Each book in Dante’s Divine Comedy ends with the word stars.
Dorothy Parker was 4'11".
“Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.” — Moliere
The word "murcous" is an adjective to describe someone/something lacking a thumb
“All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” — Emerson (he also said, "i hate quotations" - supposedly)
En route to a training camp in Quebec during World War I, Canadian army lieutenant Harry Colebourn bought a bear cub for $20 from a hunter in White River, Ontario.
He named her Winnipeg, after his hometown, and smuggled her to England, where “Winnie” became the mascot of his militia regiment.
Eventually he donated her to the London Zoo, where she became a great favorite of Christopher Robin Milne, the son of a local playwright.
Perhaps you know the rest.
“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men. The other 999 follow women.” — Groucho Marx
Miles Davis credited Jimi Hendrix as being an influence on his 1970 album Bitches Brew, which became a landmark feat in Jazz music - challenging notions of the past. Perhaps the most intelligible of these influences is on this track called Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - (this is part 1 or 2). For any fan of jazz, funk or what can unquestionable be called talented music - it's a helluva song.
Lastly,
I had a chance to talk to some friends from home this weekend. If any of them happen to read this, it was a great pleasure to see everyone.
And a personal shoutout to Aaron Zucker, who even 7,000 miles away has the uncanny ability to make me laugh as hard as I did when we were 10.
i'll write something up about my Christmas weekend soon.
e.g.
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