Wednesday, April 16, 2014

F. Y. I.

Quotable
by David Whyte, poet
"Courage is the measure of your heartfelt participation in the world.  There is no sincere path a human being can take without breaking his or her heart."

Page Jump
Before he wrote the novel "Jaws," Peter Benchley was a speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson.

First Up
Construction worker hard hats were first specifically invented for workers on the Hoover Dam in 1933.

Over Yonder
Outside North and South America, the only alligators found in the wild are in China.

Point of Origin
The word "PEZ" comes from the German word for peppermint ------ "PfeffErminZ."

Lucky Break
Harrison Ford was a 35-year-old handyman fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola when a studio executive asked him to read lines with the actress testing for a new film ----- "Star Wars."

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