Saturday, January 22, 2011

lollop \LOL-uhp\, verb:

1. To move forward with a bounding, drooping motion.

2. To hang loosely; droop; dangle.

Lollop develops from the Middle English lollen, "to doze."

the "fuck" word

• parody of the phrase the "F" word. Typically used to express disdain or disregard for censorship

leikomg canu beleive I said the "fuck" word. lollers!

Trivia

What are the names of the eight ducklings in the children’s book Make Way for Ducklings?

• Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, Quack. Their last name is Mallard.

History

• Bloody Sunday: czarist troops massacred unarmed demonstrators in St. Petersburg, marking the beginning of the unsuccessful Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905)
• Our Town: Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play premiered in Princeton, NJ (1938)
• The Crucible: Arthur Miller play that used the Salem witch trials as a stand-in for McCarthyism premiered on Broadway; after a rocky start, it became a classic (1953)
• Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in: began tickling American funny bones; notable cast members included Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin and Tiny Tim (1968)
• Roe v. Wade: the US Supreme Court legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy; the legal precedent still holds today (1973)

Birthdays

• Olivia d'Abo (42): actress
• Francis Bacon (1561-1626): philosopher, father of modern scientific method; also, physicist André Marie Ampère (1775-1836)
• George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824): romantic/satirical poet
• D.W. Griffith (1875-1948): pioneer in film, The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance
• George Balanchine (1904-1983): renowned choreographer
• Sam Cooke (1931-1964): soul singer; plus, soprano Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
• Joseph Wambaugh (74): police officer turned author, The Onion Field; writer August Strindberg (1849-1912) shared this birth date
• Balthazar Getty (36): Tommy Walker on Brothers and Sisters; also, actors Bill Bixby (1934-1993), Piper Laurie (79), Seymour Cassel (76), John Hurt (71), Linda Blair (52) and Diane Lane (46)