Sunday, December 28, 2008

[1732 - Benjamin Franklin runs ad in his Gazette for first issue of Poor Richard's Almanack]

[1856 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President, born in Staunton, Virginia]

[1905 - Earl 'Fatha' Hines, bandleader, musician, born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania]

[1905 - Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver), actor, born in Toledo, Ohio]

[1908 - Lew (Lewis Frederick) Ayres (III), actor, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]

[1911 - Sam Levenson, humorist, born in Brooklyn, New York]

[1925 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer, born in Ulm Germany]

[1958 - NFL championship: Johnny Unitas & Baltimore Colts edge New York Giants, 23-17]

Abstinence First

We used to say that you could get anything over the Internet but a sexually transmitted disease. Unconfirmed reports, however, assert that a person engaged in unprotected cyber-sex in an Internet chat room was infected with a particularly nasty computer virus. As always, abstinence is the surest path. People, for goodness sake, if you are going to indulge in such risky behavior, always use a firewall and an antivirus program.

William's Whimsical Words:

The Bush Administration opposed 'morning after' remedies on religious grounds.

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