Today is
Wednesday, September 20, 2017,
the 262nd day of the year.

quote of the day:

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

Mark Twain
1835-1910

happy birthday:

Sir James Dewar (1842 — 1923).

British chemist and physicist.
Kincardine-on-Forth, Scotland.

Upton Sinclair (1878 — 1968).

American writer.
Baltimore, Maryland.