The quote, To Thine Own Self Be True, comes from Hamlet, Polonius giving his son, Laertes, some good fatherly advice.
It also graces the AA coins one gathers, 
symbolizing another grateful year of sobriety.
That Shakespeare, they don’t call it Will Power, for nothing.
George Washington was petrified of being buried alive by accident, a common occurrence in his day, since laudanum, made with opium, was freely given for pain, lowering your vital signs making one appear dead when they were just out cold.
George instructed Martha to wait 2 days before burial, just to make sure.
As an added bonus, his last words were...tis well.
How’s that for a graceful parting.
Joe DiMaggio, when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 at the age of 36, even though they were no longer married still running the show so to speak, wouldn’t allow Frank Sinatra to attend her funeral, holding him responsible for her introduction to the Kennedys he believed were behind her death. 
Every time George Burns canoodled on Gracie Allen, he bought her an unexpected piece of jewelry. It’s how she always knew.
Michael Jackson paid a witch doctor $150.000 to put a curse on Steven Spielberg because he wouldn’t cast him in his film, Hook. Seems it backfired since ET’s dad is still making millions, his latest, a remake of West Side Story.
Did Mr. S. know then, casting an alleged child molester in a film about lost boys hit a little too close to home? Gives art imitating life a whole new face, doesn’t it?
Tom Sawyer was the first book written on a typewriter.
Writer, Jack Kerouac, 
though his most famous book is called, On The Road, never learned to drive.
Ernest Hemingway wrote most of the time, standing up.
An octopus lays 55,000 eggs at one time. It’s a pity she can’t sell them at a fertility clinic. Think of the money she’d make.
Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Larry King and Mickey Rooney were all married 8 times.
Stephen Stills of Crosby Stills and Nash, in 1969, wrote Suite: Judy Blue Eyes for folk singer Judy Collins, his girlfriend, soon to be ex, at the time.
“I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are…
You make it hard…” 
Sing it Steve!
Jim Carrey was the first choice to play Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean before losing out to Johnny Depp.
Speaking of Captain Jack, for his then lady love, Kate Moss’s 32nd birthday, 
at London’s Portobello Hotel in Room 16, filled a Victorian clawfoot bathtub to the brim with the best champagne.
Oh Johnny, you’re such a romantic.
The Yankees have won the World Series 27 times, more than any other team.
Stephen Colbert was 10 years-old on September 11, 1974, when his father James, and two older brothers, Peter and Paul, were killed in a plane crash.
The scene in The Godfather when Sonny gets whacked at the tollbooth 
was done in one take, setting off 400 squibs of fake blood.
Before Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died at 64 on May 19th, 1994, she told her kids, after taking what they wanted, should sell everything of hers because they’d make a fortune.
Right she was.
The auction held at Sothebys in New York, took in 34 million dollars.
My favorite story:
Arnold Schwarzenegger married at the time to Maria Shriver, Jackie’s niece, paid $772.000 for one of John Kennedy’s rocking chairs. When John Jr. learned of this he said…
“You should’a told me Arnold. I’d have given it to ya.”
🙂 
SB
SB,
And on that last note first, I believe John would have given Arnie the rocking chair.
As for the rest, I was up on my 411 for the most part. Although I had no idea George Burns possessed a roving eye. And wow, to think of how different it would all have come out if TMZ had been around back then.
I was thinking, as romantic a notion as the Victorian claw foot filled with champagne is . . wouldn’t it require some urgency in order for those bubbles to remain locked and loaded? How many peeps were at the party? And on that other Depp deet, thank God and Keith Richards that Depp got the part as Captain Jack Sparrow. Because I’m sorry, I can’t imagine anyone else.
As for the Yankees, I must edit you on this one. It’s 27 titles. And I’ll add a bit of trivia for you in the doing. Former Yankees manager Joe Girardi wore the number 27 when he was sworn in as Yankees field boss. After the Yankees won their 27th title in 2009, Joe G changed his number to 28, seeing as how that was the next goal. Alas, Joe never did get to change his uniform number again.
Great stuff, Ms Thin Girl. As per.
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Happens to the best of us, SB. 😉
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Okay, Mr. Know It all, will keep that in mind since I was also busted for Sweet Judy Blue Eyes…but unlike you, he said nothing kind…delete delete.
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As the kids would say, I got mad respect for you. Ain’t nothing but kindness when it comes to SB.
And your Will Power line . . loved it. It gives Shakespeare that superhero effect. 🙂
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I love Will, who was so ahead of his time when you think about it.
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He really was.
And I happen to think Mary Shelley- a big favorite of mine- was as well.
I wonder what they would think if they knew how big their footprints have become.
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Frankenstein is a fave of mine. To think she got no credit for writing that. Throws you for a loop.
