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January 21, 2005Tons of interesting links have been coming my way.-G.W. had a Black Tie and Boots Ball. Common Sense Runs Wild lists the many, many balls that went down last night. I thought there was only one ball? -Hate coming to a 9:10 movie only to have it start at 9:25? You're not alone. (Thanks to Mr. Jack for the link.) -Slate has a review of a new book, The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln. C.A. Tripp, the author, claims that Lincoln was bisexual. An interesting excerpt from the article:
My parents have had trouble adjusting to something they encountered for the first time in this country: when two men or women in a television show or a movie embrace/have a close relationship, my brain and my brother's brain immediately consider the possibility that the pair is homosexual. My mother and her friends could exchange kisses and share a bed on the cheek without any hesitation. Interesting, the difference in time periods and cultures. -Today's Montel Williams episode: WHEN VACATIONS TURN TRAGIC. "Plus we'll hear from a young woman vacationing in Florida who claims that a hospital worker sexually assaulted her after her friend took her to the ER." Sound like an Almodovar movie to anyone? -The U.N. has a fabulous new plan to stop the spread of HIV: a series of cartoon TV ads called The Three Amigos featuring characters named Shaft, Stretch and Dick. "We're using humor to stop the spread of AIDS," Canadian producer-director Firdaus Kharas told reporters. Here's are the punchlines to three ads: Trust your insticts, not your date. Carry a condom. Stop the spread of AIDS. (Mr. Jack's link again.) -My parents, like many others, had their vacation slightly botched by US Airways. The last comment on this entry over at Kunstler's blog is a great 1-20 point story of air travel woes. -Do you use cursive? I have to say, I don't write in print unless My parents learned cursive in notebooks with horizontal lines and DIAGONAL lines to (rein)force the slant. Every Russian adult I know has handwriting that slants at the same angle. Go conformity, and go USSR. -I received a forwarded email about an inscription on the World War II memorial in D.C. (full text below). The email claims that the inscription (an excerpt from the speech given by President Roosevelt the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked) is: "With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph." The email also claims that the full sentence is: "With confidence in our armed forces, with the unbounding determination of our people, we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God." It's true, the full sentence does include those last four words, but that's not the sentence inscribed on the memorial. Here I discovered that the inscription is really: No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory. Good to know! The full email: Today I went to visit the new World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. I got an unexpected history lesson. Since I'm a baby boomer, I was one of the youngest in the crowd. Most were the age of my parents, veterans of "the greatest war" with their families. It was a beautiful day, and people were smiling and happy to be there. Hundreds of us milled around the memorial, reading the inspiring words of Ike and Truman that are engraved there. |
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