Little Thinkers Quotes (14 of 16): Frank Lloyd Wright

Greetings to our blog-readers in Greece, Kenya and Japan.

Tonight, we are trying to make a mad dash through our Little Thinkers series, so we can start blogging about the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, even though we are nine hours away here in Hartford, Conn. (not really where we are at).....

So, we turn our attention to great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, perhaps the folks at the National Building Museum, which I almost got kicked out of for using a cellphone (only half-true) can assist you (of course, we are not suggesting you actually pester them).

Here is the quote from a man who was also mentioned in a Simon and Garfunkel song:

"Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world."

http://www.nbm.org/ (Link to the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C, it's a great place)

Special Quote of the Day- Joe DiMaggio

Today, we quip the late slugger Joltin' Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), who was also known as the Yankee Clipper. The New York Yankees great was a three-time MVP and a 13-time All-Star. DiMaggio had a 56-game hitting streak in 1941 which has yet to be broken.

Off the field, DiMaggio made headlines during his brief marriage to Marilyn Monroe. Playwright Arthur Miller ("Death of a Salesman") whom we've quote a lot here was her other husband.

DiMaggio was also the spokesperson for Mr. Coffee during the 1970s, and he is mentioned in the classic Simon and Garfunkel song "Mrs. Robinson."

Here is the quote:

"There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time or the last time, I owe him my best."

Today is My 41st Freakin' Birthday

You are assuredly asking why this image of the Bath Covered Bridge in Bath, New Hampshire, is the chosen image for this blog entry.

Well, I've learned over the years that finding a good birthday to post with a blog is nearly impossible as for some reason more birthday cake photographs seem to be copyrighted or blocked that anything else.

As it turns out, covered bridges are not easy to hotlink either mainly due to their sizes. We tried to get images of the Humpback Covered Bridge in Covington, Va., the Meems Bottom Bridge in Mount Jackson, Va. (near Edingburg, Va., where I once lived in the Shenandoah Valley) and the Mud River Covered Bridge in Milton, WVa., before settling with this one.

And, I also chose this image because we found out, just today, that Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" was actually the number one song in America when I was born, not "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" by B.J. Thomas, as I had long assumed.

So, I have Wikipedia to thank for making me realize I had been spreading misinformation over the years.

As it turns out, the theme song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" ('Raindrops') was the number one song in January of 1970.I guess if I had been born prematurely, then I would have been accurate!