Monday, October 11, 2010

[80 C.E. - The Roman Colosseum is completed]

[1844 - Henry J.(John) Heinz, condiments
magnate, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[1884 - First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt born in
New York City]

   
[1887 - Willie (William Frederick) Hoppe, Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer, born in
Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, New York]

[1906 - Charles Haskell Revson, cosmetics mogul, born in
Montreal, Quebec]

[1910 - Joseph W. Alsop V,
newspaper journalist, columnist,
born in Avon, Connecticut]

   
[1918 - Jerome Robbins (Rabinowitz), Tony-winning choreographer, Academy Award-winning
director, born in New York City]

   
[1919 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer, bandleader, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]

[1975 - Saturday Night Live debuts
with George Carlin as guest host]

Right From Wrong

This planet is peopled with too many folks who are seldom right but who are never wrong, and are committed to telling you about it.

William's Whimsical Words:

And most of them are talking loud enough to drown out their neighbors.

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