Poor William's Almanack, August 27, 2014, You Will Shoot Your Eye Out

Ben Franklin's bifocals Wednesday, August 27, 2014

[551 B.C. - Confucius (K'ung Fu-tzu), philosopher, born in
Qufu, Chinese State of Lu (now part of Shandong Province)]

Philosopher G.W.F. Hegel Portrait of Philosopher G.W.F. Hegel
[1770 - Georg Wilhelm F. Hegel, philosopher, born in Stuttgart, Germany]

[1871 - Theodore Dreiser, writer, philosopher, born in Terre Haute, Indiana]

[1877 - Charles Stewart Rolls, automotive & aeronautics engineer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce born in Berkeley Square, London]

[1899 - C.S. Forester (Cecil Louis Troughton Smith), historical novelist, born in Cairo, Egypt]

[1908 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President, born in Stonewall, Texas]

Nobel Laureate Mother Theresa with child

[1910 - Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), Catholic Nun, born in Skopje, Macedonia]

[1916 - Martha Raye (Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed), nurse, pilot, comedienne, actress, singer, born in Butte, Montana]

[1921 - J. E. Clair (Acme Packing Co.), purchases
an NFL franchise for Green Bay, Wisconsin]

[1929 - Ira Levin, writer, born in The Bronx]

You Will Shoot Your Eye Out

It is remarkable how many of us will go to our graves still hearing the voice of, and still trying to please one or both of our parents.

William's Whimsical Words:

It matters not when or whether they died.

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