Rue The Day!

Quote of the Day:
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” -Anne Bradstreet

Fact of the Day:
The less you sleep, the more you dream. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
National Raspberry Cream Pie Day

Link of the Day:
Some really cool looking marine animals.

Quote of the Day:
“When I speak it is in order to be heard.” -Roman Jakobson

Fact of the Day:
Despite the horrific display, nearly two-thirds of those who were on board the Hindenburg survived its 1937 mishap. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Finland’s National Sleepy Head’s Day -The last person in your house to wake up gets doused with a cold bucket of water.

Link of the Day:
The 10 weirdest museums in America. I’ve wanted to visit the burlesque and medical oddity museums for years now.

Quote of the Day:
“It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.” -Pablo Picasso

Fact of the Day:
Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have been born in a hospital. -Source

Today’s Holiday:
Bastille Day -celebrate by breaking some homeboys out of the slammer.

Link of the Day:
It’s a Wonderful Internet. Who knows what I would have without the net?

“When I was born I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.” -Gracie Allen

“What is harmful to you, do not to your fellow men. That is the entire Law; all the rest is commentary.” – Talmud

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke

“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying.” – Woody Allen (1935-)

“The graveyards are full of indispensable men.” – Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)

“In the end, everything is a gag.” – Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

“If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” – Mario Andretti