July 6, 2007


Oh, that lovely title, ex-president.
Dwight D. Eisenhower



Pat's bristles
Scratched
Bridget's nose
That's when
Her wild irish rose
Burma Shave
1951


I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.
William Faulkner




LEIF ERICSSON
c.961 - c.1021
Icelandic Mariner

Leif was the first Norseman to seek out the coast of North America.

Leif Ericsson was the son of Eric the Red, the first European colonizer of Greenland. Leif sailed from Greenland to Norway in 1000 where he was converted to Christianity. According to the 'Saga of Erik' he sailed off course on the return voyage and landed on the coast of North America, probably Nova Scotia which he called 'Vinland'. He made it to Greenland briefly, but returned to lead an expedition to the new land.

(Archaeological remains show that the expedition visited Newfoundland and many believe that this was a stopover on their journey farther south to what Ericsson called Vineland, which was probably near the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick).
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When we ask advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
--Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1796-1876), French mathematician



PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
Dwight David Eisenhower He was a wonderful cook, who specialized in barbecued steaks.
Dwight D Eisenhower 1953-1961



Two convicts are locked in a cell. There is an unbarred window high up in the cell. No matter if they stand on the bed or one on top of the other they can't reach the window to escape. They then decide to tunnel out. However, they give up with the tunneling because it will take too long. Finally one of the convicts figures out how to escape from the cell. What is his plan?



"A fome é o melhor tempero."
Translation: "Hunger is the best spice"
Portuguese proverb


Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.




As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
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