"Middle age is when a guy keeps turning off lights for economical rather than romantic reasons." ~ Lillian Gordy Carter

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1513 - Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon and his expedition first sight Florida.

"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race." ~ Don Marquis

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1781 - William Herschel sees what he thinks is a "comet" but is actually the discovery of the planet Uranus (and it has been the butt of jokes ever since) ...