Thursday, January 13, 2011
[1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., Unitarian minister, author,
born in Chelsea, (now Revere), Massachusetts]
[1884 - Sophie Tucker (Sophia Kalish), entertainer, 'Last of the Red Hot Mamas,' born in Russia (or Poland)]
[1885 - Alfred Fuller, brush co. founder, born in King's County,
Nova Scotia, Canada]
[1907 - (Irving) Jeff Morrow, actor, born in New York City]
[1919 - Robert Stack (Robert Langford Modini),
Emmy Award-winning actor, born in Los Angeles]
[1922 - Army (Armand) Archerd, columnist,
born in the Bronx]
[1925 - Gwen (Gwyneth Evelyn) Verdon, dancer, actress, born in Culver City, California]
[1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, comedian, actor, born in the Bronx]
Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
Where have you been?
I've been to Baghdad,
To see Saddam Hussein.
Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
What did you there?
I frightened a prisoner
Wired, standing in air.
Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
Who next did you treat?
I rendered a prisoner
Like a piece of meat.
Pussy-cat, CIA-cat,
Where is your secret prison?
You will find out soon enough.
Doubt about you has arisen.
William's Whimsical Words:
The ends always justify the means, don't they?
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