Thursday, August 16, 2007

Quote of the Day --

from writer Elizabeth Null, in talking about nice group we are in,

"Not little prune-faced judges of your every spoken sentence!"

I could do a whole riff on prunes, who are usually prudish.

When I was growing up, one ate prunes to be "regular" and avoid constipation.

Exercise before you go to bed: Try making a prune face in the mirror.

The late Leo Nichols--I met him and his wife once at a dinner party for "Timber friends." I left Burma in 1980s and heard of his death while working at RFA.

AI Overview The Danish (and Norwegian, Finnish, Swiss) honorary consul in Burma (Myanmar) during the 1990s who was arrested and died in pri...