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franklin-bifocals-60 Monday, March 16, 2009

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

Hudson at West Point, New York (looking North)
[1802 - Congress establishes United States Military Academy at West Point, New York]

Artist Rosa Bonheur
[1822 - Rosa Bonheur, artist, born in Bordeaux, France]

Comedian Henny Youngman
[1906 - Henny (Henry) Youngman, comedian, born in Liverpool, England]

Academy Award-winning Actress Mercedes McCambridge
[1916 - Mercedes (Agnes Carlotta) McCambridge, Academy
Award-winning actress, born in Joliet, Illinois]

Actor Leo McKern
[1920 - Leo McKern, actor, born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia]

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

My Lai 4 My Lai 4
[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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