Monday, August 16, 2010

incunabulum \in-kyoo-NAB-yuh-luhm\, noun:

1. The earliest stages or first traces of anything.

2. Extant copies of books produced in the earliest stages (before 1501) of printing from movable type.

Incunabulum derives, in the early printing press industry, from the Latin incuna, "to place a baby in a cradle."

book google

• When you need to figure out something, so you look it up in a book, like in the olden times, when dinosaurs ruled the earth.

Guy 1: Quick! What's the definiton of "callow?"

Guy 2: I don't know! My iPhone 4 doesn't get signal here!

Guy 3: Book google that shit!

Trivia

Chemically speaking, what is sublimation?

• The process by which a solid changes directly into a gas without passing through the intermediate liquid state.

History

• Cyprus: was granted independence from Britain (1960)
• Joseph Kittinger: USAF pilot set records for a parachute jump, including fastest speed by a person through the atmosphere — 614 mph/988 kph (1960)
• Elvis Presley: The King was found dead of heart failure at his Memphis estate, Graceland (1977)
• harmonic convergence: thousands began a two-day celebration ushering in a period of purification and cleansing of the Earth and humankind (1987)

Birthdays

• T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935): archeologist, soldier and author; plus, writers Jules Laforgue (1860-1887), Wallace Henry Thurman (1902-1934) and Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
• Menachem Begin (1913-1992): former Israeli PM
• Frank Gifford (80): football star/sports commentator; also, his wife, Kathie Lee Gifford (57)
• Suzanne Farrell (65): ballet dancer

• James Cameron (56): film director, Titanic, Avatar; and, director Bruce Beresford (70)
• Madonna (52): pop star, "Material Girl"; other musicians born today are Eydie Gorme (79), Billy Joe Shaver (71), Michael Lovesmith (57), Tim Farriss (53), Emily Robison (38), Vanessa Carlton (30) and Ashton Shepherd (24)
• Steve Carell (48): The Office's boss, Michael Scott; also, actors Fess Parker (1924-2010), Robert Culp (1930-2010), Julie Newmar (77), Anita Gillette (74), Bob Balaban (65), Lesley Ann Warren (64), Reginald VelJohnson (58), Angela Bassett (52), Laura Innes (51), Timothy Hutton (50), Andy Milder (42), George Stults (35), Shawn Pyfrom (24) and Rumer Willis (22)