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Friday, December 31, 2010
Friday, December 31, 2010
Hogmanay \hog-muh-NEY\, noun:
- a gift given on New Year's Eve.
proper noun:
- New Year's Eve in Scotland.
Hogmanay is the name for Scottish New Year's Eve. It probably comes from the Old French aguillanneuf, "last day of the year."
New Year's Heaves
- To "throw up" multiple times on New Year's Eve, typically caused from excessive drinking after the realization that it was yet another sucky year of life. This happens many times when people see their significant other kissing someone else on the "stroke of 12" during the Midnight hour.
If it wasn't for Bobby having the New Year's Heaves, we could have seen Dick Clark celebrate his 243rd straight New Year's broadcast.
Trivia
What famous TV personality’s gravestone includes the tongue-in-cheek quip, “I will not be right back after this message”?
- Showbiz legend Merv Griffin, who is buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
History
- light bulb: was first demonstrated by inventor Thomas Edison, in Menlo Park, New Jersey (1879)
- Times Square: Waterford crystal ball dropped for the first time in celebration of New Year's Eve (1907)
- farthing: British coin in use since 13th century ceased to be legal tender (1960)
- Panama Canal: waterway that connects the Caribbean with the Pacific was handed over to Panama by the US in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties (1999)
Birthdays
- Henri Matisse (1869-1954): French painter, leading Fauvist
Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005): Nazi hunter- Jacques Cartier (1491-1557): explorer of North America
- Connie Willis (65): author of The Doomsday Book
- Donna Summer (62): disco queen; other musicians born on this date include Jules Styne (1905-1994), John Denver (1943-1997), Peter Quaife (1943-2010), Burton Cummings (63), Tom Hamilton (59), Scott "Not" Ian (47) and Joe McIntyre (38)
- Anthony Hopkins (72): Oscar winner for Silence of the Lambs; also, actors Tim Considine (70), Sarah Miles (69), Ben Kingsley (67), Tim Matheson (63), Joe Dallesandro (62), James Remar (57), Bebe Neuwirth (52), Val Kilmer (51), Don Diamont (48) and Gong Li (45)
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
dithyrambic \dith-uh-RAM-bik\, adjective:
- Wildly enthusiastic.
- Wildly irregular in form.
- Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dithyramb.
Dithyrambic is ultimately from dithyrambos, a word of unknown origin but associated with Greek, meaning "a wild choric hymn, originally in honor of Dionysus."
Internet Coma
- When you are sitting on your couch, feet up on the coffee table, laptop on your lap. 4-10 hours later you are in an entirely prone position with your legs off the edge of the coffee table and your head on the seat cushion. You become completely unresponsive to your surroundings.
- Loss of peripheral vision, amnesia, severely reduced motor function ability, and drooling with one eye closed are common symptoms.
I got online this morning to check my email and mess around on facebook for a bit. Next thing I know it's 7pm, my legs are totally numb, and I have this nasty trail of dried drool down my chin. That internet coma completely ruined my day!
Trivia
What food manufacturer’s name combines the first three letters of two state names?
- Ore-Ida Potato Products. The two states, of course, are Oregon and Idaho. The name was chosen in 1952, when the company was formed, because it had a processing plant in eastern Oregon, near the Idaho border.
History
- Gadsden Purchase: was signed, acquiring the land of southern New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico (1853)
- The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was first staged (1879)
- USSR: was established when Russia joined Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (1922)
- Arroyo Seco Parkway: aka the Pasadena Freeway, connecting Los Angeles with Pasadena, opened (1940)
Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was executed by hanging for war crimes in the Dujail massacre (2006)
Birthdays
- John Milne (1850-1913): inventor of the seismograph
- Sandy Koufax (75): pitcher; plus, athletes Tiger Woods (35), A.J. Pierzynski (34), LeBron James (26) and Ryan Sheckler (21)
- Paul Stookey (73): folk singer, Peter, Paul and Mary; also, musicians Bo Diddley (1928-2008), Michael Nesmith (68), Davy Jones (65), Patti Smith (64), Jeff Lynne (63), Rob Hotchkiss (49), Daniel Sunjata (39) and Tyrese (32)
- James Burrows (70): sitcom director, Cheers, Will and Grace
Meredith Vieira (57): co-host of Today, along with colleague Matt Lauer (53)- Tracey Ullman (51): award-winning actor and comedian; also, actors Joseph Bologna and Russ Tamblyn (both 76), Fred Ward (68), Sheryl Lee Ralph (54), Patricia Kalember (53), Daniel Sunjata (39), Jason Behr (37), Eliza Dushku (30) and Kristin Kreuk (28)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
engram \EN-gram\, noun:
1. The supposed physical basis of an individual memory in the brain.2. A presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
Engram derives from the Greek roots en, "within," and gram, "something written."
whatever
- Used in an argument to admit that you are wrong without admitting it so the argument is over.
