Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

From the Quotation of the day mailing list, 2012-10-16:

"We elevate people to the status of heroes in order to let ourselves off the hook: 'I'm just a mere mortal -- I could never even dream of doing something like that.'" -- Jarvis Cocker, writing in The Guardian.

[ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/10/john-lennon-letters-hunter-davies-review?INTCMP=SRCH]

submitted to the mailing list by Jean Rogers

Today is:
Gregorian: 2014-01-05 (the twelfth day of Christmas)
Julian: 2013-12-23
Hebrew: 5774 Shevat 04
Islamic: 1435 Rabi`al-Awwal 03
Persian: 1392 Dey 15
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.1.1.0
Indian Civil Calendar: 1935 Pausa 15
Anniversary of the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066, President Nixon ordering the development of a Space Shuttle program in 1972, and the discovery of Eris in 2005
The birthday of Umberto Eco (1932), Charlie Rose (1942), Diane Keaton (1946), Marilyn Manson (1969), and Seanan McGuire (1978).

[Note that today is the twelfth day of Christmas -- the Feast of the Nativity being day one -- but "Twelfth Day" is also another name for the Feast of the Epiphany, i.e. tomorrow, the twelfth day after Christmas. Just because calendars aren't confusing enough anyhow, I guess.]