Poor William's Almanack, December 5, 2016, Me, Myself & I

Franklin bifocals Monday, December 5, 2016

[1776 - The Phi Beta Kappa honor society is founded at The College of William and Mary]

George Washington by Stuart adams-john-bystuart
[1792 - George Washington & John Adams are re-elected as president & vice president]

[1839 - George Armstrong Custer, General officer, US Army, born in New Rumley, Ohio]

[1843 - USS Michigan is launched at Erie, Pennsylvania. America's first iron-hulled warship]

[1870 - Willie M. 'Bill' Pickett, innovative rodeo cowboy, born near Taylor, Texas]

[1901 - Walt (Walter Elias) Disney, innovator, producer, cartoonist, executive, born in Chicago]

[1906 - Otto (Ludwig) Preminger, film director, born in Vienna, Austria]

Prohibition ends - bar scene
[1933 - Drinkers toast the end of Prohibition in the USA]

[1955 - American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
merge to form AFL-CIO]

Me, Myself & I

William Shakespeare writing

All writing is autobiographical. Writing is of necessity an intensely egotistic and egocentric process. To the extent that the writer conceals this truth in the creation of her or his works, so do we distinguish the great from the mediocre author.

William's Whimsical Words:

Who did it better than this fellow?

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