Wednesday, March 16, 2011

apposite \AP-uh-zit\, adjective:

• Being of striking appropriateness and relevance; very applicable; apt.

Apposite comes from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere, "to set or put near," from ad-, "to, toward" + ponere, "to put, to place."

Froday

• The day you finally realize you are in desperate need of a haircut

Damn, sug! you need a trim!

Bitch please...Froday was last week but I've been too damn busy!

Trivia

What was Miss Piggy’s full name when The Muppet Show was first aired in 1976?

• Miss Piggy Lee—in humor and tribute to singer Peggy Lee. The Lee in Miss Piggy’s name was used only once on the show. It was dropped to avoid upsetting Peggy Lee.

History

• Samoset: Native American man made a sudden appearance among the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, greeting them in English (1622)
• West Point: the US Military Academy was established; graduates include US presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1802)
• The Scarlet Letter: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about adultery, loyalty and labeling was published (1850)
• Robert Goddard: physicist launched the first liquid fuel rocket, in Auburn, Massachusetts; "Nell" the rocket traveled 2.5 seconds and landed in a cabbage field (1926)
• My Lai massacre: US soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Vietnam village of My Lai (1968)

Birthdays

• James Madison (1751-1836): Founding Father and fourth POTUS; plus, the shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlevi (1878-1944)
• Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854): German physicist who formulated Ohm's law of electrical resistance
• Maxim Gorky (1868-1936): writer of short stories and novels
• Bernardo Bertolucci (71): director, The Last Emperor
• Jerry Jeff Walker (69): country singer, "Mr. Bojangles"; and, musicians Ray Benson (60), Nancy Wilson (57), Flavor Flav (52), Patty Griffin (47) and Wolfgang Van Halen (20)
• Victor Garber (62): actor, Alias, Eli Stone; also, actors Jerry Lewis (85), Erik Estrada (62), Kate Nelligan (60), Isabelle Huppert (56), Lauren Graham (44), Judah Friedlander (42), Alan Tudyk (40), Tim Kang (38) and Brooke Burns (33)