Monday, March 13, 2006

[1733 - Joseph Priestley, minister, chemist, born in Yorkshire, England]

[1938 - Clarence S. Darrow, attorney, dies in Chicago at 80]

[1947 - "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances]

[1970 - Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) introduces PDP-11 minicomputer series]

Fanatics

I would sooner try to reason with a homicidal maniac than I would with a True Believer.

William's Whimsical Words:

True Believers have no bases on which one can negotiate with them, and this is true no matter what they claim to believe in.

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