Monday, December 29, 2008
[1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor vulcanized rubber,
born in New Haven, Connecticut]
[1808 - Andrew Johnson, president, born in Raleigh, North Carolina]
[1812 - USS Constitution defeats HMS Java in a 2 hour engagement]
[1876 - Pablo Casals, cellist, born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain]
Chief Big Foot lies dead & frozen at Wounded Knee
Scene of the Massacre at Wounded Knee
[1890 - U.S. Seventh Cavalry massacres over 200 Native American men, women and children at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota]
[1916 - Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is published]
[1917 - Thomas Bradley, mayor of Los Angeles, born in Calvert, Robertson County, Texas]
[1936 - Ray Nitschke, Packers Football Hall of Famer, born in Elmwood Park, Illinois]
How to Ask
The best way to begin a conversation in which you seek something from another is with these four words: "I need your help." No one who fails to respond positively to this approach is worth any more of your time.
William's Whimsical Words:
But be careful what you ask for.
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