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Ben Franklin's bifocals Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Academy Award-winning Actress Hattie McDaniel
[1895 - Hattie McDaniel, Academy Award-winning actress, born in Wichita, Kansas]

US Marines at Guantanamo Bay
[1898 - US Marines land at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]

Circus Star Clyde Beatty
[1903 - Clyde Beatty, circus lion tamer and owner, born in Bainbridge, Ohio]

Composer Frederick Loewe on horseback
[1901 - Frederick Loewe, Oscar-winning composer, born in Vienna, Austria]

Wolf Howlin' the blues
[1910 - Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), blues musician, born in White Station, Mississippi]

Writer Saul Bellow laughing
Saul Bellow receiving Nobel Prize
[1915 - Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate writer, born in Lachine, Quebec]

Playwright Sir Terence Rattigan
[1911 - Terence Rattigan, playwright, born in London]

Actress Judy Garland in Wizard of Oz  Singer Judy Garland
[1922 - Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], actress, singer, born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota]

[1935 - Dr. Robert Smith and William G. Wilson found Alcoholics Anonymous]


Self-discipline

Disciplining the body is straightforward, but difficult;
Disciplining the mind is considerably harder, but doable,
Disciplining the heart is, fortunately, impossible.

Bottle-nose Dolphins


William's Whimsical Words:

Too much discipline is as bad as too little.

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