May the Fates Be with You!

There's no secret to how A ended up the way she is.  You just have to look back in history to find the clues.  She's not a random piece of protoplasm but a carefully constructed - yes, even fated - spark of brilliance who's been inhabiting our lives for 40 years (plus 9 months more for me!).

Examples?  You want examples?  Well here are a few to get us started.

• December 5, 1360 Creation of the French Franc - but of course - A is going to need currency on every continent to support her traveling and shopping - could Paris be next on her flight plan?
• December 5, 1484 Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany and leads to one of the severest witchhunts in European history -  but of course - A will have to root out all the hexes placed on ticketing software
• December 5, 1496 King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree of expulsion of ""heretics"" from the country - but of course - A will need skills to expel bogus ticket holders and fence climbers etc.
• December 5, 1766 "In London, James Christie holds his first sale - but of course - A will need to be able to manage auctions and other marketing ventures
• December 5, 1879 Daniel and Thomas Connolly and Thomas McTighe received a patent for the first automatic telephone system - need I say more????
• December 5, 1894 Phillip K. Wrigley (Wrigley Gum) born - but of course - A will need someone to curse when the sticky stuff shows up everywhere at the venue - and, did you know that gum was a marketing giveaway that became more popular than the product - can we say no one remembers the product just the gum?  But of course - A will need to know how to roll with the punches when it comes to products and marketing 
• December 5, 1929 "First US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC) - but of course - this explains what happens in XYZ stays in XYZ - if you haven't heard the stories then you weren't in XYZ with A 
• December 5, 1932 German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa - but of course - this explains the bed head - guilt by example
• December 5, 1932 The first Ford Model C automobile was introduced. It boasted the first four-cylinder engine made by Ford with a counter-balanced crankshaft - can we say TRUCK!! and when it doesn't run, though, we can't say that A is a very balanced crankshaft - she reverts to placing hexes, thus introducing an inherent inconsistency - sign of her brilliant humanity - into her essential nature - rooting out hexes in software and placing hexes in vehicles
• Ladies and gentlemen, this explains it all - December 5, 1933 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed - and the stage is set for many an evening with friends
• December 5, 1945 Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle - if A ever turns up missing the Bermuda Triangle got her after a cruise ship drifted too far north - and she'll have lots of company!
• December 5, 1951 """Dragnet"" premiers"  - but of course - ever been on the phone with A during concert season?  Kind, polite, to the point - just the facts ma'am.
• December 5, 1955 E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott - while the little old ladies at Penney's in South St. Louis figured my little girl's daddy must be Italian (they couldn't think broadly enough for another alternative!!!), we know that A is another strong woman in the Rosa Parks tradition
• December 5, 1958 Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh - but of course - A will find the phone indispensable and every technology will be needed to help connect her to friends and family far and wide
• And the ultimate spark for our NFL Gal - December 5, 1974 Seattle Seahawks formed