• Brooklyn Day will be celebrated tomorrow. Yes, there is such a thing. I so looked forward to it when I was a kid. The schools closed. I don't know if they still do. Here is a list of famous people born in the borough of  kings. I took out the names of politicians. I did not add my own name. For a more complete list, go here:  http://www.famouswhy.com/Born_Where/Location/Brooklyn.html

• Allen, Woody
• Beastie Boys
• Blaine, David
• Bleu, Corbin
• Brooks, Mel
• Brown, Foxy
• Burns, Ken
• Buscemi, Steve
• David, Larry
• Day, Dorothy
• Diamond, Neil
• Dreyfuss, Richard
• Durante, Jimmy
• Edwards, Vince
• Eisner, Will
• Fadiman, Clifton
• Fallon, Jimmy
• Ferrigno, Lou
• Gershwin, George
• Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
• Giuliani, Rudy
• Gleason, Jackie
• Hayworth, Rita
• Heller, Joseph
• Horne, Lena
• Jay-Z
• Jordan, Michael
• Kamen, Jack
• Kaye, Danny
• Keitel, Harvey
• Kim, Lil'
• Kimmel, Jimmy
• King, Carole
• King, Larry
• Lethem, Jonathan
• Lombardi, Vince
• Manilow, Barry
• Maslow, Abraham
• Milano, Alyssa
• Moore, Mary Tyler
• Mos Def
• Murphy, Eddie
• Nidetch, Jean
• Perelman, S.J.
• Reed, Lou
• Rhymes, Busta
• Rivers, Joan
• Rooney, Mickey
• Salmi, Albert
• Sandler, Adam
• Schlessinger, Laura
• Seinfeld, Jerry
• Sendak, Maurice
• Shakur, Tupac
• Soto, Talisa
• Stanwyck, Barbara
• Streisand, Barbra
• Thalberg, Irving
• Tomei, Marisa
• Tyson, Mike
• Wallach, Eli
• West, Mae
• Wilson, Robert Anton

Thanks to the Merry Mailwoman, who purchased thrillers by Jonathan Kellerman and Iris Johannson today on Avenue Z - despite the heat.
My alternate website is almost completely operational. There are just a few more links to correct and add.
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