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Franklin bifocals Monday, December 8, 2008

Inventor Eli Whitney
[1765 - Eli Whitney, inventor, born in Westborough, Massachusetts]

Auto Maker Billy Durant   Billy Durant
[1861 - William C. Durant, pioneer auto manufacturer, born in Boston]

Artist Diego Rivera painting Diego Rivera's Frida
[1886 - Diego Rivera, artist, born in Guanajuato, Mexico]

Cartoonist Elzie Segar
[1894 - Elzie Segar, cartoonist, creator of Popeye, born in Chester, Illinois]

Humorist James Thurber Thurber - Seal in bedroom cartoon
[1894 - James Thurber, humorist, born in Columbus, Ohio]

Bridge Master Oswald Jacoby
[1902 - Oswald Jacoby, bridge whiz, author, born in Brooklyn]

Actor Lee J. Cobb
[1911 - Lee J. Cobb (Leo Jacoby), actor, born in New York City]

Entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
[1925 - Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer, born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City]

Comedian Fliip Wilson
[1933 - Flip (Clerow) Wilson, Emmy Award-winning comedy writer & comedian, born in Jersey City, New Jersey]


caduceus Clinical Trial

pill bottle

What greater excitement can there be than to bet your life on an experimental drug about which there is insufficient information?

hands pouring out pills dice rolling


William's Whimsical Words:

Life is an extreme sport, and the Players always have more fun than the Spectators.

Babe Ruth Brett Favre

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