Wednesday, March 23, 2011

eschew \es-CHOO\, transitive verb:

• To shun; to avoid (as something wrong or distasteful).

Eschew comes from Old French eschiver, ultimately of Germanic origin, scheuchen.

Message anxiety

1. The act of pausing, freezing up, dreading, or avoiding the viewing of a E-mail, text message, or voice mail that you fear might be bad, negetive, or of major importance for you.
2. Fretting about any message you recieve of major importance to you.

Hey, Mike I just got a message from that girl I met last night, I have message anxiety about it open it for me.

Trivia

Which U.S. president had a seven-seat hot tub installed on the White House lawn?

• Bill Clinton. (Whatta surprise!)

History

• "Give me liberty or give me death": in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry demanded freedom from England for the colonies (1775)
• Pakistan: became the first Islamic republic (1956)
• Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan announced a plan to protect the US from nuclear missiles, quickly dubbed "Star Wars"; the program is now called the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (1983)
• Mir: the Russian space station ended 15 years of orbit, disintegrating and falling into the South Pacific ocean (2001)

Birthdays

• Ric Ocasek (62): singer, producer, zombie, married to supermodel Paulina Porizkova
• Erich Fromm (1900-1980): psychoanalyst, The Art of Loving
• Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998): film director, Ran
• Wernher von Braun (1912-1977): rocket scientist who helped build America's space program; plus, scientists John Bartram (1699-1777), Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827) and William Smith (1769-1839)
• Roger Bannister (82): first to break the four-minute mile; also, racer Donald Malcolm Campbell (1921-1967)
• Jason Kidd (38): Dallas Mavericks point guard; NBA Hall-of-Famer Moses Malone (56) was also born on this date
• Keri Russell (35): star of Felicity, Waitress; other actors born on this date include Joan Crawford (1904?-1977), Amanda Plummer (54), Catherine Keener (52), Hope Davis (47), Richard Grieco (46), Marin Hinkle (45), Michelle Monaghan (35) and Nicholle Tom (33)