On this day in 1901, Annie Edson Taylor, school marm and dance instructor, became the first person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel - and survive. She was 63 at the time, and thought the stunt would bring her enough fame and fortune to see her comfortably through old age. While she did earn money for speaking engagements, the “fortune” part never panned out. You see, her manager absconded with her famous pickle barrel and she spent a great deal trying to track it down again. It was found by detectives, but vanished soon after. At the end, she worked as a clairvoyant and ran a souvenir stand at the Falls where she would pose for pictures with the tourists.
Talk amongst yourselves.
Perhaps I am the only one who still has a baseball season in progress: BUT
GO RED SOX in four!
By rafismom on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:53 pm | Permalink
Nice story..although, unlike Viagra, “Niagara” has three A’s.
By orin ("Leona") english on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:38 pm | Permalink
Sweep by the Sawx will be WIKKED HAHD!
By jamescraven on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:12 pm | Permalink
BIG CHEERS AND WILD WHOOPS. 13-1 for goodness sake. And, Beckett, the pitcher, not the Archbishop, was magnificent.
In the midst of the horrors of the fires and possibly WW III, it is nice to have baseball.
Wonderful game from my perspective, made better that there is no family bickering in progress as the Diamondbacks were eliminated. (Thank goodness.)
Keith certainly had it right tonight that in all his years he had never known of a Yankee fan rooting for the Red Sox, or vice versa.
I know that I would no more root for the Yankees than I would have ever have voted Bush/Cheney.
Other than that, yes, American League all the way. If the Yankees make the World Series, the season is over.
Today, incredible as it may seem, I was at a Target store in north Phoenix, and upon returning to my car realized that the car next to me had a personalized license plate that said SOX RED.
Could it be? I wondered, or perhaps another meaning, but then I spotted that familiar round logo with two red sox on the blue background, and I knew that I was not alone in this cruel world.
By rafismom on Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:46 am | Permalink