FYI, from the department of useless information:-
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, Kennedy
exactly one hundred years later in 1946.
Lincoln was elected president in November 1860,
Kennedy in November 1960.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who urged him
not to go to the theatre.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who advised
against his going to Dallas.
Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran off into a
warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and
ran off into a theatre.
Lincoln was succeeded by a Southerner named Johnson.
Kennedy was succeeded by a Southerner named
Johnson. The first Johnson was born in 1808, the
second in 1908.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/letter_from_america/default.stm
Alistair Cook writes:-
I have, however, a favourite theologian - my only
favourite theologian - Dr Frederick Buechner.
He has written, among many books, a small book
called An Alphabet of Grace - his ideas about the
pervasion of what he calls the grace of God are wide
and ranging, funny and imaginative and may amuse or
enlighten the irreligious as well as the devout.
Under C we find "coincidence". Here it is.
"I see in a letter the name of a woman I haven't seen
or thought of for 20 years, next morning I run into her
in a grocery store in our town.
"I look out the window, a solitary car passes, its licence
plate combines my initials and those of my wife. We
chuckle.
"Perhaps somebody is saying, 'Stay the course'.
Somebody may keep reminding you that they have you
in mind."
Merry Christmas,
Joanna
