Monday, November 05, 2007

Made Me Smile

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to American novelist Harper Lee (R) in the East Room of the White House, November 5, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)

This brought a smile to my face.

Today's trivia question:
Who is Harper Lee?

Don't let me down, guys.

11 comments:

Kelli said...

"To Kill a Mockingbird". Taylor had to read it in school last year.

erin said...

Kelli--you are all over it!
Good work. And in under ten minutes.
Doesn't she just LOOK like Scout, all grown up?

angie said...

alright, i soooo knew this before i read kelli's answer. where's my gold star for being avid mockingbird reader???
and yes! scout! p.s. dave's nephew's name is scout, and i think of her whenever i say it. poor guy.

Anonymous said...

Kelli beat me to it!

Anonymous said...

I had no idea she was still alive. Put a smile on my face too. Especially thinking about how the ceremony might have gone:

G-Dub: Welcome to the White House, Ms. Lee. Here's your medal. I loved your book, "A Time to Kill." What was it like working with Tom Cruise?

-V- said...

Edward!! You're supposed to keep your liberally-slanted cynicism under wraps in our blog community; did you forget?!?

Anonymous said...

I'm not a liberal, I just think a world leader who can't pronounce the word "nuclear" is humorous.

erin said...

Ed! Don't tell me you're voting for Hillary??

Anonymous said...

I think Sir Edmund Hillary might be a good president. Brave, resourceful, leadership qualities, willing to travel. I didn't know that was an option - ?

theswamphare said...

I thought it was the 'Peyton Place' writer.

BTW, don't ever tell people about the time you had to kill a woodpecker; geez.

Sig. said...

Harper Lee: The supposed author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" -- some conspiracy theorist types allege that Truman Capote actually wrote it. Also, Harper Lee accompanied Capote to Kansas during much of his fact-gathering for In Cold Blood.