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Ben Franklin's bifocals Friday, July 31, 2009

Naval Architect John Ericsson   Inventor John Ericsson's Statue holding Monitor Model
[1803 - John Ericsson, naval architect, inventor, born in Langbanshyttan, Wermland, Sweden]

Businessman S. S. Kresge
[1867 - S. S. (Sebastian Spering) Kresge,
merchant and philanthropist,
born in Bald Mountain, Pennsylvania]

Nobel Prize Economist Milton Friedman
[1912 - Milton Friedman, Nobel prize-winning
economist, born in Brooklyn, New York]

Composer George Forrest
[1915 - George Forrest (George Forrest Chichester, Jr.), songwriter,
composer, born in Brooklyn]

Game Show Producers Bill Todman (Right) & Mark Goodson
[1918 - Bill (William) Todman, game show
producer, born in New York City]

Award-winning Sportscaster Curt Gowdy
[1919 - Curt Gowdy, sports commentator,
born in Green River, Wyoming]

Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun
[1923 - Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records co-founder,
born in Istanbul, Turkey]


Comparative Religion 101
Final Exam

God is:

a. Good.
b. Great.
c. Love.
d. An omniscient know-it-all.
e. All of the above.


William's Whimsical Words:

None of the above.

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