Saturday, April 4, 2009

flummox \FLUM-uhks\, transitive verb:

• To confuse; to perplex

The origin of flummox is unknown.
boxset bully

• Person who pushes you to watch huge quantities of their favorite TV show by offering to lend you the massive DVD boxset. Applies to: Lost, The Wire, Band of Brothers, Battlestar Galactica, West Wing, Heroes , Dexter, Family Guy etc

No, I've not seen The Wire. I'm sure the script is superb, but I'm not willing to spend a week watching all 60 episodes, you boxset bully.

Trivia
What Oscar-nominated actor once worked as Bill Cosby’s stand-in on TV’s The Cosby Show?

• Samuel L. Jackson, in 1984—11 years before he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Pulp Fiction.

Today in History:

• NATO: was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by 12 Western nations (1949)
• The Beatles: held all of the top 5 places on the Billboard Hot 100 (1964)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting striking sanitation workers (1968)
• World Trade Center: a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Twin Towers (1973)
• Microsoft: software behemoth was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)

Today's Birthdays:

• Muddy Waters (1915-1983): blues musician influential in developing the Chicago blues
• Maya Angelou (81): Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, 3-time Grammy winner for her spoken records, author of autobiographical I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
• David E. Kelley (53): Emmy-winning TV producer of Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Boston Legal
• Robert Downey, Jr. (44): actor, Iron Man, Tropic Thunder; other actors born on this date include Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), Craig T. Nelson (65), Christine Lahti (59), James Roday (33), Heath Ledger (1979-2008) and Jamie Lynn Spears (18)
• David Blaine (36): street magician and illusionist