Thursday, September 17, 2009

efficacious \ef-ih-KAY-shuhs\, adjective:

• Capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.

Efficacious is from Latin efficax, -acis, from efficere, "to effect, to bring about," from ex-, "out" + facere, "to do or make."
Imma let you finish

• Obnoxious way to interrupt someone and steal their moment, while wryly mocking that media train wreck that is Kanye West.Based on West's instantly infamous interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video with his insane microphone-stealing shout out to Beyonce.

Bob: Thank you Mr. Brown for having us in to give this sales presentation. We'd like to talk to you today about...

Alfred: Yo, Bob, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say our product is is one of the best products there is!

Trivia
How did golfer Fuzzy Zoeller end up with his unusual first name?

• It’s a nickname based on his initials, FUZ. His full name is Frank Urban Zoeller.

Today in History:

• United States Constitution: the supreme law of the land was signed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787)
• Norton I: Joshua Abraham Norton, a native Englishman who ended up in San Francisco, declared himself emperor of the United States (1859)
• Battle of Antietam: bloody day — 23,000 killed — of carnage during the American Civil War (1862)
• Lt. Thomas Selfridge: became the first person to die in an airplane crash, in a plane piloted by Orville Wright (1908)

Today's Birthdays:

• William Carlos Williams (1883-1963): physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author; plus, author Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
• Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988): choreographer, director of the Royal Ballet
• David Oistrakh (1908 [OS]-1974): violin virtuoso; also, musicians Hank Williams (1923-1953), LaMonte McLemore (70), Anastacia (41) and Chuck Comeau (30)
• David Souter (70): US Supreme Court justice; plus, Chief Justice Warren Burger (1907-1995)
• Kevin Clash (49): the puppeteer who gives a hand (and voice) to Elmo
• Matthew Settle (40): Gossip Girl's Rufus Humphrey; also, actors Anne Bancroft (1931-2005), John Ritter (1948-2003) and Kyle Chandler (44) and director Baz Luhrmann (47)
• Mark Brunell (39): NFL quarterback; team players George Blanda (82), Phil Jackson (64) and Dan Haren (29) share this birth date

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