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franklin-bifocals-60 Wednesday, March 18, 2009

President Grover Cleveland  President Grover Cleveland  President Grover Cleveland
[1837 - Grover (Stephen) Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President, born in Caldwell, New Jersey]

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
[1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composer,
born in Tikhvin, near Novgorod, Russia]

Wells Fargo express wagon
[1850 - Henry Wells & William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo, New York]

Wells Fargo Office
[1852 - Same Gents, plus other New York investors, form Wells Fargo and Company]

Actor Edward Everett Horton
[1886 - Edward Everett Horton, actor, born in Brooklyn]

Tri-State Tornado damage in Desoto, Illinois
[1925 - Tri-State Tornado, (worst in U.S. history) hits eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and
Indiana, killing 695, injuring 13,000 people]

Writer George Plimpton George Plimpton in Detroit Uniform
[1927 - George Plimpton, author, editor, journalist, actor, born in New York City]

Writer John Updike
[1932 - John Hoyer Updike, writer, born in Reading, Pennsylvania]

Racing Driver Mark Donohue
[1937 - Mark Donohue, auto racer,
born in Summit, New Jersey]

Singer Wilson Pickett
[1941 - Wilson Pickett, singer, born in Prattville, Alabama]

Mike Webster Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Webster
[1952 - Mike Webster, Pro Football Hall of Famer, born in Tomahawk, Wisconsin]

True Inspiration

True inspiration is when you sit down to write after getting up in the morning before you pour your first cup of coffee.

coffee steaming

William's Whimsical Words:

and true dedication is when you finish your draft and get your coffee, only to find it has gone stone cold while you were revising the piece you had just written.

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