It seems absurd that people should marry at 18, 20, 25... even 28, looking at some people that age who basically act like kids. 30 perhaps, it seems about normal to me in today's Western societies {elsewhere it obviously is a different matter}. 32... and we're getting there, an age where I think people are finally old enough for this to work. Am I ( Read more... )

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It's Friday night and it's raining - eeeeeeeeee! I couldn't be happier ( Read more... )

Kirsten and Richard will be back from their California-by-rental-car tour tomorrow and I have to entertain. It's a bit odd as I really don't know them that well but oh well, it's not like I don't have enough practice entertaining friends and relatives from the other side of the Atlantic, heh. I'm contemplating hiring a woman for the open position ( Read more... )

Elizabeth Blackwell, born in Bristol, England on 3 Feb 1821, was the first woman in America to gain an M.D. degree (Medical Doctor).

The great Russian leader, Lenin, died 21 January 1924, suffering from a degenerative brain disease. At the time of his death his brain was 1/4 of its normal size.

Between the two World Wars, France was controlled by 40 ( Read more... )

I just laughed *real* hard. Poor Tommy, had to join the Scientology nutters to distract himself from being gay. I was thinking of the "PENIS!" scene in "Born on the 4th of July" all the way through - lolz. Anyone remember that?

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Je näher der Knochen, desto süßer das Fleisch. 
Bei Pferden und Frauen muss man die Rippen zählen können. 
-- Mom, quoting some movie star
{The closer the bone, the sweeter the flesh. In horses and women one must be able to count the ribs.}

She used to say this and snicker away, most likely picturing an erotic scene from the movie the quote is from. I ( Read more... )

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. {Abortions in the 1880's? He was born 1889. And why? Must try to find more on this.}

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This made me squee severely. I have a NENA fetish and won't deny it. I have followed her career from the start; was just a child when she appeared on the scene. I love her and, in hindsight, she just might have been my first female crush. I love all she stands for in terms of my own history ( Read more... )

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