Anyway, what got me last night was a collection of postcards, photographs, and letters from Louis Armstrong that someone brought in. That's a cool link. You can even watch the clip I'm referring to. This is why I watch that show. Louis had befriended this person's father-in-law. The pictures and postcards were nice but the centerpiece of the collection, for me, was an extremely personal eleven-page, front and back, handwritten letter from Louis that talked about his music, his new album, his work, and his wife. The appraiser put a value of $20,000 on the collection. I guess that's fair but if I had stuff like that from Louis Armstrong written to someone in my family, $20k wouldn't get near it. I'm not much of a jazz fan, particularly modern contemporary jazz, but I'm a big fan of Louis. I think he's probably the greatest entertainer of the 20th century.
Today's QOTD, well, never mind.
Quote of the Day
'We are being told we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to grab our ankles...because his father was black, because he's the first black president, we've got to accept this.
Rush Limbaugh
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "But some proponents of "alternative medicine" believe that drug companies actually conspire to keep people sick to reap profits."
