January 2, 2007


I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.
Dwight D. Eisenhower



Rhyme and reason Every season
You've read
The rhyme
Now try the reason
Burma Shave
1941


I am a drinker with writing problems.
Brendan Behan





ABRAHAM LINCOLN
  • 1812 - A brother, Thomas, is born but dies in infancy.
  • 1815 - Young Abraham attends a log school house.
  • 1816 - Briefly attends school. In December, the Lincoln family crosses the Ohio River and settles in the backwoods of Indiana.
  • 1817 - In February, Abraham, age 7, shoots a wild turkey but suffers great remorse and never hunts game again.
  • 1818 - Young Abraham is kicked in the head by a horse and for a brief time is thought to be dead. Oct. 5, Nancy Hanks Lincoln (his mother) dies of "milk sickness."
  • 1819 - On Dec. 2, Abraham's father, Thomas, marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston, and becomes stepfather to her three children. Abraham develops much affection for his stepmother.
  • 1820 - Briefly attends school.
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    Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
    Abraham Lincoln



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Andrew JohnsonHis wife was only 16 years old when they were married
    Andrew Johnson 1865-1869



    Iron roof, glass walls, burns and burns and never falls.

    What am I?



    In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.



    Admiration is the Daughter of Ignorance.
    1736


    Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
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