February 12th, 2009 @ 8:35 am
Yesterday in History
Feb 11 2006
During a quail hunting trip, Vice-President Dick Cheney takes aim at a small bird but instead manages to shoot his friend Harry Whittington in the face. As a result of being peppered with birdshot, Whittington has a minor heart attack but lives to apologize to his friend.
“Sweet googly moogly Dick, you shot me in the face! I am sorry” is apparently how it went down
also, on a sad note
Feb 11 1986
Frank Herbert, author of Dune, dead from pancreatic cancer.
Frank Herbert wrote my favorite series of books, and so many quotes and sayings from his books still seem relative.
I would list some of my favorite quotes, but it is hard to pick only one or two, so here is a link to my favorite quotes, Dune quotes are at the top.
“Blindness can take many forms other than the inability to see. Fanatics are often blinded in their thoughts. Leaders are often blinded in their hearts.” – The Orange Catholic Bible
