Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Ides Of March

Gordo's 82 nd birthday is on Thursday, March 15th ... the "Ides of March" (see below). He's going to have a busy few days.
Tomorrow night ... Ricky, Andrea and their kids will celebrate this event with Aunt Liz, Gordon and I. Pizza and cake!!!!!!!!
Thursday ... it's lunch with the old guys at Yao's!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday ... Another party with Sarah, Amber, Steph, Kenny and my other 3 grand babies ... and yes Mikey will cook and .... MORE cake!!!!!!!!!!


The word Ides comes from the Latin word "Idus" and means "half division" especially in relation to a month. It is a word that was used widely in the Roman calendar indicating the approximate day that was the middle of the month.In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. Caesar was stabbed (23 times) to death in the Roman Senate by a group of conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. The group included 60 other co-conspirators. 

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