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Monday, 12-May-2008 02:20:26 EDT
Paths of the Wise

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
Jean de La Bruyère

Paths of the Not-So-Wise

The thunder was ominous sounding, much like sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
Bad analogies on high school papers

Milestones
1820 Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale
1907 Actress Katherine Hepburn
1918 Convicted spy Julius Rosenberg
1925 Baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra
1929 Composer Burt Bacharach
1938 Comedian George Carlin
1958 Roger Dale Horn enters the world.
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On this date in History
1922 The magazine "Radio Broadcast" commented, "the rate of increase in the number who spend at least part of an evening listening to radio is almost incomprehensible."
1937 George VI was crowned king of England, succeeding his brother Edward, who abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
1992 CIA Director Gates said he had begun declassifying all relevant information on the President Kennedy assassination to end the notion that the CIA was involved.
On this date in Music
1842 Jules Massenet was born outside of St. Etienne, France. "La Grand' Tante" was Massenet's first opera. It was performed when he was 25. An orchestral suite went over pretty well. His delicate sensuality influenced Debussy.
1926 Shostakovich's First Symphony was premiered by the Leningrade Philharmonic. Shostakovich was 19 years old. His symphony had been a graduation exercise. The Shostakovich First is an extremely good piece of music, full of clever ideas.

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1820	Nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale
1907	Actress Katherine Hepburn
1918	Convicted spy Julius Rosenberg
1925	Baseball Hall of Fame member Yogi Berra
1929	Composer Burt Bacharach
1938	Comedian George Carlin
1958	Roger Dale Horn enters the world.
	Write a Limerick today!


1922	The magazine "Radio Broadcast" commented, "the rate of increase in the number who spend at least part of an evening listening to radio is almost incomprehensible."
1937	George VI was crowned king of England, succeeding his brother Edward, who abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
1992	CIA Director Gates said he had begun declassifying all relevant information on the President Kennedy assassination to end the notion that the CIA was involved.


1842	Jules Massenet was born outside of St. Etienne, France. "La Grand' Tante" was Massenet's first opera. It was performed when he was 25. An orchestral suite went over pretty well. His delicate sensuality influenced Debussy.
1926	Shostakovich's First Symphony was premiered by the Leningrade Philharmonic. Shostakovich was 19 years old. His symphony had been a graduation exercise. The Shostakovich First is an extremely good piece of music, full of clever ideas.