“Omne ignotum pro magnifico.”

First sample blog entry ... to be amended seriously.

I suppose the title of the Blog itself could have been 'Random Thoughts and Trivia', but I was reminded of a brief dialogue between Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon just after Carson's infamous monologue at the beginning of one late night show. 'What do you think we offer our audience?', MaMahon asked. 'A compendium of useless facts!', Carson answered, without batting an eyelash.

I'm paraphrasing, of course. My memory isn't, and never has been, very accurate.

Question of the day, for those to whom I have not already asked - what is the most famous occurrence in literature of the Subject line of this entry? And, as extra credit, what does it mean in the context in which it was said?

Better edits later. Comments welcome.

Rich