January 25, 2008


I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Ayn Rand



"A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window. "
—Lisa Carol Fremont (Grace Kelly), Rear Window (1954)



How embarrassing to be human.
Kurt Vonnegut



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1961

1961
  • Kennedy Inaugurated
  • US Commitment To Vietnam
  • Kuwait gains Independence
  • Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Peace Corps
  • Kennedy-Krushchev At Summit
  • Berlin Crisis
  • Rafael Trujillo Assassinated
  • Tanganyika independent
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
    - Mahatma Ghandi



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Among the vegetables in Thomas Jefferson's garden was the English pea, considered to be his favorite. He grew fifteen types of the English pea, and his frequent jottings on the vegetable in his Garden Book suggest that he paid particular attention to it, happily noting when 'peas come to table.' By staggering the planting of peas, Jefferson was able to eat them fresh from the garden from the middle of May to the middle of July.



    Why can't you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg?



    Gdy si? cz?owiek spieszy, to si? diabe? cieszy.
    Translation: When a man is in a hurry, the devil is happy.
    English equivalent: Haste makes waste.
    Polish proverb


    Nothing can come of nothing



    Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes (where and when, not who)



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