Story: Have a very young, summer doorman who goes to school and had to pick a book then write an essay on it even though he’s not much of a reader…sigh…so I asked to see the reading list and Frankenstein was on it, so I went to Bares & Noble and got it for him. As you know it’s not too long. Anyway, Nate, the non-reader, read and wrote and got an A on his report. I can’t tell you how happy that made me, and him because he said…”WOW, WHAT A GREAT STORY. Ya hear that Mary?…Mary rocks.
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Think about that story being written 200 years ago . . and yet its influence is everywhere. It was horror, it was sci-fi, it was so ahead of its time that you would swear Shelley hopped on a time machine.
That is quintessential Susannah right there. You playing school teacher/mentor/spiritual guide. I love that.
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I so wish I had gone to school, so when I meet someone like him, I’m truly in awe being self taught and all. If I could go back, I never would have been a model. No sirree Mr. Imma.
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Life never happens to us the way we imagined it would. But so long as life keeps happening, I’m good with it.
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Me too.
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High five me.
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Okay…done. Did you feel it? Was it as good for you as it was for me? Always wanted to say that. 🙂
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I need a smoke, LOL.
Yes, I always wanted to say that too! I’m jealous you got to say it first. 🙂
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I need a smoke. That’s so funny. Here giggling.
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Did the earth move for you too?
I always wanted to say that one. So now we’re even.
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That’s a great line from the film Working Girl when Melanie Griffin wakes up in her underwear at Harrison Ford’s apt and asked a bit accusatory, what happened and he said…the earth moved. Great movie that still after all this time holds up. 🎬
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I LOVE that movie. And don’t you forget the great Carly Simon’s pipes were included at no extra charge. 😉
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Let the river run…I know, I’m a big Carly fan. That was a great movie. I love the scene when he’s talking to her when she’s out cold drunk, and he just stares at her and says…you sure are pretty. He too was at his prettiest. sigh
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Carly won the triple crown of awards for that- emmy, golden globe and oscar.
And don’t forget Joan Cusack- who I love- with that big hair.
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It’s not even leatha!
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Whadya need speech class fawh, ya talk fine!
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How bout…just cause I dance around in my unda-wear don’t make me Madonna.
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She knew hah stuff . . .
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I loved the big hair.
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I remembah it so very well, having grown up in Howard Beach. Where bubble jackets, two tone leather and hair spray were the local economy.
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And Bazooka Pink lipstick.
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That brings back memories that began with . . “It’s ten o’clock, let’s go into town!”
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I’m hummin’ Leader of the Pack.
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Haha!
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Another great line was, a very young Alex Baldwin saying to Melanie Griffith…who the fuck died and made you Grace Kelly. Now see, that’s a keeper. Bet it came from something else he wrote that he gleaned.
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I love that line! I’d forgotten it, which shows how lousy I am remembering movie lines.
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It’s a very old flick. 1988
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Which I shudder to think was thirty one years ago. Where. Has. The. Time. Gone?
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Well, let’s see…Melanie Griffin has had enough plastic surgery to make her flammable. Mr. Ford married Ally McBeal and gained a few. Mr. Nichols, alas, is no longer with us, and Carly, who had a bout of breast cancer, wrote a kick ass memoir that included James showing up when they were no longer together saying…strip bitch, before they did it for old times sake.
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I don’t believe in all the work these ladies have done to them. I understand their justification is that it keeps them in the game. But lets face it, Uma WAS the game, and she had the kind of fabulous mug that was gonna age gracefully until she went in for artificial sweetening. After which, she was no longer Uma face.
Carly Simon is hot as fuck, that never changed.
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Uma. Sigh
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That’s what I say.
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I worked with her right before she had anything visibly done, because good surgery should be hardly noticeable. I told her how beautiful she was. She shook her head like I was crazy. Uma is like any other fucked up femaie who looks in the mirror and only sees flaws. Amazing isn’t it?
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It says something about the world we live in that a beautiful and successful woman like Uma has issues when it comes to her looks.
A young girl with braces and glasses doesn’t stand a chance. Big sigh.
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You said it.
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I love these “tidbit” posts of yours, Susannah!
You are a seemingly endless fount of information. Remind me NOT to play Trivial Pursuit against you!
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I need a life Dale, let’s face it. But happy you’re happy.
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Nahhh… You likes what you likes!
And I’m with Marco on Depp being THE Jack Sparrow (no matter his multiple idiosyncrasies)
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I think the ignorant powers that be with see that also, eventually.
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Hmmm…
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Who could take the place as the Captain Jack we all have come to love. I mean, really. No one. Not only is Mr. Depp the handsomest pirate ever, his Keith Richards woven in is a real tour de force. The people who aced him are afraid to be tainted by someone accused of being a wife beater. But here’s what they obviously didn’t hear…his ex wife, mother of his two kids said, in the 14 years they were together he never once behaved in that type of manner, and considering it was an opportunity for her to get even with him for leaving her for the woman trying to wreck his life, says it all.
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My hmmm was one of agreement.
And it’s shameful how many are falsely accused.
I hear you. I just can’t picture him as the sort.
