December 9, 2007


It's weird. Day by day nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything is different.
Calvin and Hobbes



"You shouldn't keep souvenirs of a killing. You shouldn't have been that sentimental."
— Det. John 'Scottie' Ferguson (James Stewart), Vertigo (1958)



Never invest in anything that eats or needs repairing.
Billy Rose



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1914

1914 amd 1915
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assasinated
  • Austria Declares War on Serbia
  • Germany declares war and invades Belgium
  • Japan declares war on Germany
  • US Intervenes in Mexico
  • Panama Canal opens
  • Clayton Antitrust Act
  • Germany Invades Luxembourg
  • Russians Invade Prussia
  • Battle of Mons
  • Germany wins vs. Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
  • First Battle Marne
  • First Battle of Ypres
  • Germans Capture Lodz
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world
    Helen Keller



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Chester A. Arthur "Chet Arthur, President of the U.S.! Good God!"--A New York political associate
    Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885



    What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees.

    Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows.
    What is it?




    She was the apple of his eye and he liked to sit down be cider.



    If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.



    If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.
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