Mark Twain Day

Samuel Langhorne Clemons, b. Nov. 30, 1835

Worked as typesetter, river boat pilot, silver miner but finally found success as a writer. Lost fortune ($7.5 million in our money) on an invention to automate typesetting. That made him less funny, but he plugged along and kept working. Thankfully.

p.s. Happy Evolution Day!

"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life" by Charles Darwin published on November 24, 1859.

Thankful Today for Sgt. Rock of Easy Company

Sgt. Rock of Easy Company

And all the heroes, living and dead.

Don't Wake Me Up

California dreamin' (on a winter's day).

Occupy Pippa

You're a lion Harry. Take what's yours.

Dear Future,

Late-2000s Financial Crisis - a.k.a. Global Recession 

We're sorry, really. Okay?

What Up G?

Know'm sayin'?

Most Wasted of The Vast American Wasteland

Maury Povich and Paul-Faulhaber

Maury Povich: Making America hate blacks, one show at a time.

Do You See These Claws?

Do not, sir, underestimate me. I will tear you up.

All Saints Day

In honor of all the saints, known and unknown.