“The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through.”
— Orville Wright
On This Day
Jan 9, 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard made the first successful balloon flight in the U.S.
More years of life, more life in years
You doubtless know the old saw about Carnegie Hall: How do you get there? Practice, practice, practice.We might invoke similar reasoning about a far greater prize, with far more universal
While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, an officer was interrupted by a little boy about six years old. Looking up and down at his uniform, he asked, “Are you a cop?”
“Yes,” he replied and continued writing the report.
“My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?”
“Yes, that’s right,” he told him.
“Well, then,” he said as he extended his foot towards the officer, “would you please tie my shoe?”
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A cartoon by Liza Donnelly. For more cartoons from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/1dJy9v9
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