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Another email from brian, isnt it great? im going to the MOA today around 4 PM if any of you are interested in coming (sorry non-Provoites). im really hoping to get some support today. i may end up just going alone today if nobody comes with, but its always more fun with more people, so im extending my hand one last time before i start hitting people with it. so, im done with finals, now. so im happy. no more.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Of course, so does falling down
a flight of stairs.

Never say die. I've tried, and it doesn't actually make people die.

Never underestimate your ability to overestimate your ability.

Laughter is the best medicine, but in certain situations the Heimlich maneuver may be
more appropriate.

It takes a village to raise a child to hate all of the people in the next village.

The key to someone's heart is never lost: It's just that the locks were changed 'cause
you're some sort of psycho.

You have to learn to crawl before you can grovel.

You've got to kiss a lot of frogs before you find the prince. But he probably isn't
going to be interested in some frog-kisser.

True beauty is on the inside, where no one will ever see it.

You can do anything if you want it bad enough. That is why we see so many people who can
fly.

Every failure is a step to success up a ladder that will eventually collapse under the
weight of all those failures.

And now some funnies (well some of them anyway) (courtesy of my dad):
What does Michael Jackson like about twenty eight year olds?
There are twenty of them.

What is the difference between Michael Jackson and a grocery bag?
One is made of plastic and is dangerous for children to play with. The other is used to
carry groceries.

What are they going to do if they catch Michael Jackson with another eight-year-old boy?
Give him his own parish.

Why can't Episcopalians play chess?
They can't tell the difference between a bishop and a queen.

Why are elephants big, wrinkled, large, gray, hairy?
Because of they were small, white, smooth, round, and hairless, they'd be aspirin tablets.

Rene Descartes walks into a bar and has a beer. After a while the bartender asks him if he
wants another beer. He says, "I think not," and disappears.

How does the blind parachutist know when he's getting close to the ground?
The leash goes slack.

How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?
We don't know, They've never tried.

A Czech man went to the eye doctor to have his vision checked. The eye chart said:
CVKPMWXFCZ. The doctor said, "Can you read that?" The man said, "Can I read it? I dated
her once."

When NASA started sending up astronauts, they discovered that ballpoint pens don't work in
zero gravity. So they spent twelve million dollars and more than a decade developing a pen
that writes under any condition, on almost every surface. The Russians used a pencil.

"Do you take off your glasses because you think it makes you look better?"
"No, because it makes you look better."

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so hopefully i offended someone today. one of yesterday's quotes included one about knowing where the line is and crossing it deliberately. i dont know if i really trust that guy though. i dont enen remember who it was. And guess what! that crazy messed up holiday website is up and running again. and as i havent really been reporting on those lately, im going to catch you up today. the 17th was National Cheeseball Day and Stress Awareness Day. the 18th was International Juggler's Day and Pet Owners Independence Day. the 19th was National Garlic Day (*Cringe! Cringe!* It burns my skin!). the 20th (yesterday) was Look-alike Day and Volunteer Recognition Day. today is Secretary's Day and Kindergarten Day. tomorrow should be fun. Earth Day, Girl Scout Leader Day, and (best of all) National Jelly Bean Day. im really looking forward to friday... Lover's Day. I'll still be in provo, just in case anyone's interested in celebrating with me :)

Birthdays today include:
Ulrich von Hutten, 1488 (Stud List candidate (not officially added)) <==fun with parentheses
Charlotte Bronte (imagine the diareces, because i dont know how to type them), 1816
Hippolyte Taine, 1828 (Also a Stud List candidate, i will have to remember these.)
John Muir, 1838 (yet another candidate, i cant believe i missed all these people)
1st buffalo born in Golden Gate Park, 1892
Leonard Warren, 1911
Anthony Quinn, 1915
Daniel Melnick, 1924 (producer of Get Smart!)
Bob Cleary, 1936
Iggy Pop, 1947 (from the band Zombie Birdhouse)
Tony Danza, 1951
Eddie Belfour, 1965 (what a guy!)
Stewart Malgunas, 1970 (go defense!)
Samantha Druce, 1971 (youngest woman to swim the English Channel, or LaManche if you will)
Ashley Peldon, 1984 (if you've ever wanted to write to an actress, heres your chance! Post Office Box 57593, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403)

