Not much happening midtown these days. So I'll just share a few of the things I have learned by reading the Writers Almanac every day.
April 2nd was the birthday of Hans Christian Anderson who was extremely neurotic. He had a great fear of being buried alive and would prop a note next to him as he slept saying "I only appear to be dead."
March 26 was the birthday of Robert Frost. He actually led a very sad life, many of his children dieing, and suffered bouts of depression. Of life he said, "I do know one thing, it goes on."
March 27 is the birthday of Patty Smith Hill who wrote "Happy Birthday to You."
Nelson Algren wrote the famous advice: Never eat at a place called Mom's, never play cards with guy named Doc, and never go to bed with anyone who has more troubles than you.
Leo Rosten wrote in "The Joys of Yiddish" that chutzpah is "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan."
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Interesting things to ponder.
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