February 6, 2008


“When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.”
Sir Walter Scott



"This old maid, she had a parrot that cursed a blue streak and knew more vulgar expressions than Mr. Kowalski."
— Blanche Dubois, (Vivien Leigh) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)



We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.
Lily Tomlin



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1973

1972 and 1973
  • US Completes Withdrawal from Vietnam
  • Severe Drought in Africa
  • October War (Yom Kippur War)
  • Allende Killed in Chile
  • Bahamas Independent
  • Cat Scan Introduced
  • Sears Tower Built
  • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
    ~Edmund Burke



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    FDR was named for a great-uncle, Franklin Hughes Delano.



    If you're 8 feet away from a door and with each move you advance half the distance to the door. How many moves will it take to reach the door.



  • Take everything in moderation. Including moderation.
  • There are two rules for success: 1.) Don't tell all you know.
  • Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.
  • Never go to bed angry, stay awake and plot your revenge.
  • If at first you don't succeed, try left field.



  • Parting is such sweet sorrow.



    Their is a sucker born every day.



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