Sunday, January 24, 2010

frangible \FRAN-juh-buhl\, adjective:

• Capable of being broken; brittle; fragile; easily broken.

Frangible ultimately derives from Latin frangere, "to break."
Dick Offset

• Similar to a carbon offset. Involves bringing a girl/girls to a party to increase your chances of getting in by negating the effect of another guy in the place.

Guy 1: Damn, this party is a real sausage fest, we're never getting in.
Guy 2: Relax, I brought Alesia and Watermelondrea as dick offsets.
Trivia
What gangsta rapper’s debut album was entitled Rhyme Pays?

• Ice-T’s, in 1987.

Berfdays, yo!

• Nicole Marie Lenz (30): Playmate
• Edith Wharton (1862-1937): novelist, Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence; writers William Congreve (1670-1729) and Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais (1732-1799) were also born on this date
• Oral Roberts (1918-2009): faith healer, evangelist
• Neil Diamond (69): Grammy-winning singer/songwriter; other musicians born on this date include Doug Kershaw (74), Aaron Neville (69), Warren Zevon (1947-2003) and Tatyana Ali (31)
• Mary Lou Retton (42): the first American woman gymnast to win an individual Olympic gold medal
• Ed Helms (36): The Office's Andy Bernard; also, actors Ernest Borgnine (93), Michael Ontkean (64), John Belushi (1949-1982), Daniel Auteuil (60), Nastassja Kinski (51), Matthew Lillard (40) and Mischa Barton (24)

History

• Caligula: Roman emperor who had a reputation for freakish behavior was assassinated by his Praetorian Guards (41)
• Eskimo Pie: chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar was patented by Christian K. Nelson; it aimed to satisfy cravings for ice cream and chocolate bars at once (1922)
• St. Petersburg: Russian city was renamed Leningrad three days after Lenin's death (1924)
• Shoichi Yokoi: Japanese soldier was discovered hiding on Guam, 28 years after American forces reconquered the island in the Battle of Guam (1972)
• Department of Homeland Security: began operations, headed by Tom Ridge (2003)