Ain't a man in this world who can pull me down from my dark star, dark star
i will remain there...
it’s done me good so far
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Being ageless when it comes to your dreams
You can be ageless. The good news is the best is yet to be. It is a fact that Julia Child
wrote her first best-seller at 49; Harry Truman was first elected to the
Senate at 50; Paul Cezanne didn't have a major exhibition until he was
65; and Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa at 75.
It's never too late so you can't make that excuse. These people didn't and it's not that they were better than anyone else, they just DID IT:
35 yrs old - American sprinter Evelyn Ashford won her final Olympic gold medal at age 35, old for a sprinter.
36 yrs old - German chemist Friedrich August Kekule discovered the ring structure of the benzene molecule in a dream.
37 yrs old - Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest man ever to win the world’s heavyweight boxing title.
38 yrs old - Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon.
39 yrs old - Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization and led the way to the effective use of rubber.
40 yrs old - Joan Ganz Cooney founded Children’s Television Workshop and became the mastermind behind “Sesame Street.”
41 yrs old - Rudyard Kipling became the youngest Nobel Laureate in literature.
42 yrs old - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the oldest NBA regular player.
43 yrs old - John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the youngest man elected to the United States presidency.
44 yrs old - Assistant cashier Jim Priceman returned an envelope containing $37.1 million in negotiable bearer certificates found outside 110 Wall Street.
45 yrs old - George Foreman recaptured the heavyweight championship with a 10th round knockout, becoming the oldest person ever to win the heavyweight championship.
46 yrs old - A Scottish surgeon, James Baird, discovered hypnosis.
47 yrs old - Edward Jenner, an English doctor, pioneered the use of vaccination against smallpox.
48 yrs old - George Blanda played his last year of NFL football.
49 yrs old -Well known author Julia Child published her book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
50 yrs old - Barbra Streisand won a 10-year film and recording contract estimated at $60 million.
51 yrs old - The Marquis de Sade, imprisoned for much of his life, wrote the novel Justine.
52 yrs old - Francis Chichester sailed around the world alone in a 53-foot boat normally manned by a crew of six.
53 yrs old - Inventor Walter Hunt patented the safety pin.
54 yrs old - Annie Jump Cannon, the dean of women astronomers, became the first person to systematically classify the stars according to spectral type.
55 yrs old - Richard Daniel Bass reached the summit of Mount Everest.
56 yrs old - Mao Zedong founded the Peoples’ Republic of China.
57 yrs old – Betty Ford was frank about her cancer surgery, in an effort to alert other women to the danger of breast cancer.
58 yrs old - Sony chairman Akio Morita introduced the Sony Walkman, even though nobody seemed to like the idea prior to its release.
59 yrs old - Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
60 yrs old - Playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw completed a play, “Heartbreak House,” regarded by some as his masterpiece.
61 yrs old - Richard Milhouse Nixon resigned in disgrace, the first U.S. President ever to quit office.
62 yrs old - J.R.R. Tolkien published the first volume of his fantasy series, Lord of the Rings.
63 yrs old - Countess Rosa Branicka, a wealthy Polish noble, performed breast cancer surgery on herself and lived to be 82.
70 yrs old - Benjamin Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence.
75 yrs old - Warren Buffett set up a $30 billion contribution to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for use in various world-wide charitable causes. + Cancer survivor Barbara Hillary became one of the oldest people, and the first black woman, to reach the north pole.
80 yrs old – Jessica Tandy became the oldest Oscar recipient for her work in Driving Miss Daisy.
85 yrs old - At 85, “Coco” Chanel was the head of a fashion design firm.
90 yrs old - Pablo Picasso was still producing drawings and engravings.
95 yrs old - Nola Ochs became the oldest person to receive a college diploma, a degree in general studies with an emphasis on history.
100+ yrs old - Alice Porlock of Great Britain published her first book, Portrait of My Victorian Youth, when she was 102 years old.
It's never too late so you can't make that excuse. These people didn't and it's not that they were better than anyone else, they just DID IT:
35 yrs old - American sprinter Evelyn Ashford won her final Olympic gold medal at age 35, old for a sprinter.
36 yrs old - German chemist Friedrich August Kekule discovered the ring structure of the benzene molecule in a dream.
37 yrs old - Jersey Joe Walcott became the oldest man ever to win the world’s heavyweight boxing title.
38 yrs old - Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon.
39 yrs old - Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization and led the way to the effective use of rubber.
40 yrs old - Joan Ganz Cooney founded Children’s Television Workshop and became the mastermind behind “Sesame Street.”
41 yrs old - Rudyard Kipling became the youngest Nobel Laureate in literature.
42 yrs old - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar became the oldest NBA regular player.
43 yrs old - John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the youngest man elected to the United States presidency.
44 yrs old - Assistant cashier Jim Priceman returned an envelope containing $37.1 million in negotiable bearer certificates found outside 110 Wall Street.
45 yrs old - George Foreman recaptured the heavyweight championship with a 10th round knockout, becoming the oldest person ever to win the heavyweight championship.
46 yrs old - A Scottish surgeon, James Baird, discovered hypnosis.
47 yrs old - Edward Jenner, an English doctor, pioneered the use of vaccination against smallpox.
48 yrs old - George Blanda played his last year of NFL football.
49 yrs old -Well known author Julia Child published her book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
50 yrs old - Barbra Streisand won a 10-year film and recording contract estimated at $60 million.
51 yrs old - The Marquis de Sade, imprisoned for much of his life, wrote the novel Justine.
52 yrs old - Francis Chichester sailed around the world alone in a 53-foot boat normally manned by a crew of six.
53 yrs old - Inventor Walter Hunt patented the safety pin.
54 yrs old - Annie Jump Cannon, the dean of women astronomers, became the first person to systematically classify the stars according to spectral type.
55 yrs old - Richard Daniel Bass reached the summit of Mount Everest.
56 yrs old - Mao Zedong founded the Peoples’ Republic of China.
57 yrs old – Betty Ford was frank about her cancer surgery, in an effort to alert other women to the danger of breast cancer.
58 yrs old - Sony chairman Akio Morita introduced the Sony Walkman, even though nobody seemed to like the idea prior to its release.
59 yrs old - Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
60 yrs old - Playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw completed a play, “Heartbreak House,” regarded by some as his masterpiece.
61 yrs old - Richard Milhouse Nixon resigned in disgrace, the first U.S. President ever to quit office.
62 yrs old - J.R.R. Tolkien published the first volume of his fantasy series, Lord of the Rings.
63 yrs old - Countess Rosa Branicka, a wealthy Polish noble, performed breast cancer surgery on herself and lived to be 82.
70 yrs old - Benjamin Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence.
75 yrs old - Warren Buffett set up a $30 billion contribution to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for use in various world-wide charitable causes. + Cancer survivor Barbara Hillary became one of the oldest people, and the first black woman, to reach the north pole.
80 yrs old – Jessica Tandy became the oldest Oscar recipient for her work in Driving Miss Daisy.
85 yrs old - At 85, “Coco” Chanel was the head of a fashion design firm.
90 yrs old - Pablo Picasso was still producing drawings and engravings.
95 yrs old - Nola Ochs became the oldest person to receive a college diploma, a degree in general studies with an emphasis on history.
100+ yrs old - Alice Porlock of Great Britain published her first book, Portrait of My Victorian Youth, when she was 102 years old.
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