That's why we can't leave them alone

Master of the short story O'Henry (William Sidney Porter) was born on this day in 1862. He wrote:

"If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry."

Poor Sarah Palin

Today: Queen Elizabeth I was born on this day in 1533.

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade, since it consists primarily in dealing with men." -- Joseph Conrad.

Yesterday: The first Pilgrims set sail for the new world on Sept. 6, 1620.

"There is no such thing as an American. They are all exiles uprooted, transplanted and doomed to sterility." -- Evelyn Waugh.

We'll certainly never learn

German philosopher G. W. F. (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich) Hegel was born on this day in 1770.

"What experience and history teach is this," Hegel wrote, "--that people and governments never have learned anything from history."



Yesterday was Women's Equality Day!

"Woman may be said to be an inferior man." -- Aristotle.

Sorry, we forgot all about it. You know how us men are always slighting our women.

August 15-17

August 15, 1785: Thomas DeQuincey, English author and opium eater, was born. He wrote:

"The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of God seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the presence of man and his restless and unquiet spirit are not there to trouble its spirit."



August 16, 1920: Poet Charles Bukowski was born. He wrote:

“Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them.”



August 17, 1893: Actress Mae West was born.

"All wickedness is little but to the wickedness of a woman." -- Ecclesiates.

His great-great-grandson, Lex, feels the same way

Today is International Women's Day!

"Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children." -- Martin Luther.