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Happy BirthdayAltered Images27 February, 2018 |
• The 25th President of the United States was William McKinley, Jr.
• The number of Florida electoral votes that won the 2000 U.S. presidential election was 25.
• On a Major League Baseball team, 25 is the size of a full team roster for most of the season.
• “World Pasta Day” is the 25th of October.
• The PAL video standard has a per second frame rate of 25.
• Lawrence Bragg won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 at the age of 25.
• Francesco Boggian set a Guinness World Record in 2008 by making 25 tortellini in three minutes.
• Manganese has the atomic number of 25.
• In Portugal the maximum life sentence is 25.
• 25 is the number of cents in a quarter.
And of course the most important 25 fun fact of the day is that my amazing son Liam was born 25 years ago today.
I know it’s probably regarded as a bit of a novelty record, but I love the song “Happy Birthday” by the Scottish new wave punk band, Altered Images, and relish any opportunity to give it a spin. Clare Grogan’s squeaky signature vocals and the band’s deft pop sensibility left a trail of hit singles in the charts from 1979 to 1983, and “Happy Birthday” is still one of my favorites — which is why it’s the Happy Medium Song of the Day on one of my three favorite days of the year. Enjoy the day, Liam, and the unique status and dubious distinction of being a quarter of a century old. Love, Dad. (Please use the comments box to share your thoughts.)
• The number of Florida electoral votes that won the 2000 U.S. presidential election was 25.
• On a Major League Baseball team, 25 is the size of a full team roster for most of the season.
• “World Pasta Day” is the 25th of October.
• The PAL video standard has a per second frame rate of 25.
• Lawrence Bragg won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 at the age of 25.
• Francesco Boggian set a Guinness World Record in 2008 by making 25 tortellini in three minutes.
• Manganese has the atomic number of 25.
• In Portugal the maximum life sentence is 25.
• 25 is the number of cents in a quarter.
And of course the most important 25 fun fact of the day is that my amazing son Liam was born 25 years ago today.
I know it’s probably regarded as a bit of a novelty record, but I love the song “Happy Birthday” by the Scottish new wave punk band, Altered Images, and relish any opportunity to give it a spin. Clare Grogan’s squeaky signature vocals and the band’s deft pop sensibility left a trail of hit singles in the charts from 1979 to 1983, and “Happy Birthday” is still one of my favorites — which is why it’s the Happy Medium Song of the Day on one of my three favorite days of the year. Enjoy the day, Liam, and the unique status and dubious distinction of being a quarter of a century old. Love, Dad. (Please use the comments box to share your thoughts.)
Sweet boy.
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