You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ― Mae West​ (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980)

Yeah, but dese Fokkers was flying Messerschmitts!

My Favorite Cousin™* lost her Baton Rouge home. It's the only one she had.

When I am angry, I pray God to swing our globe into the fiery sun and prevent the sorrows of the not-yet-born: but when I am content, I want to lie forever in the shade, till I become a shade myself. - T. E. Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935)

thanks!

Oscar Peterson​ (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007)
https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Yeah, I no longer desperately seek anything.

If it's up to me, let others figure it out, and have that sense of accomplishment. If you end up on the radio with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, give me a shoutout (you can say "Ms. Uptown" if you're averse to "Isis").

Once you figure it out Yul wonder why it took you so long.

Take the name of a country. Among its letters is the name of part of the human body, reading from left to right, although not necessarily consecutively. Cross out these letters. The remaining letters in order, reading left to right, will name part of an animal's body. What country is it?

No doubt!

"Desperately Seeking Susan"! I haven't seen that since sometime in the 1990s. I recall really liking Aidan Quinn. Maybe I'll seek that out.

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.” - Steve Martin (b. August 14, 1945)

My youngest sister, Darling Sister, and her family live in Youngsville, LA, where hundreds of homes flooded. Theirs did not flood, but they’re unable to leave the house. My mother and brother are in Lafayette, also not flooded. They could leave, but where would they go, anyway? Some friends of my son (couple with a…

Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you’ll hit the bull’s-eye of success. - Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926)

I thought it was true to the characters, but I didn't laugh.

Have you read the "Seinfeld 9/11 Spec script" a/k/a "Seinfeld - The Twin Towers"?
If you want to read it, it's at this link:
https://drive.google.com/fi…

Gonna get dark here:

Early-Mid1970s: A cousin spent a few days with my family (two parents, five children) and when he went home, he reported to his parents "They all READ, all the time."

Happy Birthday, Sir Mix-a-Lot​ (b. August 12, 1963)