Thursday, March 16, 2006

[1751 - James Madison, 4th U.S. President, born in Port Conway, Orange County, Virginia]

[1802 - Congress establishes United States Military Academy at West Point, New York]

[1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma]

[1968 - U.S. platoon massacres 200 - 500 South Vietnamese unarmed villagers at My Lai 4]

Self-deprecation

Self-deprecation can be a most effective strategy, if you don't become so good at it that you manage to convince yourself.

William's Whimsical Words:

On the other hand, there is apparently no such thing as too much self-promotion, is there?

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