And deaths:
Anselmus, 1109
Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England, 1509
Cosimo d' Medici, 1574
Heinrich Vogl, 1900
Mark Twain, 1910 (i think when he died, he took the name Langhorn with him)
Muhammad Iqbal, 1938
Carlos Lopez Buchardo, 1948
Fran‡ois "Doc" Duvalier, 1971 (‡ represents that curly c thingy that only the French can use. an informed source (i.e.my Official High and Mighty Personal Royal Advisor and Decision Maker) tells me that it is called a cedilla)
Gummo Marx, 1977 (not one of the four, but still pretty funny. not quite Stud List, sorry Gummo)
James Kirkwood, 1989
Vladimir K Romanov, 1992
Andres Rodriguez, 1997 (president of Paraguay)
Diosdado Macapagal, 1997 (president of Phillipines. bad day for leaders of P countries, how many more are there anyway? first person to tell me gets a red cream soda float, on me.)

And some things that happened on this day in history:
Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights, 953
Turkish fleet sinks ship Golden Receiver (not retriever) in Constantinople, 1453
Battle at Panipat: Mogol Emperor Babur beats Sultan Ibrahim Lodi, 1526
France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant, 1572
William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England, 1689
Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary, 1828
Congress establishes US Mint in Denver, 1862 (look for the little D on your moneys)
Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington, 1865
NY installs 1st firehouse pole, 1878
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 1, 1951 (go Montreal...)
Beatles meet the Rolling Stones for the first time, 1963
Josef Stalin's daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to US, 1967
Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier, 1967 (i want his name!)
Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani, 1969
Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland, 1971 (be still, my heart!)
Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph, 1984
FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh, 1995
Ashes of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit, 1997 (whoadang!)
Elizabeth Stevenson didn't pay attention in history, 2002
Brian Harris didnt do as badly on the astronomy test as he planned! 2004
Brian tried to organize people to go to the MOA for the third day in a row, 2004

a couple of quotes to pass your time.

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.
Barbara Tober
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day or night, you can always change the channel.
From "Taxi"
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
I didn't really say everything I said.
Yogi Berra (1925 - )
pretty good stuff, no? well i think im about finished here. oh, if anyone has suggestions for an upcoming email theme, let me know and i'll do something about it. also, the Stud List Official Name Compiler (namely me) is still accepting nominees. but please dont give me names of peopel that you know personally (unless you know someone like Colin Powell personally or something) so yah, its three pages and a little bit, and i will be publishing the list online here in a couple of weeks probably, im hoping to get every single super-influential person in history on this list, so please give me some names of your favorite people of all time. in particular im looking for religious leaders (i.e. Sidhartha, Mohammed, etc.) and political leaders (i.e. Constantine, Harald Bluetooth, etc.) and great military strategists (i.e. Hannibal, Eleazar ben Yair, etc.) and philosophers (i.e. Eristarchus, Voltaire, etc.) and to an extent, performers (i.e. Frank Sinatra, Elvis, etc.) and artists (i.e Leonardo DaVinci, Giocochino Rossini, etc.) and people like that (i.e. others), in addition to the famous, i am looking for the infamous, (i.e. Francisco Pizarro, Adolf Hitler, etc.) if you can help that would be wonderful. after i get all the names, i will proceed to write a brief summary of the achievements of each person and then publish a little useful and easy to use book with an index so that i can earn money while im on my mission, so that i can go to school afterwards with the royalty moneys. or something. ok, thats my plea, have a good day, good luck with finals or going home or whatever :'( keep in touch, and somebody in my ward, please let me know if you got one of those lists with everyones addresses, because i didnt get one, and my name isnt on the list, so i need to start getting everyone's info. thanks a bunch, ttyl.