February 28, 2006

"Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let her sleep






In this vale
Of toil and sin
Your head grows bald
But not your chin.
Burma Shave




I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.
Christopher Hampton




GEOGRAPHY
part 14 of 19
  • The Hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. Conceived as a real estate ad, it originally read Hollywoodland. The sign stands 50 feet tall, stretches 450 feet across, weighs 450,000 pounds.
  • The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
  • The Jordanian city Amman was once called Philadelphia.
  • The largest body of fresh water in the world is Lake Superior.
  • The largest desert in the world, the Sahara, is 3,500,000 square miles.



    • I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.
    Henry David Thoreau



    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Lincoln Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
    Abraham Lincoln



    Almost everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond is what he or she seeks.
    What am I?



    Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.



    My son does not appreciate classical musicians such as the Stones; he is more into bands with names like "Heave" and "Squatting Turnips."



    Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.