February 13, 2008


I had come so far from the little house in Yorba Linda to this great house in Washington.
Richard M. Nixon



"What would you do if the entire Japanese Army were behind you?"
— Sergeant Toomey (Christopher Walken)
"Surrender and get some sleep"
— Eugene Morris Jerome (Matthew Broderick), Biloxi Blues (1988)



Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.
Dylan Thomas



MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE
20TH CENTURY
1980

1980 and 1981
  • Strikes across Poland
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_four#TrialGang of four goes on trial
  • Libyan troops intervene in Chad Civil War
  • Iran-Iraq War breaks out
  • Leftists seize embassy in Colombia
    • HISTORY CENTRAL


    Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end it's only with yourself.
    - Mary Schmich



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
  • President Clinton, having returned from a visit to Romania, sent a note to thank for the presents received, among which was a 'poncho'. Not being aware of having given Mr Clinton a poncho the Romanian government checked the list of presents and found they had given the President a Romanian flag. After having turned over the communist regime the communist signs were cut out of the middle of the Romanian flag by means of protest. Apparently Mr. Clinton mistook this flag for a poncho.
  • Clinton's first automobile was a 'Henry J.'
  • He was born William Jefferson Blythe, 4th, for his late father. He legally changed his last name to that of his stepfather when he was 16.
  • His biological father, William Jefferson Blythe, 3d, was killed a few months before he was born in a car accident. Blythe wasn't hurt badly in the crash, but was knocked unconscious and landed in a deep puddle of water face down, and drowned.



    • What is greater than God.
    More evil than the Devil.
    The poor have it.
    The rich don't need it.
    And if you eat it, you'll die?



  • Sacred cows make the best hamburgers.
  • I got some new underwear yesterday. Well, it was new to me.
  • If #2 pencils are the most popular, are they still #2?
  • I used to be a lifeguard, but some blue kid got me fired.
  • I don't want buns of steel. I want buns of cinnamon.



    • Speak low, if you speak love.



    Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth



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