Random Thoughts from Random Nobody

1920 - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Democrat 1924 - Charles W. Bryan - Democrat; Burton K. Wheeler - Progressive 1928 - Joseph T. Robinson - Democrat 1932 - Charles Curtis - Republican 1936 - Frank Knox - Republican 1940 - Charles L. McNary - Republican 1944 - John W. Bricker - Republican 1948 - Earl Warren - Republican; Fielding Wright - States' Rights Democrat 1952 - John Sparkman - Democrat 1956 - Estes Kefauver - Democrat 1960 - Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. - Republican 1964 - William E. Miller - Republican 1968 - Edmund Muskie - Democrat; Curtis LeMay - American Independent 1972 - Sargent Shriver - Democrat 1976 - Bob Dole - Republican 1980 - Walter Mondale - Democrat 1984 - Geraldine Ferraro - Democrat 1988 - Lloyd Bentsen - Democrat 1992 - Dan Quayle - Republican 1996 - Jack Kemp - Republican 2000 - Joe Lieberman - Democrat 2004 - John Edwards - Democrat 2008 - Sarah Palin - Republican 2012 - Paul Ryan - Republican 2016 - Tim Kaine - Democrat 2020 - Mike Pence - Republican

Who's That Knocking at My Door - Bill Minkin Taxi Driver - Albert Brooks New York, New York - Jack Haley After Hours - Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara Goodfellas - Henny Youngman, Bob Golub Casino - Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, Dick Smothers, John Bloom, Vinny Vella, Steve Allen Bringing Out The Dead - Queen Latifah Gangs of New York - John C. Reilly, John Sessions The Aviator - John C. Reilly, Alan Alda, Adam Scott, Alec Baldwin The Departed - Alec Baldwin, Anthony Anderson Hugo - Sacha Baron Cohen The Wolf of Wall Street - Jonah Hill, Rob Reiner, Henry Zebrowski, Barry Rothbart Silence - Issey Ogata The Irishman - Ray Romano, Sebastian Maniscalo, Jim Norton (as Don Rickles) Killers of the Flower Moon - Tatanka Means, Brendan Fraser

1. Appearing as a guest on David Letterman. 2. How he looks in author photos on the back of his books. 3. Maintaining an Instagram page. (And which filter to put on a selfie.) 4. Hosting Saturday Night Live. 5. Getting too much plastic surgery and appearing on Botched. 6. His soul being captured in a photograph. 7. How he looks on Zoom meetings. 8. Pictures of him in blackface leaking. 9. Nudes of him leaking. 10. Whether he'll ever appear as the subject of a top ten list.

Mucho he viajado en los reinos de oro,     Y muchos un buen estado y reino visto;     Alrededor de muchas islas occidentales he estado Qué bardos en fidelidad sostienen a Apolo. A menudo de una amplia extensión me habían dicho     Ese Homero ceñudo gobernó como su dominio;     Sin embargo, nunca respiré su sereno puro Hasta que escuché a Chapman hablar en voz alta y intrépido : Entonces me sentí como un observador del cielo     Cuando un nuevo planeta nada en su conocimiento; O como el robusto Cortez cuando con ojos de águila     —Él y todos sus hombres miraban el Pacífico. Se miraron con una loca conjetura.     Silencioso en Darien, sobre un pico. Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,     And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;     Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told     That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;     Yet did I never breathe its pure ser

Here's my translation, with the help of Google Translate, of the first stanza of Alexander Pushkin's famous novel-in-verse, Eugene Onegin. “My uncle has the rules most honest; When he was seriously ill, He forced us to treat him most fondest, A plan thought up with utmost skill. His example is surely science; But, my God, to be in compliance With a patient, sit night and day Without leaving a step away! What low treachery to the rundown To amuse, to correct cushions For him, to bring medications Sadly, to sigh and think to oneself: ‘We know this is more than the flu, When will the devil come for you?’”

First, here's my, or should I say, Google Translate's translation of Clement Marot's poem, with my edits and revisions, "A une Damoyselle malade", originally written in French in 1537. My darling, I you bring A greeting; This staying in’s prison. Be healin’, Recover, Discover Outside world, Be unfurled Rapidly, ‘Cause Cody Mandates thee. Go, sweetie, Open mouth, Off the couch, There’s no doom, So consume A s oufflé ; If you stay Sick and frail A hue pale You will get, And forfeit The booty. God owes thee Good well-being, My darling. I'll let the strange grammar, diction and rhymes speak for themselves. Now here's the plain Google translation of the poem. (Keep in mind the date of this post, as the result will change over time as Google Translate improves.) My darling, I give you Hello; The stay It's prison. Healing Cover, Then open Your door And that we come out Quickly, Because Clement