Drunken Pumpkin

It’s not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.

Abraham Lincoln: Elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy: Elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln: Elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy: Elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both had wives who lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot in the head.

Lincoln’s secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatre.
Kennedy’s secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both assassins names contain 15 letters.

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

Friendship: A minor conspiracy against those who would find you unreasonable

In a well ordered Universe things like Jeff’s posts over the last couple of days would have made some kind of sense. I think this may go to show that only the truly insane believe in a well ordered universe. And I think that may have been Jeff’s point.

Life is a little like the optical illusion that Jeff posted. No matter how it happened, you’re still screwed. Either the Universe is orderly, and you’re crazy. Or, the Universe is untidy, and it will drive you crazy.

And that was Jeff’s PSA for the holidays.

Tune in tomorrow when Jeff provides you with even more enlightenment, and I stop drinking long enough to make a little sense.