Wednesday, September 16, 2009

logorrhea \law-guh-REE-uh\, noun:

1. Pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
2. Incessant or compulsive talkativeness; wearisome volubility.

Logorrhea is derived from Greek logos, "word" + rhein, "to flow."

Enragement ring

• A piece of jewelry, typically a ring, that is purchased for a girlfriend in an effort to make her happy after you have made her angry.

A: Wow, your girlfriend is pretty pissed that you were out all night and didn't call her. What are you going to do?

B: Yeah, you're right, she's pretty mad. I might have to buy her an 'enragement ring' to smooth things over.

Trivia

What famous bandit left behind a press release after one of his heists, describing it as “the most daring robbery on record”?

• Jesse James, in January 1874 in Gad’s Hill, Missouri. The notorious outlaw handed the press release to the conductor of a train James and four gang members had just robbed, and asked that it be telegraphed to the St. Louis Dispatch.

Today In History:Boston: was founded by Puritan settlers (1630)

• General Motors: the world's largest automobile maker was founded by William C. Durant in Flint, Michigan (1908)
• Wall Street bombing: explosives detonated in a horse-drawn wagon killed 38 people in New York City's financial district; the perpetrators were never definitively identified but the FBI suspected Italian anarchists (1920)
• Arnold Schwartzenegger: actor-turned-California-governor became a US citizen (1983)
• Montreal Protocol: treaty that aims to protect the ozone layer was signed (1987)

Today's Birthdays:

• Elgin Baylor (75): basketball hall-of-famer; baseball hall-of-famer Robin Yount (54) shares this birth date
• David Copperfield (53): magician and illusionist
• Marc Anthony (41): Latin Grammy winner and actor; musicians Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), B.B. King (84), Charlie Byrd (1925-1999), Betty Kelly (65), Ron Blair and Kenney Jones (both 61), Earl Klugh (56) and Nick Jonas (17) were also born on this date
• Amy Poehler (38): comedian and actress, Parks and Recreation; other actors born on this date include Lauren Bacall (85), Anne Francis (79), Susan Ruttan (61), Ed Begley Jr. (60), Christopher Rich (56), Mickey Rourke (53), Jennifer Tilly (51), Molly Shannon (45), Alexis Bledel (28) and Madeline Zima (24)