Today in History!


On Aug. 4, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality


1929: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was born Rahman Abdel-Raouf Arafat Al-Qudwa in either Cairo or Gaza.

1944: Nazi police raided the secret annex of a building in Amsterdam and arrested eight people, including 15-year-old Anne Frank, whose diary became a famous account of the Holocaust.



Famous Birthdays Today:

Barack Obama turns 47 years old today.

Billy Bob Thornton turns 53 today.

Jeff Gordon turns 37 today.


Quote of the day: Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)

Creative Work of the Day:


Write a short poem/story about a naive cashier in a crowded supermarket.

Bewildered Beatrice bags bisquick, beer n beets.

Smiles come back we miss you

Oh great! Another army of a family, eight kids and no dad to help care.
I want, I want, just drives me insane.
240 dollars and 15 sacks of food for me to bare!
I hate this job and all the little tots.
NO,NO, to many here today.
Can't you all just go away!
Her mom calls here her little dear.
I wish I was home poping a beer.

He needs a good spankin!!