Saturday, June 27, 2009

  

[1829 - James Smithson, English scientist, leaves endowment to "the United States of America," to found
Smithsonian Institution]

[1872 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet, writer,
novelist, dramatist, lyricist, born in Dayton, Ohio]

   
[1880 - Helen Keller, author, educator; born in Tuscumbia, Alabama]

   
[1907 - John (Herrick) McIntire, actor, born in Spokane, Washington]

[1913 - Willie Mosconi, pocket billiards and straight pool champ, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

[1920 - I.A.L. Diamond (Itek Domnici), screenwriter,
born in Ungheni, Iasi, Romania (now Moldavia)]

    
[1925 - (Jerome Solon Felder) Doc Pomus, singer, songwriter, born in Brooklyn]

[1932 - Anna Moffo, opera singer, born in Wayne, Pennsylvania]

[1950 - President Truman authorizes U.S. naval and air operations south of 38th Parallel, Korea,
in support of U.N. call]

[1959 - West Side Story, (music by Leonard Bernstein), closes after 732 performances on Broadway]

I Smell The Blood

Fee! Fie! Foe! Fum!
I smell the blood of an Englishman.
Be he 'live, or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread.

Fee! Fie! Infidel! Run!
I smell the blood of an American.
Be he alive, or be he dead,
I'll go on TV, and cut off his head.

Fie on you Terrorist Foe and Scum!
I smell the blood of a Radical Muslim.
Be he alive, or be he dead,
I'll put him in Prison, and give him no bed.

See you now how far we've come!
The rivers run blood from everyone.
We care not who is alive or dead,
The high ground belongs not to anyone.

William's Whimsical Words:

People come in all different colors, but the blood that comes out of them looks the same.

to Summer 2009

to Almanack Main Page