Day: October 18, 2008

  • Not a Cough in a Carload

    An interesting online gallery at Stanford of “Images from the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking.”  A very good presentation of tobacco promotion by doctors, babies, Santa, and celebrities.

  • Purpose

    Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.Laurence J. Peter

  • The divorce

    She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp…