July 1 Pictures of the Day on The Wall Street Journal

If you are a soccer fan, this face would be familiar to you. He has refereed many a great game.

FEELING FRISKY: Former soccer referee Pierluigi Colina posed at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, one day before Brazil and the Netherlands compete in the World Cup quarterfinals. (Stephanie de Sakutina/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

The above is one of the July 1 Pictures of the Day on The Wall Street Journal. View the rest here on WSJ

I'd like to give a shoutout to a friend who is celebrating his birthday today, July 1. Happy Birthday, my friend. Many happy returns..

By the way, I read that people born on the first day of the month often see the big picture of things more, as in a macro view or prefer to paint with a big brush not being concerned with little things. They also have a strong and assertive disposition. It also applies to a certain extent to people born on 19 and 28 as the two numbers add up to 10 and further reduced to 1.