Gone With The Wind ...

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On this Date in History:  1937
Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.  

How many copies of Gone With The Wind were sold in the first six months?
a. 100,000
b. 500,000
c. one million
*answer at bottom of post

Today's Cliche:  Three Sheets to the Wind

For an interesting read on how this expression came to be:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/three-sheets-to-the-wind.html

Song for the Day:  Windy by the Associations

Today in 1951 Christopher Cross was born whose #1 hit was 
SAILING:

Today's Quote:

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/williamart110212.html#y3pukkSwioAh4Ql6.99 

Have a great Friday!

*c. one million

SHATNER SINGS (kind of) ...

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Today's Birthday Pick:  1931
William Shatner

Which of the following statements is NOT true about William Shatner?
a.  He is a vegetarian.
b.  He has a college degree.
c.  He is afraid of horses.
*answer at bottom of post

Today's Song:  William Shatner / Rocket Man

Today's Quote:

Died on this Date:  1994
Walter Lantz
What was Walter Lantz's claim to fame?
a.  He created Woody Woodpecker.
b.  He invented the bar code system.
c.  He married Abigail Van Buren of "Dear Abby" fame.
**answer at bottom of post.

On this Date in History:  1990
An Anchorage jury found Captain Hazelwood innocent of the Valdez oil spill.

*c. He is afraid of horses is NOT true.
**a. He created Woody Woodpecker.

Funny Friday

Here are some automobile related Friday funnies:

comic courtesy of funfluster.com

Funny Friday

thanks to icanhascheezburger.com and thefunnyblog.com