Man, whatever.
Trivia
In 1990, what two Grammy firsts did bald-headed singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor achieve with her hit album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got?- She was the first winner of a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance and was the first artist to decline a coveted Grammy award.
History
- Thomas Becket: the Archbishop of Canturbury was killed by four knights in his cathedral; he later became a saint (1170)
- Texas: Lone Star State became the 28th American state (1845)
- YMCA: the first such men's club in the US was founded, based on the London model that was started in the previous decade by George Williams (1851)
- Wounded Knee Massacre: last major confrontation between the Sioux and the US Army ended with hundreds of Indians killed (1890)
- Tian Tan Buddha: 110-ft.-(34 m.)-tall bronze Buddha statue in Hong Kong was completed (1993)
- Guatemala: peace treaty ended 36 years of civil strife (1996)
Birthdays
- Charles Macintosh (1766-1843): inventor of waterproof fabrics, mackintosh; inventor Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) shared this birth date
- Andrew Johnson (1808-1875): 17th POTUS and first to be impeached; England's four-time prime minister William Gladstone (1809-1898) shared this birth date
Pablo Casals (1876-1973): virtuoso cellist; musicians Ray Thomas (69), Marianne Faithfull (64), Yvonne Elliman (59) and Glen Phillips (40) were also born on this date- Vera Brittain (1893-1970): novelist, poet; plus, novelist William Gaddis (1922-1998)
- Tom Jarriel (76): broadcast journalist
- Patricia Clarkson (51): Emmy-winning actor for Six Feet Under, on screens now in Whatever Works; also, actors Mary Tyler Moore (74), Jon Voight (72), Ted Danson (63), Jennifer Ehle (41), Kevin Weisman (40), Jude Law (38), Mekhi Phifer (35), Shawn Hatosy (35) and Diego Luna (31)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
What I've been up to
New York, along with a good hunk of the East Coast of the US was blanketed by snow from a blizzard. They put it in these terms, "if it were warm weather, this would've been classified as a Category 3 Hurricane." Since it was cold we got it as snow. The 50 mph winds whipped the snow around in some very unusual ways. For instance, I had about four feet of snow at the end of my driveway, but none on my car at the other end.
Weird.
Here I am at work with the snow blower:
How can I gripe?
On DVD: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Yes. This IS an old movie. But it doesn't matter how old it is if you never saw it. I FINALLY got around to it and was glad I finally did. In the movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Michael Caine and Steve Martin are teamed up as con men trying to take women for all they can.
In my opinion, just the presence of Steve Martin in a movie makes it funny, but team him up with Michael Caine, and Emperor Palpatine as the Butler and you have a WINNER in comedy.
I had many hardy laughs whilst watching this flick. I'd expect you would too. DEFINITELY worth owning this on DVD so you can watch it without interruptions from the comfort of your favorite chair.
OMG! They're doing a remake? WHY?!?!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298644/
More on IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095031/OMG! They're doing a remake? WHY?!?!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298644/
More Live Performance Videos from Sons of Sylvia
Sons of Sylvia have released more performance clips from their recent VEVO Presents concert at Nashville's famed venue Exit/In. Check out the videos for current single "I'll Know You" along with the powerful title track from their debut album Revelation, available now in stores and on iTunes. For all the latest news on brothers Ashley, Adam and Austin Clark visit SonsofSylvia.com.
Alyssa Bernal Talks New Album and Shares Stories from The Road in Video Interview
YouTube sensation Alyssa Bernal recently sat down with Young Hollywood's RJ Williams for an interview and special acoustic performance of single "Cali Cali Cali
" (iTunes). The two discussed what it felt like to pass 100 million views on her YouTube channel, how she stays true to her roots, and what it was like being the only girl on tour with idols Lifehouse and Kris Allen. Alyssa also revealed which singer she hopes to collaborate with, and what she hopes to accomplish over the next few years. Check out the clip, then visit AlyssaBernal.com for updates on her forthcoming debut album In Love Again for the First Time.
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