Saturday, May 21, 2011

physiognomy \fiz-ee-OG-nuh-mee; -ON-uh-mee\, noun:

1. The art of discovering temperament and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face.

2. The face or facial features, especially when regarded as indicating character.

3. The general appearance or aspect of a thing.

Physiognomy comes from Greek physiognomonia, from physiognomon, "judging character by the features," from physis, "nature, physique, appearance" + gnomon, "one who knows, hence an examiner, a judge," from gignoskein, "to know."

cockblocalypse

• When you're out at the bar and you get cockblocked SO BAD it's like the end of the world as you know it.

"What's up with Gurpreet?"

"Oh, last night, Trong brought the cockblocalypse upon him"

Trivia

Which were the only three movie Westerns to win Best Picture Oscars?

• Cimarron (1931), Dances With Wolves (1990), and Unforgiven (1992).

History

• Clara Barton: founded the American Red Cross (1881)
• Pagliacci: Leoncavallo's opera debuted in Milan (1892)
• Leopold and Loeb: two teenagers attempt to commit the perfect crime when they murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks (1924)
• The Spirit of St. Louis: one-seater plane touched down as Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop transatlantic flight (1927); Amelia Earhart became the first woman to perform the same feat (1932)
• hydrogen bomb: first aerial detonation took place over Bikini atoll (1956)
• Rajiv Gandhi: former Indian prime minister was assassinated while running for reelection (1991)
• Susan Lucci: won her first Daytime Emmy award for Best Actress in the 19th consecutive year she was nominated (1999)

Berfdays, yo!

• Alexander Pope (1688-1744): English poet best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer; and, novelist Harold Robbins (1916-1997)
• Henri Rousseau (1844-1910): naïve painter
• Willem Einthoven (1860-1927): physiologist who developed the EKG
• Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989): human rights activist and Soviet dissident who won the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize
• Leo Sayer (63): pop singer; plus, musicians Fats Waller (1904-1943) and Bill Champlin (64)
• Al Franken (60): comedian and political satirist turned politician
• Lisa Edelstein (44): House's Dr. Lisa Cuddy; also, entertainers Raymond Burr (1917-1993), Richard Hatch (66), Carol Potter (63), Mr. T (59), Judge Reinhold (54), Nick Cassavetes (52) and Fairuza Balk (37)

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