New term

Someone who is very wealthy and very stupid (some CEO, for example) should called an incomepoop.

Totally random question

Anyone know if it was anyone famous who said, "If it weren't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all?" I always thought it was a baseball manager (Billy Martin or Casey Stengel came to mind), but a search has turned up nothing.

Vassar 1935

I was doing some research for a paper, and found this jewel in the Vassar Alumnae magazine from 1935, about the rise of radicalism and communism among Vassar students-

STOP PLAYING WITH DOLLS

A male outsider expresses his views

Anonymous

I wasn't asked. I volunteered the information that parlor radicalism at women's colleges annoyed me. Why? Simply because I have become intolerant of those who lead and instigate such movements, as well as those who have been taken in by them.
The leaders, usually: a half-dozen physically unattractive, twenty-year-old girls who seek compensation for their lack of popularity with both men and women by banding together in discussion. . .

On Solitaire

I just had this idea. When you play Solitaire, you should always call up a friend, and say, "Hey, I'm playing Solitaire, wanna be the other side?" That way, if you lose, your friend wins. It makes sense, because right now, if you lose Solitaire, no one wins, and so it's a total waste. This way, someone gets the pleasure of winning.