Deadlines, Lab 1!

~William Faulkner's Acceptance Speech
" Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it."


Faulkner says that the writers of the day have put too much importance on, "when will I be blown up," and forget that good writing, writing worth the time, is of the matters of a human heart in conflict.

~The weather on Friday, January 1, 1644 in Pittsburgh/Philadelphia was "cloudy and rainy...with occasional sunshine and somewhat warm."

~The following are the 5 deadliest hurricanes in U.S. History:

1.Galveston, Texas, 1900: 8,000 deaths
2.Lake Okeechobee, Fla., 1928: 2,500 deaths
3.Katrina (La./Miss.), 2005: 1,800 deaths
4.Cheniere Caminanda, La., 1893: 1,100 - 1,400 deaths
5.Sea Islands (S.C., Ga.), 1893: 1,000-2,000 deaths

~This is the blueprint of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater (scroll down a little bit and it's the 3rd picture down). It is located over the Western Pennsylvania waterfall, Bear Run.

~This is Ernest Hemingway's 1923 Passport Photograph.
5 Factual Observations: 1] His right shoulder is higher than his left. 2) He has a small cleft in his chin. 3) His mouth is slightly downturned, top lip thinner than his bottom lip. 4] His eyes are shadowed under a slant - a very deadpan, almost defiant look. 5) He is dressed in a 3 piece suit.