Tuesday, April 20, 2010

agrestic \uh-GRES-tik\, adjective:

• Pertaining to fields or the country; rural; rustic.

Agrestic is from agrestis, from ager, "field." It is related to agriculture.

marijuana minute

• A seemingly long period of time. It occurs most often when under the influence of marijuana due to the altered state of mind. An actually short moment may seem to drag on forever. Similar to: New York Minute

Dude, that speech lasted a marijuana minute. -Charlie
I know, I kept wondering if it was going to ever end -Michael

How long have you been waiting to finally have sex with your girlfriend? Guy #1
I don't know man. It's been a marijuana minute. Guy #2

Trivia

What are kernels of popcorn that don’t pop called?

• Old maids. 

History

• Fenway Park: Boston Red Sox played their first game in the new stadium (1912)
• school busing: in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, the Supreme Court held unanimously that it was legitimate to use busing as a tool for achieving racial desegregation in schools (1971)
• Columbine High School massacre: two students at Columbine High School killed 12 classmates and a teacher in a shooting spree (1999)
• Danica Patrick: became the first female winner in IndyCar history, winning the Indy Japan 300 (2008) 

Berfdays, yo!

• Daniel Chester French (1850-1931): sculptor who created the seated Abraham Lincoln in Washington, DC's Lincoln Memorial; plus, artists Odilon Redon (1840-1916) and Joan Miró (1893-1983)
• John Paul Stevens (90): US Supreme Court Justice, due to retire this summer after 35 years on the bench
• Luther Vandross (1951-2005): Grammy-winning R&B singer of Dance With My Father; also, musicians Lionel Hampton (1908-2002), Tito Puente (1923-2000), Johnny Tillotson (71) and Stephen Marley (38)
• Jessica Lange (61): Oscar winner for Tootsie and Blue Sky; also, actors George Takei (73), Ryan O'Neal (69), Veronica Cartwright (61), Clint Howard (51), Crispin Glover (46), Carmen Electra (38) and Joey Lawrence (34)
• Don Mattingly (49): Yankees slugger, currently the Dodgers' hitting coach
• Funny Cide (10): winner of the 2003 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes