Friday, July 2, 2010

evanescence \ev-uh-NES-ens\, noun:

1. A gradual dissappearance.

2. The state of becoming imperceptible.

Evanescence is from Latin evanescere, "to vanish," from e-, "from, out of" + vanescere, "to disappear," from vanus, "empty."

Dildough

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  Money required to purchase sex toys.

I caught my girlfriend trying to put my dildough into her piggybank.

Trivia

What legendary 1960 Olympic gold medallist had the honor of marking the start of the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia, by lighting the cauldron with the Olympic torch?

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  Muhammad Ali, who won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 in Rome as a light heavyweight boxer.

History

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  Amistad: 53 African slaves rebelled and took control of their transport ship, La Amistad (1839)
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  James A. Garfield: US president was shot by Charles J. Guiteau; he died on September 19 (1881)
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  Wal-Mart: retail giant opened its first store, in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)
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  Civil Rights Act: legislation that offered strong protection of minorities' rights was signed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who used over 75 pens (1964)
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  Susan B. Anthony dollar: the 1st US coin to honor a woman was introduced (1979)
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  artificial heart: first self-contained model was received by Robert Tools; he lived with it for 151 days (2001)
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  Spirit of Freedom: Steve Fossett completed the first solo trip around the world in a balloon (2002)

Birthdays

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  Hermann Hesse (1877-1962): Nobel Prize-winning novelist and poet; Nobel laureate poet Wislawa Szymborska (86) shares this birth date
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  Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993): first black US Supreme Court justice
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  Richard Petty (73): seven-time winner of the Daytona 500
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  Vincente Fox (68): former president of Mexico; plus, former heads-of-state Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995) and Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
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  Larry David (63): writer/director, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm
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  Ashley Tisdale (25): actress, High School Musical 3; actors Robert Ito (79), Polly Holliday (73), Ron Silver (1946-2009), Saul Rubinek (62), Jerry Hall (54) and Lindsay Lohan (24) share this birth date