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Fiddler on Answers.com

Today’s Answers.com Spotlight:

“Everyone of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a simple tune.” So says, Tevye the milkman, Fiddler on the Roof’s main protagonist. Perhaps that’s why the show, which premiered on Broadway on this date in 1964, resonates with so many people, Jews and non-Jews alike. The conflicts Tevye faces as his daughters break with the traditions of family and faith are universal struggles. As Tevye also said in the show, “Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof!”

Quote: “To life, to life, l’chaim! L’chaim, l’chaim, to life! A gift we seldom are wise enough, ever to prize enough; drink l’chaim, to life! ” — Tevye, singing “To Life!” by Sheldon Harnick

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Clotheslines vs Dryers

Accourding to today’s Answers.com Spotlight:

If you live in one of the communities that currently bans outdoor clotheslines, you may find that the winds may be changing. According to the Boston Globe, 91 percent of detached single-family homes in the US have a clothes dryer, and a single electric dryer can blow 1,500 pounds of carbon monoxide into the air each year. Now, there is a growing “right-to-dry” movement; some states are working on legislation to overturn bans on clotheslines. And a new industry has sprung up: clotheslines are being manufactured to meet the growing demand.

Quote: “When we realize we can make a buck cleaning up the environment, it will be done!” — Dennis Weaver

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!!

Today is the birthday of a writer whose unique style changed the world forever.  The following was copied from Answers.com:

 Off I went, once, to Oxford for my PhD
And to think that I thought that was the life for me
But I started to write, and oh golly! Oh gee!
It was fun! What a joy! Yes, sirree! Yip yippee!
I’m famous for cat’s hats and green eggs and ham
For yertles and sneetches and grinches, I am —
I teach kids to love reading; I’m glad as a clam!
Anapestic tetrameter — that hits the spot
But iambs and trochees I use, too, a lot.
I’ve no kids of my own but I’m sure young at heart!

Dr. Seuss, aka Theodor Geisel, would have been 103 years old today.

Quote: I meant what I said/ And I said what I meant/ An elephant’s faithful/ One hundred percentHorton the elephant in Horton Hatches the Egg