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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Most apt line of the day, so far

“This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.”

Rear Admiral Joshua Painter in The Hunt for Red October as spoken by Fred Dalton Thompson

And as noted by Larry Johnson.

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It’s the birthday

Linda Ronstadt Time… of Alex Karras, All-American, Heisman runner-up (and he was a lineman), Outland Award winner, NFL star (1958-1971), Monday Night Football sportscaster, TV sitcom actor and — most notably — Mongo in Blazing Saddles. He’s 71 today. That’s the number he wore with the Detroit Lions.

… of Tucson’s favorite daughter, Linda Ronstadt, 60 today. Miss Ronstadt has sold more than 66 million albums worldwide. The session band behind her on her third album became The Eagles.

… of Forest Whitaker, 45. Whitaker has been in more than 60 films and television productions, most notably Good Morning, Vietnam, The Crying Game and as Charlie “Bird” Parker in Bird (which earned him best actor at Cannes).

Rembrandt Van Rijn was born in Leiden, Netherlands on this date in 1606.

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