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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944) "People say I can't sing, but they can't say I didn't sing!" Sometimes fame and fortune goes to our head. We think people around us who appear happy laughing away actually laugh with us. We believe we have such an aura that draws us to our wit and charisma. We think we have that innate charm to seduce people to yearn to be in our presence. We believe that they are having such a good time, laughing with us at our jokes. The truth, however, may be far from that. They may actually be laughing AT us! I heard a podcast recently of a lady in the early twentieth century who refused to accept her inadequacies of being an operatic singer. Since she was young, she had been interested in being a singer. Seeing her lack of aptitude, her father denied her of her wish. Luck came to Ms Jenkins in the form of a handsome inheritance after her parents separated and her mother sub...

Ever since Mel Brooks used the line  “That’s it baby, when you got it, flaunt it! Flaunt it!” in the 1968 not so famous film 'The Producers' and Braniff Airways ad slogan screamed  “When you got it – flaunt it.” (1968 to the mid-1970s), that became the mantra of the then new generation (The late baby boomers and early Gen-X). We are living in an era where showing off and smoasting is an accepted way of life. What is construed as boasting by one may be accepted as self confidence by another. If you have the assets, then may as well flaunt it, the dream of capitalism being met, an ambition realized, down the drain to moderation and middle path, pride and joy to the clan! 1967 Slogan of the year The assets here may denote physical attributes or the age old desire of man- materialism. In the feudalistic era, kings were worshipped as demi-gods due to their ability to make dreams of mammoth proportions possible. Builder of Taj Mahal, Ruler of Ayuththya, Pharaohs are some ...