BOUNDARY, n: In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of another.
Ambrose Bierce
'Mid rising
Taxes
Soaring rents
Still half a pound
For fifty cents
Burma Shave
1937
Martin Luther King took us to the mountain top: I want to take us to the bank.
Don King
GEOGRAPHY Part 6 of 16
Quito in Ecuador, South America, is said to have the most pleasant climate in the world. It is called the 'Land of Eternal Spring.' The temperature rarely drops below 46 degrees Fahrenheit during the night, or exceed 72 degrees Fahrenheit during the day.
St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest city in the US.
Talking on a cellular phone while driving is against the law in Israel.
The 1st US zoo was built in Philadelphia, PA, in 1876.
The abbreviation 'ORD' for Chicago's O'Hare airport comes from the old name 'Orchard Field.'
The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.
John Kenneth Galbraith
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
To help him relax, President Kennedy liked soft music
to be played. He enjoyed it so much that the White House staff put stereo speakers under his bed.
Twelve white ponies,
On a red hill,
Always moving,
but standing still.
What are we?
"I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it." "Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?" When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.
Bill Vaughn
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
