March 27th - Today is the 86th day of the year, with only 279 days remaining in 2006.
Mars' Month - March was the original beginning of the year, and the time for the resumption of war.
March Flowers: Daffodil or Jonquil [Yellow] -  Affection, Cheerfulness, Desire, Grants Wishes, New Beginnings, Respect, and Sympathy
March Birthstone: Aquamarine, Bloodstone - Courage

National Sleep Awareness Week (Mar 27 - Apr 2)
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) is the organizer and sponsor of National Sleep Awareness Week ® (NSAW), an annual public education, information and awareness campaign. Now in its ninth year, this nationwide effort is the cornerstone for multiple initiatives designed to make sleep consciousness a part of every person’s lifestyle. This year’s theme is "Sleep: As Important as Diet and Exercise (Only Easier!)"


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
LAST QUARTER - Mar 22   7:10 p.m.
NEW MOON - Mar 29   10:16 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Apr 5   12:01 p.m.
FULL MOON - Apr 13   4:41 p.m.


Best Excuses If You Get Caught Sleeping In Your Cubicle
Ah, the unique and unpredictable circadian rhythms of the workaholic!
Boy, that cold medicine I took last night just won’t wear off!
I wasn’t sleeping! I was meditating on the mission statement and envisioning a new paradigm!
I was working smarter-not harder.
It’s okay ... I’m still billing the client.
Someone must’ve put decaf in the wrong pot.
The mailman flipped out and took out a gun, so I was playing dead to avoid getting shot.
They told me at the blood bank this might happen.
This is just a 15 minute power-nap like they raved about in the last management course you sent me to.
This is one of the seven habits of highly effective people!
Whew! Guess I left the top off the liquid paper.


ACTING -
1897 Gloria Swanson, Chicago IL, silent film actress (Father Takes a Wife, Sunset Boulevard) [D: 04/04/83]
1931 David Janssen (Meyers), Naponee NE, actor (Dr Richard Kimble-The Fugitive) [D: 02/13/80]
1939 Judy Carne (Northampton), Northampton England, comedienne (Laugh-In, Love on a Rooftop)
1940 Austin Pendleton, Warren OH, actor (A Beautiful Mind, Christmas with the Kranks)
1942 Michael York, Fulmer England, actor (Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers, Austin Powers series)

ARTISTIC -
1813 Nathaniel Currier, Roxbury MA, lithography with Ives [D: 11/20/1888]
1963 Quentin Tarantino, Knoxville TN, director/screenwriter (Pulp Fiction)

HISTORIC -
1863 Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce, Alwalton England, co-founded the Rolls-Royce [D: 04/22/33]
1844 Adolphus W Greely, Newburysport MA, Arctic explorer/Medal of Honor recipient [D: 10/20/35]
1986 Baby M, American custody case between the surrogate mother hired to carry her, and the child's biological father

MUSIC -
1868 Patty Smith Hill, Anchorage KY, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You) [D: 05/25/46]
1924 Sarah Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody)
1950 Tony Banks, East Heathly England, rock keyboardist (Genesis-Invisible Touch)
1970 Mariah Carey, Huntington NY, singer (Vision of Love, Love Takes Time, Hero)

SCIENCE -
1845 Wilhelm Röntgen, Lennep Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901) [D: 02/10/23]

SPORTS -
1903 Walt Kiesling, St. Paul MN, NFL guard/coach HoF '66 [D: 03/02/62]
1940 Cale Yarborough, Timmonsville SC, auto racer (Won Daytona 500 4 times-1968, 77, 83, 84)
1958 Bart Connor, Chicago IL, gymnast/sportscaster (Olympics-gold-1984)


1513   Explorer Juan Ponce de León sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island.
1794   The government of the United States establishes a permanent United States Navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
1863   President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer.
1866   President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th Amendment.
1917   Seattle Metropolitans, first US team to win Stanley Cup beat Canadians.
1931   Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor.
1945   General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken.
1958   Nikita Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier and first Secretary of Communist Party.
1964   The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1980   Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years.
1982   Randy Holt sets Washington Capital record of 34 penalty minutes.
1997   39 cult members in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp).
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Armed Forces Day - Myanmar / Burma
Evacuation Day - Angola
Mount Arafat Day - Kuwait


INSOMNIA
A man went to the doctor complaining of insomnia. The doctor gave him a thorough examination, found absolutely nothing physically wrong with him, and then told him, "Listen, if you ever expect to cure your insomnia, you just have to stop taking your trouble to bed with you."

"I know," said the man, "but I can't. My wife refuses to sleep alone."


Laugh and the world laughs with you. Snore and you sleep alone. - Anthony Burgess


SLEEP IN: Zzzz the day. (WordFoolery)

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