Friday, March 26, 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010 or 25 is a good number

impecunious \im-pih-KYOO-nee-uhs\, adjective:

  • Not having money; habitually without money; poor.
Impecunious is derived from Latin im-, in-, "not" + pecuniosus, "rich," from pecunia, "property in cattle, hence money," from pecu, "livestock."
Masturbatone
  • The muscle tone one gets from masturbating frequently and rigorously.
"Hey, have you seen Gary? Did he start going to the gym over summer?"
"Are you kidding? That's just masturbatone."
"Wow, he must have masturbated a lot these past few months!"
"This is a really awkward conversation for two people to have about another"
Trivia
What nickname did hockey great Bernie Geoffrion, boxing champ Ray Mancini, and tennis phenom Boris Becker have in common?
  • Boom Boom.
History
  • Popeye: a statue of the spinach-loving cartoon character was erected in Crystal City, Texas (1937)
  • Bangladesh: declared independence from Pakistan (1971)
  • Camp David Accords: Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement was signed at the White House (1979)
  • Mercosur: the Southern Common Market, which joins Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, was established with the Treaty of Asunción (1991)
Birthdays
  • Robert Frost (1874-1963): four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner for poetry; plus, writers Edward Bellamy (1850-1898), A.E. Housman (1859-1936), Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), Erica Jong (70) and Bob Woodward (67)
  • Syngman Rhee (1875-1965): Republic of Korea's first president
  • Othmar Ammann (1879-1965): engineer who designed the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
  • Sandra Day O'Connor (80): first female US Supreme Court justice; plus, first female zombie Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (70)
  • Alan Arkin (76): Oscar-winner for Little Miss Sunshine; also, actors Leonard Nimoy (79), James Caan (70), Martin Short (60), Jennifer Grey (50), Michael Imperioli (44), T.R. Knight (37), Amy Smart (34) and Keira Knightley (25)
  • Diana Ross (66): Motown, R&B singer; also, musicians James Moody and Pierre Boulez (both 85), Steven Tyler (62), Alan Silvestri (60), Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010), and Juvenile (34)

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