Quote
"A man should never neglect his family for business."
Walt Disney
Joke
I used to be a banker, but I lost interest.
Fun Fact
In June 2017, the Facebook community reached 2 billion active users.
Meaning, more than a quarter of the world’s population uses this popular social media outlet!
Reading Fact
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter.
This book was written in 1876 and was one of the first novels to be written on a typewriter. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River. The story of this book is probably one of the best adventure stories for kids and teens up to this day.
History Fact
Using Forks Used to Be Seen as Sacrilegious
What the fork? Forks, the widely used eating utensils, were once seen as blasphemous. They were first introduced in Italy in the 11th Century. These spiked spaghetti-twirling instruments were seen as an offense to God. And why, do you ask? Because they were "artificial hands" and as such was considered to be sacrilegious.
Movie/TV Trivia
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Cruise? Cusack? Carrey? Depp? All were considered for the part of the hooky playing teen.
Movie/TV Quote
"I am Shiva, the god of death."
Michael Clayton (2007)
Charting the machinations of a high-powered law firm fixer involved in a giant agrochemical cover-up, Michael Clayton is about as intense as thrillers come -- but no scene is as intense as Clayton's conversation with one of his firm's attorneys (Tom Wilkinson) who is in the midst of a mental breakdown, having realized that he's helped to engineer said cover-up, which has exposed people to known carcinogens. Wilkinson's Arthur Eden, who's known to have manic episodes, rejects Clayton's pleas to start taking his medication again, and instead paces the floor and confessing his guilt. The scene peaks with appropriate self-aggrandizement when Arthur compares himself to the Hindu god of destruction, given how many innocent people he's allowed to die.
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