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Me either, but I know certain people we meet bring out sometimes the worst more than the best and Amber Heard was not the latter it seems. We’re all human but, I’m in his court always, as it looks like you are. 🙂
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That I am. And I think he is super talented to boot
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And so handsome. Oh my!
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Those cheek bones!
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I know, like Michelangelo made him. 🙂
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Seriously. He just made him too short 😉
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LOL…This is true. He is a little short, but that face . OOH
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LOL… since we are both tall, I thought I’d mention it… Yes. That face. I loved him in Chocolat… gypsy with an Irish accent. Swoon
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Edward Scissorhands started it all for me.
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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, for me.
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Remember the end, how he burnt the house down, so his deceased mom who was so fat, wouldn’t be humiliated being taken out? At least that’s how I remember it. sigh
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Yes. An act of love, if you will.
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Screwy but poignant.
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Yes.
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AMEN
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You know a lot of interesting stuff about a lot of folks.
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Certain things stay with me when I read so, makes for a decent post in my modest opinion.
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Knew about the typewriter first. That’s it. Rest were new knowledge to me…the best knowledge. And,no surprise that Johnny won the Pirate part; he’s the best I could ever imagine at being Jack.
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We all agree about Johnny playing Jack.
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I had to stop at the beginning to appreciate your comment about Shakespeare and Will Power. That is rich! I wonder if he had any idea how fabulous his writing was.
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I’ll bet not. Writers write and if they’re good, they rarely look over their shoulder to see who thinks so. They’re too busy writing. 🙂
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You are right. I hadn’t thought of it that way. Shakespeare was popular in good day, so he did get feedback. He couldn’t have known that his work would ensure so long.
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It’s kinda sad in a way. But that can be said for so many artists. Look at Vincent van Gogh, or Emma Lazarus who never knew her poem would resonate since 1886 on Liberty’s base dying so young of TB. I mean wow…let’s hope they all know wherever they are still writing and painting, from the ether.
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We’d want artists to know they are remembered, but what about those who thought highly of themselves and were forgotten before the grave sank in?
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Hubris verses humility. sigh
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Hooray or humbug?
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I hate bugs. Water, and hums. Now a ladybug is a whole other matter.
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I like ladybugs but not lady beetles.
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I don’t like beetles except for the Beatles. 🙂
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You are entitled to an exception, especially if they sound alike.
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I’ve never heard a beetle sing I Want To Hold Your Hand. Have you?
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LOL! No.
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I just saw a slew of them with guitars. I must need coffee. 🙂
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PS In my final edit, I almost took that out. Will from the ether must have talked me out of it. 🙂
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I’m glad you listened to the master.
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Oh Will, where art thous? 🙂
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More, more! I read these to Pookie. So interesting.
I love your pun about Will power. I was first introduced to Shakespeare’s lines on ,,, are you ready for this? … Gilligan’s Island! They put on a musical play to which I still remember the tunes and most of the words.
I’m still trying to picture Jim Carey as Jack Sparrow.
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I’m not a big Jim Carrey fan to begin with so, I just can’t imagine him swaggering on deck quite like Johnny.
I love these bits of trivia too.
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Without meaning to, you planted an ear wig in me. I can’t get the Gilligan’s Island Hamlet songs out of my head. You should check the episode out if you want an entirely different slant on Shakespeare..
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I will. 🙂
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Me loves stuff like this … that is, info that some think as worthless, but I treasure. More importantly, smiles around for your new coin.
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I did get my first coin in June and was it exciting. It’s like the Academy Awards of AA. 🙂
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Goodness, Susannah, where have I been all these years. Love your blog and hit “follow” immediately. Trivia is killer anytme. I think I’m going to enjoy reading your stuff.
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You’re very kind Mr. Howell, but what I pen varies. You just may have hit it right. I hope I don’t disappoint you.
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I’m sure you won’t. I read a lot of varied stuff.
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A fellow reader. There are s few of us left. sigh
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I wish it weren’t true but sadly it is. For we authors it makes it harder and harder.
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I know. My bi/annual reading lists are my least read posts. I’ve been in heaven resting the Poldark series by Winston Graham. Oh my. Where has he been all my life. He’s the nearest thing to Jane Austen I’ve ever read. How can people not read. Always mystifies me. Sigh
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I have not read any Winston Graham. I don’t know how I missed him but have been caught up with others. I am well aware of the Poldark series but just haven’t gotten into historical fiction. For the last five years I have been doing indie authors exclusively. Might need to change. Thanks for the reminder.
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I only read non fiction but someone gave me volume 1 and I was hooked. He began them in the 50s. They are truly show stoppers not to mention addictive. His language alone has me by my short hair if you will, and the way he weaves his storylines have impressed this writer who wants to kneel at his feet.
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I know the feeling for sure.
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I just love to read. To burrow in a book is such a grace.
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I so agree. I read every day.
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We’re a dying breed I’m afraid.
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“Farewell,” he says. The sadness in his voice hints at his reluctance to be gone.
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I hear ya/
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