January 23, 2008


Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
William Shakespear



"If I'm going to be alone, I want to be by myself."
— Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe),The Misfits (1961)



Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
~Winnie the Pooh



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1959

1959 amd 1960
  • European Free Trade Association
  • Singapore becomes independent
  • Uprising in Tibet
  • DeGaulle agrees to vote on Algerian independence
  • St. Lawrence Seaway opens
  • Alaska admitted to the Union as the 49th state
  • Hawaii admitted to the Union as the 50th state
  • Kitchen Debate
  • Castro takes over in Cuba
  • First flight of the X-15
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires.
    - Albert Einstein



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
  • George Washington wore size thirteen boots.
  • He would often get his "e's" and "i's" mixed up, he would spell words like blue as blew, and oil as oyl.
  • His IQ was estimated to be about 125.
  • He was a very loud snorer.



    • King Tut died 120 years after King Eros was born. Their combined ages when they died was 100 years. King Eros died in the year 40 B.C. In what year was King Tut born?



  • Drugs: accomplish your dreams.
  • No, I'm not addicted. The drugs are my friends.
  • Stand on toilet: get high on pot.
  • A friend with weed is a friend indeed; A friend in need is a bloody pain.
  • Wealth is not what we have, but what we are.



    • No legacy is so rich as honesty.



    "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."



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