Wednesday, January 13, 2010

[1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., Unitarian minister, author,
born in Chelsea, (now Revere), Massachusetts]

   
[1884 - Sophie Tucker (Sophia Kalish), entertainer, 'Last of the Red Hot Mamas,' born in Russia (or Poland)]

[1885 - Alfred Fuller, brush co. founder, born in King's County,
Nova Scotia, Canada]

[1907 - (Irving) Jeff Morrow, actor, born in New York City]

[1919 - Robert Stack (Robert Langford Modini),
Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Los Angeles]

[1922 - Army (Armand) Archerd, columnist,
born in the Bronx]

   
[1925 - Gwen Verdon (Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon), dancer, actress, born in Culver City, California]

[1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, comedian, actor, born in the Bronx]

CIA Cat

Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
Where have you been?
I've been to Baghdad,
To see Saddam Hussein.

Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
What did you there?
I frightened a prisoner
Wired, standing in air.

Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
Who next did you treat?
I rendered a prisoner
Like a piece of meat.

Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
Where is your secret prison?
You will find out soon enough.
Doubt about you has arisen.

William's Whimsical Words:

The ends always justify the means, don't they?

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