Just after his election as U.S President in 1912,he visited an aunt who was almost deaf. She asked how he was employed now and he bellowed into her ear trumpet that he was now the President of the USA.
“Of what?”
“Of the USA,” Wilson shouted back.
The old lady snorted, ”Don’t be silly.”
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While governor of New Jersey, [...]
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Woodrow Wilson
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On Energy Standard
Posted in religion,, speculative philosophy, tagged energy, reconciliation of energy, Science, transactional energy on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Energy is neither created nor destroyed. Recalling Einstein’s famous formula a small mass of matter when converted releases tremendous amount of energy. All that energy mankind has ever possessed or shall, owe to what was released at the time of the Big Bang.
Evolution in a manner of speaking is a transaction of so many species [...]
81/2-1963
Posted in Italian films, tagged angst, chaos, Fellini, Marcello Mastrionni, Nino Rota, personal, writer's block on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
8½ (pronounced Otto e mezzo in Italian) is a 1963 film written and directed by Italian director Federico Fellini.
8½ is highly autobiographical: Fellini would have preferred to externalize his creative processes that underpin his professional life by making the central character a writer. According to screenwriter Tullio Pinelli, in the original script, Guido was a [...]
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