Poor William's Almanack, May 16, 2010, Survival Plan

Ben Franklin's bifocals Sunday, May 16, 2010

[1717 - Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille]

[1801 - William Seward, New York Governor & Senator,
Secretary of State, born in Orange County, New York]

[1804 - Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator, writer,
editor, born in Billerica, Massachusetts]

Mississippi Steamboat loaded with cotton

Captain searching the Mississippi Mississippi Steamboat Pilot at the wheel
[1817 - Steamboat service begins on the Mississippi River]

Henry Fonda in a Western
[1905 - Henry Fonda, Academy Award-winning actor, born in Grand Island, Nebraska]

[1912 - Studs (Louis) Terkel, writer, born in New York City]

[1928 - Billy Martin, baseball player, manager, born in Berkeley, California]

[1929 - First Academy Awards are presented]

[1946 - Irving Berlin musical, Annie Get Your Gun, opens on Broadway
at Imperial Theatre, runs for 1,147 performances]

Navy Corpsman Donald E. Ballard Navy Medal of Honor
[1968 - Donald E. Ballard, Navy Corpsman, receives Medal of Honor
for action in Quang Tri Province, with 3rd Marine Division unit]

Survival Plan

If survival is Job 1, (and let's face it, it is for most of us most of the time), then making sure you do so without harming any innocent bystanders is Job 2.

William's Whimsical Words:

On rare occasion, the Job 1 imperative is overridden by Job 0. In that case you have someone like Donald Ballard. (please see above)

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