Friday, July 9, 2010

tantivy \tan-TIV-ee\, adjective:

1. Swift; rapid.

adverb:

1. At full gallop.

noun:

1. A rush, a gallop or stampede.

interjection:

• 1. (used as a hunting cry when the chase is at full speed.)

Tantivy, while associated with many aspects of horseback riding, is of unknown origin.

halfway crook 

• A poser. Someone who professes to live one style of life but reality tells a much different story. Used as a diss in freestyleraping to describe someone who claims to be a thug or hard but is very much the opposite.

Guy 1- "Yo', Ja Rule is the realest nigga representin' the streets!"

Guy 2- "Hell no he ain't! He's a halfway crook"

Trivia

What is the most commonly fractured bone in the human body?

• The clavicle—or collar bone—which connects the breastbone (sternum) to the shoulder blade (scapula).

History

• Wimbledon: the precursor to the tennis tournament first began; only Gentlemen's Singles was played (1877)
• cross of gold: William Jennings Bryan delivered a speech to the Democratic National Convention supporting bimetallism, advocating a silver standard in addition to the gold standard (1896)
• Johnny Weissmuller: swam 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, thus breaking the minute barrier (1922)
• Grateful Dead: psychedelic rock-country-jazz band played its last concert, a month before the death of lead singer Jerry Garcia (1995)
• Midsummer Classic: MLB All-Star game ended in a tie after 11 innings; both sides had run out of pitchers (2002)

Berfdays, yo!

• Nikola Tesla (1856-1943): inventor of the AC electric power motor and the Tesla coil; plus, inventors DC electric motor Thomas Davenport (1802-1851) and Elias Howe (1819-1867)
• Hassan II (1929-1999): king of Morocco; British PM Edward Heath (1916-2005) shared his birth date
• David Hockney (73): pop artist, photographer, designer
• Dean Koontz (65): bestselling thriller writer; author Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) shared this birth date

• Tom Hanks (54): megastar who won Oscars for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump; also, performers Brian Dennehy (72), Richard Roundtree (68), OJ Simpson (63), Chris Cooper (59), Jimmy Smits and Lisa Banes (both 55), Enrique Murciano (37) and Fred Savage (34)
• Courtney Love (46): rock singer; singers Ed Ames (83) and John Tesh (58) were also born on this date