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I mentioned on Nate's blog earleir today the birthday anniversary of one David Bowie: 60 years old today.

Anyway, I thought perhaps I'd just blog a piece about Ziggy Stardust...

David Bowie was born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947.

People know Bowie best for his music, but he's done a bit more than that. David is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. Throughout the 1970s he took cues from art, philosophy and literature and appeared to elevate pop and rock to a more sophisticated level. He is also a film and stage actor, music video director and visual artist.

Quite a list really isn't it? Multi-instrumentalist I hear you ask? Yes. David sings, of course and the voice is an instument after all, but he also plays: guitar, piano, keyboards, saxophones, synthesizers, drums, percussion, harmonica, koto, marimba, violin, cello, organ, vibraphone, and stylophone - always assuming you include Rolf Harris' favourite toy as an instrument.

Bowie the actor is probably best known for his role as The Man Who Fell To Earth, but did you also know he played John Merrick (the Elephant Man) on the west-end stage? David has appeared in no less than 38 film/television roles and a number of stage roles too. He's been a busy boy!

For more information check out:
http://www.davidbowie.com/
http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidbowie/biography

Good old Auntie Beeb has a list of interesting Bowie facts too...

Happy Birthday David!

As it's Monday morning I thought you might enjoy this Bear.

We've all been there of course, but somehow this little guy always seems so hapless....

Here we are then, Monday morning and for many it's return to work after an extended Christmas break day; some of us went back to work much sooner, while others worked right through of course.

So while you're sipping your morning coffee and munching your breakfast cereal or toast bear this fact in mind: more people start divorce proceedings in early January than any other point of the year.

Divorce proceedings in early January can be 50% higher than at any other time of the year and the added stress of Christmas is partly to blame. Infidelities at Christmas parties also rate highly it seems, so someone somewhere is obviously having a lot more fun than me!

If you're feeling sad and blue this morning and blaming it on the thought that you have to go to work, just stop and think a moment; maybe it's not work that's the problem at all, it may be your marriage!

Happy Monday All!