Caesar, Tulips and Vodka

From the mind of the genius or psychopath - depends on the day...

On this day in 100 B.C. – Julius Caesar was born in Rome. He did a whole bunch of stuff, and then he was stabbed to death by his friends on The Ides of March 44 B.C. The Ides of March is March the 15^th. No one to this day knows why them call it the Ides of March, but I think it probably had something something to do with rain, since it rains a lot in March. I think Julius Caesar should be remembered because he crossed the Rubicon, which was slang for doing “it” with Cleopatra. (I’m channeling a fifth grader writing a book report).

I was at my family reunion last week in Western New York State, and my cousin Susie (my Aunt Nan’s daughter) remembered a joke I told my Aunt Nan when I was 4-5. “How did Tiny Tim die?” “He tripped over a tulip”. See, even as a small child I was a laugh riot! Well, Susie thought it was funny, but then she was drinking vodka from a 64 oz insulated Pepsi mug.

Thought for the day: A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it. The same thing is true for an ice pick, but you can also murder people with it. I know which one I’d chose in a knife fight.