Saturday, March 20, 2010

garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\, adjective:

1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
2. Wordy.

Garrulous is from Latin garrulus, from garrire, "to chatter, to babble."
your other left

• Sarcastic phrase; used with the directionally challenged to make them aware of their error.

Doctor: "Raise your left hand."
Directionally Challenged Guy: (raises right hand)
Doctor: "No, your other left."
Trivia
When it comes to geology, what is a hoodoo?

• A tall, oddly shaped column or pillar of varying thickness, created by the differential weathering of rocks of varying hardness.

History

• Dutch East Indies Company:megacorporation was formed; it grew to control most of the European trade with Asia before expiring, bankrupt, after 200 years (1602)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin: antislavery novel was published byHarriet Beecher Stowe, whom Lincoln called "the little woman who started this big war" (1852)
• "I shall return": was spoken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as he left the Philippines during WWII; he did return, two years later (1942)
• John Lennon: wed Yoko Ono in Gibraltar (1969)
• Tokyo subway gas attack: Aum Shinrikyo group released sarin, killing 12 and injuring thousands (1995)

Berfdays

• Kathy Ireland (47): supermodel
• B.F. Skinner (1904-1990): behaviorist, the Skinner box
• Carl Reiner (88): comedian and writer, director and producer who created The Dick Van Dyke Show; creator of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood Fred Rogers (1928-2003) shared this birth date
• Brian Mulroney (71): former Canadian Prime Minister; also, Mexican statesman Alfonso Garcia Robles (1911-1991)
• Bobby Orr (62): hockey player, the Boston Bruins; plus, athletes Pat Riley (65)
• William Hurt (60): award-winning actor, Kiss of the Spider Woman, A History of Violence; other actors with this birthday include Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), Hal Linden (79), Holly Hunter (52) and David Thewlis (47)
• Spike Lee (53): indie-film director of Do the Right Thing,Inside Man; TV producer Paul Junger Witt (67) also has a birthday today