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Cogito, ergo sto.
(I think, therefore I am here as long as I last).

Resumé:

(1559)   Birth foretold by Nostradamus.
(1899)  Born Norman Jean Baker in Modesto, California.
(1920)  Married Josephine Dimaggio.
(1929)    Leapt from building upon hearing of Stock Market Crash. Learned at same time of superhuman power of flight.
(1931-1936)  Worked 12-14 hours per day as a salt miner, for ten cents an hour -- in order to be ready to spare a dime for anybody who asked or to pay for dance partners on Saturday nights.
(1937-1938) Served in the Leftist during the Spanish Civil War.
(1939)    &n... Executed by Franquista firing squad. Refused blindfold. Accepted cigarette.
(1940)   &n... Resurfaced in France. Eventual collaborator with the Nazi's puppet Vichy govenment. Yard 
       &... boy for General Pétain.
(1945)   &nbs... shot to death by liberated French. Not even offered a cigarette.
(1946)   &n... Resurfaced in Paris under the name "Jean Paul Sartre.\"
(1962)   &nb... Achieved minor fame as the 14th Beatle in Liverpool.
(1966)   &n... Gave up cigarettes in favor of blindfolds.
(1974)   &... Accompanied the disgraced Richard Nixon into exile. We had never previously met.
(1975)    &n... Received M.A. degree in French, with courses in Italian and Romanian.
(1984)   &nb... Began work at the Beaufort County (South Carolina) Library
(1986)   &nbsp... Served as Ronald Reagan's double, despite lack of physical resemblance.
(1992)   ... Received Master of Library Science degree.
(1993-1995)    &... Served as Hillary Clinton's tattletale in Bill's personal matters.
(1999)     ... a great deal of time forewarning people that the Millennium would not really start until 2001, because 2000 was really the last year in the decimal sequence known as "The 90s.\"
(2003)    ... Got a small part in the movie, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Scene deleted before release.
(2004)   &nbs... convicted by World Court of participation in Khmer Rouge murders.  Currently awaiting sentence in The Hague.
(2007)    ... Became NowPublic contributor.
(2015)   ... Anticipated date of obsolescence. Limited warranty expires (longevity contract with the Devil).