Poor William's Almanack, July 31, 2014, Comparative Religion 101

Ben Franklin's bifocals Thursday, July 31, 2014

Naval Architect John Ericsson

Inventor John Ericsson's Statue holding Monitor Model

[1803 - John Ericsson, naval architect, inventor, born in Langbanshyttan, Wermland, Sweden]

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

Economist Milton Friedman

Nobel Prize Economist Milton Friedman

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

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

[1918 - Henry "Hank" Jones, jazz pianist, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi]

Game Show Producer Bill Todman

Game Show Producers Bill Todman (Right) & Mark Goodson

[1918 - Bill (William) Todman(R), game show producer, born in New York City]

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

Atlantic Records' Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegun

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

[1932 - Theodore Crawford 'Ted' Cassidy, actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

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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