tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66937503245046724252024-03-05T06:25:50.706-05:00Classified.docFinally, Off the RecordCentsible Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428290445125328939noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693750324504672425.post-54585508701880892972009-03-21T14:11:00.021-04:002009-03-21T19:14:10.693-04:00Mrs. Nixon Meets Big BirdOn 12 December 1970, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Nixon">Pat Nixon</a>, wife of President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, greeted Big Bird in the White House. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bird">Big Bird</a>, a star on the children's television show<a href="http://sesamestreet.org/"> Sesame Street</a>, entertained children at a Christmas party.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9dtExb57ZsT5ttRWip003FrkwLi3EphGR3xP3QJWJdQY0aH6p21mDoNYBAXWEEc5230CeV2ltc2YC7D5C-B2-74XBuHqLNGmihXzHgjfVS2Gu2iza5hRYXh9kEF8udw8XJTEPFUXfmE/s1600-h/mrs.+nixon+and+big+bird.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9dtExb57ZsT5ttRWip003FrkwLi3EphGR3xP3QJWJdQY0aH6p21mDoNYBAXWEEc5230CeV2ltc2YC7D5C-B2-74XBuHqLNGmihXzHgjfVS2Gu2iza5hRYXh9kEF8udw8XJTEPFUXfmE/s400/mrs.+nixon+and+big+bird.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315713357770273650" border="0" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mamidnws/1971/JAN.html">Middlesex County Newspaper</a> covered the event and wrote, "Every child is a Sesame Street fan. Even the White House wants to see puppets. Children from this area are lucky to be able to see Carroll Spinney in person." The t.v. show premiered in the fall of 1969, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroll_Spinney">Carroll Spinney</a> performed both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. However, I think the kids were excited to see Big Bird, not puppeteer Carroll Spinney, or Richard Nixon.<br /><br />This photograph can be found in the<a href="http://www.nixonlibraryfoundation.org/"> Richard Nixon Library</a> in Yorba Linda, California.Centsible Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428290445125328939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693750324504672425.post-50248548089433784222009-03-13T22:53:00.007-04:002009-03-21T17:59:45.831-04:00Franklin D. Roosevelt Draws a Sailing Ship, 1887<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfp6LwpR899p0jW9FgXWLvrERxXvFrwyWfMFoFJ9Roh12wRa9QLLpa30P48-hZC919JMuRsJg0YUynkRYx7YDphegFJVc1L-Nrhi-xC4e9iJSyXP0rv9Xjy9xLZ3W2tBxlJO2exQXXHs/s1600-h/1887+childhood+FDR+drawing+.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYfp6LwpR899p0jW9FgXWLvrERxXvFrwyWfMFoFJ9Roh12wRa9QLLpa30P48-hZC919JMuRsJg0YUynkRYx7YDphegFJVc1L-Nrhi-xC4e9iJSyXP0rv9Xjy9xLZ3W2tBxlJO2exQXXHs/s400/1887+childhood+FDR+drawing+.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312872250174665058" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Roosevelt"><br />Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> drew this pencil sketch of a sailing ship in 1887, when he was 5 years old. Franklin sent his mother <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Roosevelt">Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt</a> a letter with the drawing that reads:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"My dear mama<br />we coasted yesterday<br />nothing dangerous yet, look out for tomorrow!!<br />your boy, F"<br /></div><br />On the back of the letter, Sara Roosevelt noted: "Written by Franklin when 5 years and 11 months old. He knew his letters but was told how to spell the words - Jan. 1st 1888." The drawing can be found in the <a href="http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/">Franklin D. Roosevelt Library</a> in Hyde, NY.Centsible Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428290445125328939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693750324504672425.post-38658751555835820602009-03-13T22:27:00.005-04:002009-03-13T22:34:43.133-04:00Albert Einstein's Declaration of Intention<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIfvlV-J7_EA6wnLNUMF84IwgD-Zo2sB9WL-iL3K8-SceUHaiM8iApTvnswjuW5dKz6LXVoRsOGbPu_XNLLiORi0joaegvpraK3tHHsTv4sC6rQjNP5fJFPXAF86-AK9Umud400YQt8M/s1600-h/einstein's+declaration+of+intention.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIfvlV-J7_EA6wnLNUMF84IwgD-Zo2sB9WL-iL3K8-SceUHaiM8iApTvnswjuW5dKz6LXVoRsOGbPu_XNLLiORi0joaegvpraK3tHHsTv4sC6rQjNP5fJFPXAF86-AK9Umud400YQt8M/s400/einstein's+declaration+of+intention.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312866233964173090" /></a>Centsible Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12428290445125328939noreply@blogger.com0