December 12, 2008

beatific \bee-uh-TIF-ik\, adjective:

1. exaltedly happy; blissful
2. blessing or making exceedingly happy

by 1639, from Latin beatificus, from beatus "blessed" + ficus "making"

come to jesus

• Originally an emotional experience that is life changing, it has evolved to mean a serious argument, one that better result in a change of action or else.

My husband and I are going to have a "come to jesus" over this remodeling job.

or

I'm going to have a "come to jesus" with that kid about his drinking and partying.

Trivia

What was the name of Charles Foster Kane's Florida mansion in the 1941 film classic Citizen Kane?

• Xanadu. It was named for Kubla Khan’s “stately pleasure-dome” in the famous poem “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Today in History:

• The Katzenjammer Kids: oldest comic strip still in syndication debuted (1897)
• radio: was transmitted across the Atlantic for the first time, by Guglielmo Marconi (1901)
• Boys Town: youth center was founded by Father Flanagan (1917)

Today's Birthdays:

• Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880): writer, Madame Bovary
• Edvard Munch (1863-1944): artist, The Scream
• Frank Sinatra (1915-1998): singer/actor, Oscar winner for From Here to Eternity; other Oscar winners born on this date include Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) and Jennifer Connelly (38)
• Bob Barker (85): TV game-show host
• Dionne Warwick (68): singer who specialized in Burt Bacharach songs; also, singers Connie Francis (70) and Dickey Betts (65)
• Bill Nighy (59): award-winning actor, Love, Actually; also, actors Wings Hauser (61), Sheree J. Wilson (50), Madchen Amick (38) and Mayim Bialik (33)
• Tracy Austin (46): tennis pro; gymnast Cathy Rigby (56) also has a birthday today