Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, D-Montana; oil on canvas by Aaron Shikler, 1978 - Wikimedia image
Mike Mansfield was born on March 16, 1903. Best boss I ever had.
Robert A. Nowlan’s Born This Day attributed this quote to Mansfield:
After all, even a politician is human.
Laconic as he was, Mansfield didn’t say anything more meaty than that?
Read about Mansfield at the Bathtub, here. Mansfield died on October 5, 2001.
1 Comment | 
History | Tagged: Famous quotes, History, Mike Mansfield, Quotes | 
Permalink
Posted by Ed Darrell
Jack Keady, my former colleague at American Airlines, sent this news item:
Airline fees reach $400 mark, USA Today survey finds — The era of the $400 airline fee has arrived. For an overweight checked bag weighing 71-100 pounds, Continental Airlines is charging $400 on most international flights, and American Airlines is charging $450 on its Asian flights. United Airlines charges $400 for checking bags weighing 71-99.9 pounds on flights to another continent. Those are the most expensive fees that airlines charge fliers, a new USA Today survey of what 13 U.S. carriers charge for services available to coach passengers has found. Gary Stoller/USA Today
Leave a Comment » | Airlines, Economics, Transportation, Travel | Tagged: Airlines, Economics, Travel | Permalink
Posted by Ed Darrell
Oh, yeah, we know what you teachers do with your fancy laser pointers in the off-hours. When you’re not torturing your students with Death by PowerPoint, highlighting the vocabulary words, pointing out the routes on the maps, and generally making your students a little jealous of your tools, you take the lasers home to torture your kitties.
If you’re a teacher with a science bent, you might even do a little experimentation: Do cats chase green lasers, too? Blue ones? What about those filters that make starbursts, do they drive cat’s wild?
Ah, but teachers with a science bent, and access to some really big cats . . .
From Big Cat Rescue:
Q: Do Tigers, Leopards & Lions chase laser pointers like domestic cats? Big Cat Rescue decided to find out! …
Do BIG CATS like catnip?? Check out the video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tklx3j7kgJY
For more info about BIG CAT RESCUE visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org
Find us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Cat-Rescue-Tampa-FL/122174836956?ref=sgm
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/1bigcatrescue
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/BigCatRescue
DONATE: http://bigcatrescue.com/donate/THANK YOU!
If you text TIGER to 20222 *A one-time donation of $10 will be added to your mobile phone bill or deducted from your prepaid balance. Standard messaging/data rates may apply. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Service is available on most carriers. Donations are collected for the benefit of the Big Cat Rescue by the Mobile Giving Foundation and subject to the terms found at http://www.mobilecommons.com/t/. You can unsubscribe at any time by texting STOP to short code 20222; HELP to 20222 for help.
Tip of the old scrub brush to Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science.
Leave a Comment » | Cats, Classroom technology, Humor, Technology, Technology in the classroom, Wildlife | Tagged: Big Cat Rescue.org, cats, Humor, Lasers, Pets, Technology, Wildlife | Permalink
Posted by Ed Darrell
You are currently browsing the Millard Fillmore's Bathtub blog archives for the day Tuesday, September 20th, 2011.
Ed Darrell on Texas's Colorado River
Come on in, the water's fine. Come often: Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 