"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." ~ Wernher Von Braun

THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 1896 - Dial telephone patented. (Someone please explain to a nearby young person what this is.)

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ Dr. Seuss

THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 1521 - Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire (Now THAT was an immigration problem!!)

And now for the news.....