…to Glenn Beck, but I’ll be busy today and can’t make your party!

Mine will be more fun!

…if you’re bored today, Google Sergey Brin, after all, he’s one of its creators!

I’ll let you find all about him on your own!

Happy Saturday.

Tim Tebow…

Former Gator, present day Denver Bronco.

Born in 1987 while his parents were on the mission field in the Philippines, Tim’s mothers’ doctors recommended that she abort him to protect her life.  She declined to do so…whew!  What would the Gators have done?

Homeschooled with his siblings, Tim became a High School Football star at Nease High School, and went to the University of Florida becoming the star quarterback, and won the Heisman Trophy in 2007.  He was the first undeclassman to ever do so, and UP to now, the only one.  He was a double threat in football in that he could rush and throw with accuracy.

Bally-hooed AND boo-hooed, Tim eventually won out made the pros…we’ll see what happens next!

He changed football in that the NCAA adopted “The Tebow Rule” banning messages on eye paint.  Tim was know for his Bible verses on his eye paint during games.  Every time Tim put a Bible verse on his eye paint, there were millions of internet searches on each verse.  Other notable players such as Reggie Bush and Terrell Pryor have put messages on their eye paint as well.  The rule is sUPposed to enforce the orignal usage of eye black, which is to block the sun from the players’ eyes.  I’m just guessing here, but apparently the NCAA is way too politically correct, or just Godless!

And even though I’m not a Gator fan, and he led the Gators to victory in the national championship game over my beloved Buckeys of THE Ohio State University,  I’m sure this will make Shelby’s day!

Mata Hari, the Dutch Spy who was executed by firing squad was born today in 1876.

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle was born in the Netherlands, was a “mail order” bride, a mistress, an exotic dancer, and a very crafty spy.

By 1905, she began to win fame as an exotic dancer, and she adopted the stage name Mata Hari.  She was a contemporary of Isadora Duncan.  Promiscuous, flirtatious, and openly flaunting her body, she captivated her audiences and was an overnight success from the debut of her act.

She also posed for nude pictures…pretty racy back in the early 1900s.

On 13 February 1917, Mata Hari was arrested in her room at the Hote Plaza Athenee in Paris. She was put on trial, accused of spying for Germany and consequently causing the deaths of at least 50,000 soldiers. She was found guilty and was executed by firing squad on 15 October 1917, at the age of 41.

Some reported that her dying words were, “A harlot yes, a traitor, never!”

No one in her family claimed her body, it was used for science and her head was embalmed and put in a museum.  It disappeared around 1954 and has never been found.

Has anyone looked at NeverLand Ranch?