YUTOPIA: Personal: August 2004 Archives

Personal: August 2004 Archives

August 9, 2004

Down With The Sickness

Back in the Gush days, I met a really cool guy from Chicago Ben Draiman - a great guy who does the best Louis Armstrong impersonation I have ever heard.¹

Anyway, it turns out he's brothers with David Draiman lead singer of the band Disturbed and was apparently referenced in this interview.

1. Two Louis Armstrong references in one week. Not bad...

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August 4, 2004

You Say It's Your Birthday

I did some searching of who else has a birthday on August 4th. I expected an eclectic group of people, but this is a bit much:

Roger Clemens
Yasser Arafat¹
Louis Armstrong - (and what a wonderful world it is).
Billy Bob Thorton
Jeff Gordon
A professional wrestler named Dean Malenko
And a whole slew of others

Of course, with only 366 possible days from which to chose, there's bound to be some important people or events that happened on any given day which could give it more significance. I mean, it could be the day Congress authorized the first U.S. Government securities, or who knows what else may have happened.

Yes, even on this hallowed National Chocolate Chip Day.

1. I've been told that this is innaccurate. However, I can't help but find ironic that his Chineese sign is "snake" and his Feng Shui element is Earth.