Sunday, November 2, 2008

[1734 - Daniel Boone, frontiersman, explorer, born in Reading, Pennsylvania]

[1889 - North and South Dakota are admitted to the Union]

[1913 - Burt Lancaster, Academy Award-winning actor, born in New York City]

[1947 - First and only flight of the Spruce Goose (Hughes H-4 Hercules)]

[1976 - Jimmy Carter (last president not to lie to us) is elected president]

Service With a Scowl

Twenty years as a professional military officer; twenty years practicing law. For most of a working life, william has been cleaning up other people's messes.

William's Whimsical Words:

The pay was somewhat better than janitorial wages, but the nature of the work is pretty much the same.

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