Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Me and the Pope

.... or, more properly, Pope Benedict and I


share a birthday today.

For the record,



Henry Mancini was also born on this day in 1924,

Dusty Springfield in 1939,




and Charlie Chaplain in 1889.



32 comments:

Annie's Mom said...

Happy Birthday!

Kirstin said...

Happy Birthday!

GreenishLady said...

Happy birthday to you! (I'm not sending birthday wishes to the Pope, so I hope you feel suitably honoured!)

Hope you have a great day.

Paul said...

I'm with greenishlady.

A very happy and blessed birthday to you, Diane, and many blessings in the year ahead!

Pastor Eric said...

(imagine me singing...but actually singing good) Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you.

Have a great day!

Hot Cup Lutheran said...

oh see i knew you were holy! happy B day!

LoieJ said...

There WILL be more prayers today than usual, so that is a good thing.

HBTY
HBTY
HBTY-000000
HBTY

LoieJ said...

I'm sending you a singing BDay card. Not like you'll get from any parishioner.

more cows than people said...

Happy birthday, Diane! I'm so glad you were born.

Unknown said...

Hope the your birthday was grand.

Diane M. Roth said...

I'm so grateful to all of you! thank you! you made my day.

steve said...

Happy birthday, Diane! I'm so glad you're here and that you share the gift of your reflections.

Fran said...

Happy Birthday again and again and again.

Did you get to meet Yung Hee? Have I slaughtered the name too badly? Clearly my cell phone connection has issues, doesn't it Dr.? (tee hee)

Diane M. Roth said...

Fran, that is an interesting question. I talked to her on the phone, but when I went to the house tonight she wasn't there and nobody knew what I was talking about (and almost nobody spoke English, either). I will try again tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday--you're in a very interesting group!

Jan said...

Happy Birthday! And tomorrow is my son's 23rd!

Marsha said...

Happy Birthday!

zorra said...

And my husband in 1957. Happy birthday again!

Barbara B. said...

Woo Hoo! Happy Birthday, Blog Pal!

Mike Farley said...

Happy, happy, happy b'day - if a bit late!

Mary Ellen said...

Happy Birthday, again, Diane! Wow, just about everybody on the blog seems to be having April birthdays! Mine was last Monday...how do all we Aries get along so well? I thought we were supposed to be hot tempered and competitive? Ok...I'm a little hot tempered, I'll admit it.

Mary Ellen said...

I wonder how long it took Dusty to get those little moves she made when she sang down pat? Those were the days...I was kind of young then, but had an older brother that watched American Bandstand all the time, and I'd watch it with him, from what I was told.

Diane M. Roth said...

Mary Ellen, I did not see Dusty much when she was popular, either, but there's a great new CD by Shelby Lynne, where she covers all these old Dusty songs. "I Only Want to be with YOu", was my favorite, but I also liked "The Look of Love", (but I'm also a Bacharach/DAvid fan.

Rachel said...

happy happy happy! whooo hooo! (belated - sorry I'm late for the party)

Rev SS said...

belated happy b'day wishes from me too ... hope it's the first day of a great year!

Lindy said...

I share a birthday with Oprah but even she is nothing compared to The Pope! Wow!

Me and Rowan... or, more properly, Rowan and I send more birthday wishes.

XOXO

Lindy

Cathy said...

Hope you had a most wonderful birthday and I LOVED the videos!!!

Dorcas (aka SingingOwl) said...

What Cathy said! FUN!
And yep, I remember Dusty S. well. When did I get so freakin' old?

Lori said...

Late to the party, Diane....

Hope your day was Happy Happy!

And many more ahead!

dust bunny said...

Just a little late...
Happy Birthday!!!!!

gartenfische said...

Oh Diane. I decide to check out from blogging for a bit and I go and miss your birthday. :(

I'm sorry.

I hope you had a lovely one. Happy birthday a week---yes a whole week---late.

Cecilia said...

Happy (belated) birthday Diane! I hope it was wonderful.

And Dusty! I'm impressed.