Monday, February 16, 2009

[Presidents Day]

  
[1741 - Benjamin Franklin publishes The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle]

[1804 - Lt. Stephen Decatur burns captured US frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli Harbor]

[1857 - National Deaf Mute College incorporated in Washington, D.C.
(Now Gallaudet University)]

[1884 - Robert Joseph Flaherty, film producer,
born in Iron Mountain, Michigan]

[1893 - Katharine Cornell, actress, born in Berlin]

[1901 - (John) Chester Morris, actor,
born in New York City]

[1903 - Edgar Bergen (Bergren), actor, ventriloquist,
born in Decatur, Michigan]

[1932 - Otis Blackwell, singer, songwriter, born in Brooklyn]

 
[1935 - Salvatore Phillip 'Sonny' Bono, singer, entertainer, Congressman,
born in Detroit, Michigan]

[1937 - DuPont Corp patents nylon]

[1996 - Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, politician, former Governor of California, dies at age 90]

Reality

The moment of your triumph
Is immediately followed by
A dousing of reality,
From an ice-filled Gatorade bucket,
In the hands of those you led and trusted,
And who love you.

William's Whimsical Words:

Reality is cold and wet, but curiously refreshing.

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