Tuesday, October 06, 2009

burgeon \BUR-juhn\ ,
verb:

1. To grow or develop quickly; flourish.
2. To begin to grow or blossom.

transitive verb:

1. To put forth, as buds.

noun:

1. A bud; sprout.

Origin: Burgeon is from Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud.

bedding the rules

• When you sleep with a figure of authority in order to move higher up whatever ladder you are on.

Sandra knew her fake boobs and blonde hair could only get her so far. If she was ever going to win this beauty pageant she would have to start bedding the rules.Did you hear about that intern Monica? apparently she's started bedding the rules.

Trivia

Why did Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry give actress Mariette Hartley two navels when she appeared as a beautiful mutant in his 1973 sci-fi TV pilot Genesis II?

• Censors had barred Hartley from showing her navel when she guest-starred in one of Roddenberry’s 1969 Star Trek episodes, so he got even by having her show two belly buttons when she appeared in Genesis II.

Today in History

• The Jazz Singer: first full-length talkie debuted with songs and 291 spoken words (1927)
• The Curse of the Billy Goat: began when Billy Sianis and his goat were ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series; Sianis predicted that the Cubs would never again win a World Series, and, so far, they haven't even been in one since then (1945)
• Yom Kippur War: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year (1973)

Today's Birthdays

• Wenceslas III (1289-1306): king of Hungary
• James McGill (1744-1813): Canadian businessman whose bequest founded McGill University in Montreal
• Jenny Lind (1820-1887): the "Swedish Nightingale"
• George Westinghouse (1846-1914): inventor of the air brakes first used in trains
• Le Corbusier (1887-1965): city planner and painter who was also one of the most influential architects of the 20th century
• Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002): ethnographer and adventurer who went on the Kon Tiki expedition
• Jeremy Sisto (35): Detective Cyrus Lupo on Law & Order; also, actors Britt Ekland (67), Elisabeth Shue (46), Emily Mortimer (38) and Ioan Gruffudd (36)