Stolen from oiseaurobyn:

The Rules:
1. Type in your birthday (minus the year) in the search bar at Wikipedia.org
2. List three interesting facts, two births, and one death that happened on your birthday

Events:
-1492 - Christopher Columbus lands on the San Salvador Islands.

-1774 - First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.

-1879 - Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out).

Births:
-1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)

-1956 - Carrie Fisher, American actress and writer

Deaths:
-1969 - Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (b. 1882)

Tags: memes
Current Mood: thoughtful

I have been viciously tagged by oiseaurobyn.  Now by the laws of TEH INTARWEB!!111one, I must respond.

Choose one music artist/band that has not been chosen by your tagger.
Answer the following questions using ONLY song titles by that artist/band.
Then, tag 5 people to do the same.

[artist/band]
Rush

[male or female]
Digital Man

[describe yourself]
Working Man

[how do people feel about you]
No One At The Bridge

[how do you feel about yourself]
Nobody's Hero

[where do you want to be]
Closer To The Heart

[what do you want to be]
Best I Can

[how do you live]
Finding My Way

[how do you love]
Show Don't Tell

[words of wisdom]
A Farewell To Kings

I tag... bashful_dwarf, elastcplastc, wicketewoky, fourouncegirl, and particle_mann.  And anyone else that wants to do it.

Tags: memes
Current Mood: hot
Current Music: Rush - Free Will