Sarah Palin holds her own (you betcha, bless your heart.)

By the end of the debate it was clear that it was not the blood fest many had expected. Gov. Palin was able to walk and chew gum at the same time and Sen. Biden did not have Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg address on the radio. Biden had a firm grip on his facts and Palin adequately and repeatedly reminded us that John McCain was a maverick (it appear the word 'maverick' is Sarah Palin's favorite work.)



Unfortunately by the end of the debate, the Governor looked increasingly like the end of Tina Fey's most recent impression (say it ain't so Joe, indeed.)

October 3, 1283 -


Dafydd ap Gruffudd was having a bad day. Besides having an unpronounceable name, he had gotten on the wrong side of King Edward I of England, for wanting to gain Welsh independence. On 30 September Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, was condemned to death, the first person known to have been tried and executed for what from this time onwards would be described as high treason against the King. Edward ensured that Dafydd's death was to be slow and agonizing, and also historic; he became the first person in recorded history to have been hanged, drawn and quartered.

Dafydd was dragged through the streets of Shrewsbury at a horse's tail then hanged alive, revived, then disemboweled and his entrails burned before him for 'his sacrilege in committing his crimes in the week of Christ's passion,' and then his body cut into four quarters 'for plotting the king's death'.




Apparently, Edward was quite pissed off.

October 3, 1899 -
(Wow, I'm really sorry - I was getting ready to update this date for 2009 and saw the pix that was here. Not the picture I was intending. Really sorry if you were offended.)

Lonely bachelors and housewives everywhere rejoiced, the motor-driven vacuum cleaner was patented.



October 3, 1955 -
Hey kids, remember Captain Kangaroo. Well he premiered on this date. And no, Frank Zappa was not Mr. Green Jeans son.



October 3, 1955 -




If today wasn't special enough, The Mickey Mouse Club also premiered on this date. And just think of all the special people this program has brought the world.



October 3, 1960 -
Let grab down our fishin' poles and head down to the fishin' hole. The Andy Griffith show premiered on this date.



October 3, 1961 -
The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on this date. The show wasn't an immediate success but became a hit. This was one of the first shows revolving around the goings-on at a TV series.




On October 3, 1990, East and West Germany were officially reunited. The reunification of this once great nation was recognized as a clear sign that the Cold War was coming to an end, and was therefore celebrated not only in Germany, but throughout the world—excepting certain corridors of France, Poland, and the Czech Republic, where the exuberance was strangely muted.



October 3, 1995 -
A jury of his "peers" finds Orenthal James Simpson not guilty.



Later, OJ resumes his golfing career while hunting for The Real Killers with a brief detour to find his memorabilia.

And so it goes.