Wednesday, June 24, 2009

[1842 - Ambrose Bierce, satirist, critic, born in
Meigs County, Ohio]

   
[1895 - Jack (William Harrison) Dempsey, champion fighter, born in Manassa, Colorado]

[1910 - Irving Robert Kaufman,
federal judge,
born in New York City]

[1911 - Juan-Manuel Fangio, race car driving champion, born in Balcarce, Argentina]

[1912 - Norman Cousins, writer, editor, activist, born in Union Hill, New Jersey]

[1916 - John Ciardi, poet, translator, born in Boston]

[1948 - Berlin airlift is initiated to counter Soviet Union blockade of the City]

[1987 - Jackie Gleason, 'The Great One', actor, comedian, dies at age 71]

The Meaning of Life

The meaning of life is not revealed.
Our purpose here remains concealed.
So define it now by what's been done.
Forgive thyself the "might have been."

William's Whimsical Words:

Also forgive the coulda, woulda, shouda have beens.

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