18Aug09

Niece(in the picture gallery)---"Aunt Sarah, this is the famous 'Angelus,' by Millet."
Aunt Sarah---"Well, I never! That man had the nerve to copy the calendar that has hung in our kitchen for a dozen years or more."

1933, Roman Polanski is born.

1937, Robert Redford is born.

1952, Patrick Swayze is born.

1991, Unsuccessful coup in the USSR marking the beginning of the end of communism and of Mikhail Gorbatchev, who is replaced by Boris Eltsine.

Quote for the day:
Whiskey is about the only enemy man has succeeded in really loving.