Wednesday, December 28, 2011
[1732 - Benjamin Franklin runs an ad in his Gazette for the first issue of Poor Richard's Almanack]
[1856 - Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President, born in Staunton, Virginia]
[1905 - Earl Kenneth 'Fatha' Hines, bandleader, musician, born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania]
[1905 - Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver), comedian, actor, born in Toledo, Ohio]
[1908 - Lew (Lewis Frederick) Ayres (III), actor, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota]
[1911 - Sam Levenson, humorist, born in Brooklyn]
[1913 - Louis Harold 'Lou' Jacobi (Jacobovitch), actor, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
[1925 - Hildegard Knef, actress, singer, born in Ulm Germany]
[1929 - Terry (Terrance Gordon) Sawchuk, Hockey
Hall of Fame goalie, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada]
[1958 - NFL championship: Johnny Unitas & Baltimore Colts edge New York Giants, 23-17]
We used to say that you could get anything over the Internet but a sexually transmitted disease. Unconfirmed reports, however, assert that a person engaged in unprotected cyber-sex in an Internet chat room was infected with a particularly nasty computer virus. As always, abstinence is the surest path. People, for goodness sake, if you are going to indulge in such risky behavior, always use a firewall and an antivirus program.
William's Whimsical Words:
The Bush Administration and now the Obama Administration have both opposed 'morning after' remedies on religious grounds.
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