Number 8 Is 50

Happy birthday to one of the all-time great baseball players, Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr., who turns 50 today. Ripken holds what will probably be the unbreakable record of 2,632 straight games from May, 1982 to September, 1998. He eclipsed Lou Gehrig's record of 2,130 consecutive games in 1995, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY on the first ballot in 2007.

Ripken played his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles, notable in this age of free agency and the grab-it-while-you-can sports business.

Guess Who's 49 Today?

Our 44th President, that's who. Born August 4, 1961 in HONOLULU, HAWAII, USA. (Just watch, there will be a birther somewhere who will pop up today and play the fool).

Birthday Boy

Sir Mick Jagger was born 67 years ago today in Dartford, England. Here are a couple of the Stones' tunes, out of literally dozens that made them famous. Enjoy.
(P.S. - George Best was a famous soccer - er, football player, mostly for Manchester United in the 60's and 70's.)