January 13, 2008


A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
Bette Davis



"You have sunk below the deepest layer of prehistoric frog shit at the bottom of a New Jersey scum swamp."
— Oliver Rose (Michael Douglas), The War of the Roses (1989)



I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
Victor Hugo



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1949

1948 and 1949
  • NATO
  • Communist Victory in China
  • Ireland Becomes Independent
  • Federal Republic of Germany Created
  • Soviets Detonate A-Bomb
  • Around The World Flight
  • Stratocruiser Service
  • "Comet"- Commercial Jet
  • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves
    William Feather



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA

    Eight Presidents died in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, F. Roosevelt, and Kennedy.



    Never resting, never still. Moving silently from hill to hill. It does not walk, run or trot, All is cool where it is not.

    What is it?




    When you are driving, watch for wild animals that are dead ahead.



    Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.



    Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.



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