Tuesday, October 5, 2010

teem \TEEM\, verb:

1. To abound or swarm; be prolific or fertile.

2. To empty or pour out; discharge.

Teem springs from the Old English teman, "to produce, give birth."

boom shakalaka

• the sound that is heard when someone makes an awesome slam dunk.

when tim duncan made that dunk, the announcers yelled in unison, "BOOM SHAKALAKA!!!!"

Trivia

Who portrayed superspy James Bond’s creator in the 1990 TV movie The Secret Life of Ian Fleming?

• Jason Connery, son of 007’s most famous portrayer, Sean Connery.

History

• "From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever": Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé tribe makes his famous statement of surrender to US Cavalry troops (1877)
• Jarrow March: 200 protesters set out on a walk from Jarrow in northeastern England to Parliament in London in a bid to draw attention to their unemployment and poverty (1936)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus: debuted on BBC-TV (1969)
• PBS: nonprofit TV network began broadcasting (1970)

Birthdays

• Denis Diderot (1713-1784): Enlightenment philosopher, Encyclopédie editor
• Louis Lumiére (1864-1948): pioneer filmmaker
• Raymond A. Kroc (1902-1984): fast-food pioneer, who set up first franchise of McDonald's
• Bil Keane (88): cartoonist, The Family Circus
• Václav Havel (74): political dissenter, first president of the Czech Republic; plus, POTUS Chester A. Arthur (1830-1886)
• Bob Geldof (59): singer and political activist, Live Aid; plus, musicians Richard Street (68), Steve Miller (67) and Brian Johnson (63)
• Kate Winslet (35): Oscar-winner for The Reader; also, actors Glynis Johns (87), Diane Cilento (77), Karen Allen (59), Bernie Mac (1958-2008), Daniel Baldwin (50), Guy Pearce (43) and Parminder Nagra (35)
• Mario Lemieux (45): hockey player; and, NHL colleague Patrick Roy (45)