January 9, 2008


“One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.”
Sir Walter Scott



"I won't be ignored, Dan!"
— Alex Forrest (Glenn Close), Fatal Attraction (1987)



The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
Oscar Levant



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1945

1944 and 1945
  • Auschwitz Liberated
  • Yalta Conference
  • Bombing of Dresden
  • US Land On Iwo Jima
  • US Cross Rhine at Remagen
  • United Nations Organization,
  • Germany Surrenders
  • Potsdam Conference
  • Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • Japan Surrenders
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    The most fun is getting paid to learn things.
    Diane Sawyer



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

    Vice Presidents were originally the presidential candidates receiving the second-largest number of electoral votes. The Twelfth Amendment, passed in 1804, changed the system so that the electoral college voted separately for president and vice president. The presidential candidate, however, gradually gained power over the nominating convention to choose his own running mate.



    If you screw a lightbulb into a socket by turning the bulb toward the right with your right hand, which way would you turn the socket with your left hand in order to unscrew it while holding the bulb stationary?



  • Where subtlety fails, we must simply make do with cream pies.
  • I don't have a drinking problem. I drink. I get drunk. I fall down. No problem.
  • I drink beer to celebrate major events, such as the fall of communism, or the fact that our refrigerator is still working.
  • I'm thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out my nose.
  • Don't drink and drive. You might spill your drink.



    • Love is too young to know what conscience is.



    Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth.



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