Poor William's Almanack, February 16, 2005, Reality

Ben Franklin's bifocals Thursday, February 16, 2006

A Franklin Press
[1741 - Benjamin Franklin publishes The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle]

Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, USN Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia by Edward Moran
[1804 - Lt. Stephen Decatur burns captured US frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli Harbor]

[1857 - National Deaf Mute College incorporated Washington, D.C. (Now Gallaudet University)]

[1937 - DuPont Corp patents nylon]

River Raiders
[1967 - Operation River Raider begins in Mekong Delta]

[1996 - Edmund G "Pat" Brown, politician, former Governor of California, dies at 90]

Reality

The moment of your triumph
Is immediately followed by
A dousing of reality,
From an ice-filled Gatorade bucket,
In the hands of those you led and trusted,
And who love you.

William's Whimsical Words:

Reality is cold and wet, but curiously refreshing.

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