Friday, March 6, 2009

martial \MAHR-shuhl\, adjective:

• suitable or used for war; warlike

1420, from Latin martialis "of Mars or war," from Mars, Roman god of war
dejabrew

• Much like deja vu dejabrew is when you start to remember things you did last night while drinking an excessive amount of beer.

I remember now standing on the bar stool pissing into my beer mug while laughing at anything and everything. Oh my God, dejabrew! I won't ever be able to face those people again.

Trivia

From what city did Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sail in 1519 when he set out to circumnavigate the globe?

• Seville, Spain. Only one ship and 18 crew members—of the five ships and 270 crew that set off on the historic expedition—made it safely back to Seville.

Today in History:

• Toronto: Canada's largest city, and one of the most livable cities in the world, was incorporated (1834)
• the Alamo: fort was overrun by Mexican troops during the Texas revolution; all inside were killed (1836)
• Dred Scott case: US Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens; the decision was overturned a decade later by the 14th amendment (1857)

Today's Birthdays:

• Michelangelo (1475-1564): artist who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the David
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655): satirist; also, writers Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), Ring Lardner (1885-1933) and Gabriel Garcia Marquez (81)
• Ed McMahon (86): long-time sidekick to Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show
• Valentina Tereshkova (72): cosmonaut who was the first woman in space; astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) was also born on this day
• Tom Arnold (50): comic actor, True Lies; plus, comic entertainers Lou Costello (1906-1959), Rob Reiner (62), D.L. Hughley (45) and Connie Britton (41)
• Shaquille O'Neal (37): hulking basketball star; also, athletes Willie Stargell (1940-2001) and Dick Fosbury (62)