for thoroughbred purposes -- all foals are considered to have been born on January 1.

That way the bookkeeping isn't too formidable when determining which horses are eligible for which races --
for instance, all three-year-olds running now are considered to have been born on Jan. 1, 2004

Hi AuntShecky, That may be true, but I do recall that when he was in the spotlight, they kept saying on the TV, that his birthday was February 28th, so I really perked up and took note, it being my birthday, too. I loved that horse - is he still alive? I know he continued to have problems with his bad leg, but he was put out for stud right? or to live peacable on a nice farm. I hope he is ok. That one race was so exciting, truly amazing!

NOBODY??!!?? Or just writers?



I would enjoy sharing the day with them!



8 people that I wouldn't mind sharing a birthday with! Instead I have Sally Field, Michael Cerveris, Catherine Crier, Maria Shriver and Mike Nichols

Then again, I do have Ray Conniff and Ethan Hawke. They are OK. They are acceptable.

I do have John Philip Sousa, though. That makes up for EVERYTHING!!!

I tend to memorize the people who share my birthday! Crazy, I know! Anyway, I really couldn't find any writers except for James Jones (1921). That was it!

Hi Lady Wentworth, yeah, I did not think my list was too, bad. I always liked the last 3 actors, so that made me happy. Well Sally Field had her day and some good films. She won an Oscar once I recall, and Mike Nichols has directed a lot of big hits. Surely, your list is way longer than these 7. Look in Wikepedia - maybe you share your day with some real heavy-duty brainy human beings.
Gee, why couldn't I share my B-day with my favorite actor, KB? *eternal question of life...sigh sigh....*

[LadyWentworth]

Hi Lady Wentworth, yeah, I did not think my list was too, bad. I always liked the last 3 actors, so that made me happy. Well Sally Field had her day and some good films. She won an Oscar once I recall, and Mike Nichols has directed a lot of big hits. Surely, your list is way longer than these 7. Look in Wikepedia - maybe you share your day with some real heavy-duty brainy human beings.

Yeah. I have looked at Wikipedia before and there really isn't anyone of too much interest to me. Mike Nichols is OK, but I just don't care. I have a pretty dull birthday. Though, like I did say, it is all made up for by having John Philip Sousa. I happen to love his music. So, I love that fact!

Gee, why couldn't I share my B-day with my favorite actor, KB? *eternal question of life...sigh sigh....*

Yeah, but you DO share with Robert Sean Leonard! So, you at least have that "connection"! Don't forget "Much Ado" AND "Swing Kids"!

[Janine]

Yeah. I have looked at Wikipedia before and there really isn't anyone of too much interest to me. Mike Nichols is OK, but I just don't care. I have a pretty dull birthday. Though, like I did say, it is all made up for by having John Philip Sousa. I happen to love his music. So, I love that fact!

LW, that is pretty cool. What would we have done without a John Philip Sousa ? Think of it....all those bands and parades around the US of A! So Americana he was!
OK, so there might have been someone else in your list of interest to someone on here. You should have posted it, anyway. I would like to see who you share you B-D with, even if not an actual author - afterall, I am sure all of them wrote something, at one time or the other, in their lives; said this in a prior post. Look at KB, he wrote his autobiography. Lots of actors do!

Yeah, but you DO share with Robert Sean Leonard! So, you at least have that "connection"! Don't forget "Much Ado" AND "Swing Kids"!

This is true and from extra features I have seen them together and they seem to get along wonderfully - hey, that is a good sign! Here's a thought just came to me, I could write a fan letter to RSL (pointing out that we have the same birthdate) and ask him to get KB's autograph, as well....kill two birds with one stone! hahhaa!

[Pensive]

To Pensive:

You've never heard of James Thurber? Drop everything and get to the public library post haste. Next to Mark Twain, he is undoubtedly the greatest American Humorist of the Twentieth Century. Along with great humor pieces,
short stories ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"), he also drew distinctive cartoons for The New Yorker magazine. They are remarkable, and even more so with the knowledge that Thurber was all-but legally blind when he drew them. I don't believe he hung around with the Algonquin Wits, but he is their contemporary, and again, worked at the same publication. My Life and Hard Times is Thurber's very funny autobiography, a true classic.

Delmore Schwartz? Extremely important American poet.
some say that Delmore was the inspiration for Nobel Prize Winning Novelist Saul Bellow's great novel, Humboldt's Gift. Also, look up "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" by Delmore Schwartz.

Bill Bryson -- entertaining writer w. a good sense of humor.
Explored under-rated byways of the good ol' USA. Also he is very, very good on language.

And Ann Coulter? A dragon lady! Avoid her at all costs.

Auntie

Thanks for the information, AuntShecky! I wish I could have a telepathic contact with all these personalities like Saleem Sinai had with Midnight's Children!

[AuntShecky]

Pensive -- the last I heard Smarty was still among us, but at a -- excuse the expression -- a stud farm. So unlike his predecessor, the beloved Funny Cide who is a gelding, perhaps someday future champions can claim Smarty Jones as his sire.

[Stargazer86]

April 23rd- William Shakespeare

Although I've heard before, that that may or may not be his actual birthday. The earliest known documentation of Shakespeare was his Christening date which was, I believe, April 26th. Since this was usually done when babies were about 3 days old, his birthday is assumed to be April 23. I saw this on a video in a class much. Don't know if it's true or not. I suppose it would be worth looking more into

[Wilde woman]

Interesting thread!

Feb. 10

John Suckling
William Congreve
Charles Lamb
Boris Pasternak (ironic...I'm reading Doctor Zhivago right now)
Roxanne Pulitzer (of the Pulitzer prize...cool!)

Also, Mark Spitz. Back when I swam competitively, I used to take that for a sign. But ever since Michael Phelps came along....

[higley]

September 25th-- William Faulkner!

[a_little_wisp]

MWAHAHA everyone's zodiac sign is now available!

January 28th, and the only one I can remember is - Collete (Gigi)

[Lynne50]

It seems there are only two authors/poet on my list...John Steinbeck and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But I can say that Elizabeth Taylor is also on the list. Boy, I wish I had those violet eyes.

[BienvenuJDC]

Sam Levenson (1911) - In One Era and Out the Other