Abigail Adams: "Some were made for rule, others for submission, and even amongst my own sex, this doctrine holds true. History informs us that of the few queens who have reigned for any length of time as absolute soverigns, the greatest part of them have been celebrated for excellent governors. Pliny tells us that in Meroe, women reigned for many ( Read more... )

Happy 274th birthday, John Adams!

I'm sniffly because I have a cold and I just finished HBO's John Adams miniseries.

( Not sure why I'm spoiler cutting, since it's HISTORY. )

Chester Arthur, Gerald Ford, Millard Fillmore, and Martin Van Buren get finger puppets at the Unemployed Philosopher's Guild before that one? No, not That One. That one. *points to icon* I mean, he wasn't a particularly good president, but he was a great American. How can you have Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington - but not Adams? Obviously ( Read more... )

Happy 273rd Birthday, Mr. John Adams. If you were alive today, I'm sure you would ( Read more... )

What would John Adams do today if he weren't dead?

Celebrate his 272nd birthday, of course!

(Yeah, all year I've sucked at remembering the birthdays of living people. I know.)

Junior year in high school, my English teacher, Ms. B, showed us this movie, ostensibly to give us some background on the period, but actually because she had a thing for Ken Howard. Every ten minutes or so she'd point out how handsome he was. And she forwarded past all the scenes with Blythe Danner ( Read more... )

Last (okay, only) seen on heidi8's journal:

When you see this post, quote from 1776 in your LJ.JOHN: I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace, that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a congress ( Read more... )

* 1776 was wonderful! I don't love the score (though I like it well enough to have bought it and to listen to it fairly often) but it's such a clever, interesting show. Bradley Greenwald, whom I've seen in three other productions this year, was Rutledge, and he was amazing. "Molasses to Rum" is such an ugly song (intentionally so) and you really ( Read more... )

I had such a pleasant dream last night! I was filming a pirate movie, and Joseph Fiennes was my assistant as well as an actor in the film. I don't remember where we were going, but we got onto this ferry, and Bill Clinton was there! He was warming up an audience for Al Gore, who was about to give a speech about something or other - probably the ( Read more... )