Happy Birthday, Marilyn!

Today is June 1, 2011, and it is Marilyn Monroe's 85th birthday. I've got a special place in my heart for the lovely Ms. Monroe for many reasons, one of which is that we almost share a birthday. She was born exactly sixty years and one day ahead of me, give or take some hours.

She was a very unique person and I think the world is a better place because she was in it. Of course, I can say that about a lot of people, some of whom I'm sure you would claim are much more qualified to fit that statement than she, but I am choosing to say it about her right now. It isn't just because she was pretty. She was alternately determined and lazy, she was bright and bubbly, she was pleasant and unpleasant...she was normal. I like that.

So...in honor of her birthday, I'm going to post some of my favorite pictures of the late Ms. Monroe. Enjoy!