If you don't know what that means, tough. Take Russian. Day 11 here and still going strong. Updates are meager here due to a recent bout of illness. Besides sleeping through a great party of which I was the host, and coming home sick, clad in bowtie, from the Theta Formal, the weekend has been uneventful. But a blogger is not excused for lack of subject matter. When life gives you nothing, make lemonade, is I believe how the saying goes. So sitting here and watching "Dead Poet's Society," I have decided to leave you with my own limerick before we move on to our Daily Topic:
There once was a man who sailed the seas
and who piloted them all with great ease
He was so salty
but his rudder was faulty
So he was left to drift with the breeze
Pure Genius. And that brings us to today's Daily Topic and last installment of: US PRESIDENTS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW
CHESTER A. ARTHUR:
This highly respected 21st President took the oath of office after James Garfield's assassination. The first of two Presidents from Vermont, he is likely the third best thing to ever come out of that state, closely behind Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream and Calvin Coolidge. HOWEVER. During the 1880 election, an investigative New York lawyer alleged that Arthur was actually born in Ireland and was therefore ineligible for the Vice Presidency. In 2000 I had similar information about George W. Bush being born in the Solomon Islands but my attempts to alert the Federal Election Committee went unnoticed. And to make Arthur's presidency even more controversial, President Garfield's assassin yelled, "Arthur is President now!," prompting allegations that Arthur was involved in some way with the assassination. In addition to enacting the first federal immigration law, Arthur also established the United States' adherence to the international time standard at the International Median Conference. So thanks, Chester Arthur, for setting us back 110 years and making us adhere to a British Time Standard. Why didn't you change us to the metric system while you're at it you un-patriotic British-appeasing Vermonter? Now that would be a bad president **cough**Reagan**cough**.
Carpe Diem,
-ROF
Daily Food: Pizza
Daily Activity: Nothing
Daily Song: Burn One Down - Ben Harper
Daily Attire: Vineyard Vines Pajama Pants
Daily News Everyone Should Care About: 50-1 Wins the Kentucky Derby
Daily News No One Should Care About: Baton-Twirler Smacks Down Two Assailants
Daily News No One Should Care About: Baton-Twirler Smacks Down Two Assailants
Daily Life Goal: Steal From the Rich and Give to the Poor
Daily Complaint: Streaming Japanese Videos
Daily Drink: Dr. Pepper
Daily Movie: Disney's Robin Hood
Daily Quote: Oodelalee
When life gives you LEMONS...
ReplyDeleteI thought the movie of the day was dead poet's society.
Sorry you're sick - feel better soon.