Friday, April 23, 2010

moil \MOYL\, intransitive verb:

1. To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
2. To churn or swirl about continuously.

noun:

1. Toil; hard work; drudgery.

2. Confusion; turmoil.

Moil comes from Middle English moillen, "to soak, to wet," hence "to soil, to soil one's hands, to work very hard," from Old French moillier, "to soften, especially by making wet," ultimately from Latin mollis, "soft."

lol right?

• Declaring that something is funny and asking if others agree with you. Usually used in a sarcastic or obvious manner.

Check out that duck taking a shit. lol, right?

Trivia

What was the only theme song from a James Bond movie to reach the top spot on U.S. pop music charts?

• A View to a Kill, performed by the rock group Duran Duran for the 1985 film of the same name.

History

• Order of the Garter: oldest existing order of knights was founded by King Edward III of England (1348)
• Baedeker blitz: a series of German Luftwaffe raids on the English cities of Exeter, Bath, Norwich and York began in retaliation for the RAF bombing of Lübeck (1942)
• Hank Aaron: hit his first major of 755 major league home runs; his career total is second only to Barry Bonds (1954)

Berfdays

• William Shakespeare (1564-1616): dramatist and poet, the "Bard of Avon"; plus, writers Ngaio Marsh (1895?-1982) and Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
• James Buchanan (1791-1868): the 15th (and the only bachelor) US president; he was criticized for failing to prevent the Civil War; also, New Zealand PM Frederick Whitaker (1812-1891) and Canadian PM Lester Pearson (1897-1972)
• Max Planck (1858-1947): physicist responsible for quantum theory
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): composer of the ballet, Romeo and Juliet
• J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851): landscape painter
• Michael Moore (56): obese director, douche, liberal mouthpiece
• Valerie Bertinelli (50): actor and spokesperson for Jenny Craig; also, actors Alan Oppenheimer (80), David Birney and Lee Majors (both 71), Blair Brown (64), James Russo (57), Judy Davis (55), George Lopez (49), Melina Kanakaredes (43), Kal Penn (33), Aaron Hill (27) and Dev Patel (20)