Saturday, May 7, 2011

lollygag (LOL-ee-gag)

verb intr., also lallygag

1. To fool around, waste time, or spend time lazily.

2. To neck.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.

misinfotainment

• A class of media propaganda where entertainment combined with journalism developed for 24-hour television news networks is designed to instill emotional responses from viewers instead of providing facts.

That wasn't news, it was misinfotainment.

Trivia

How often does a Komodo dragon—the world’s largest living lizard—eat in the wild?

• Generally, about once a month. The carnivorous lizard consumes up to 80 percent of its bodyweight in one feeding. It stores fat in its tail to keep going without another meal for a month or more.

History

• Hagia Sophia: earthquakes destroyed the dome of Emperor Justinian's church in Constantinople (558)
• George Washington: the first POTUS was honored in the first inaugural ball (1789)
• Beethoven's Ninth: the Choral Symphony premiered in Vienna (1824)
• AMA: was founded in Philadelphia (1847)
• Rheims: was the site of Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies (1945)

Birthdays

• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Romantic composer; composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) shared this birth date
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941): Indian Nobel Prize-winning author, composer and guru; also, poets Robert Browning (1812-1889) and Alistair MacLeish (1892-1982)
• Edwin Land (1909-1991): inventor of the Polaroid Instant Camera
• Eva Perón (1919-1952): political partner of Argentinian president Juan Perón
• Johnny Unitas (1933-2002): widely considered the NFL's greatest quarterback of all time; QB Alex Smith (27) shares this birth date
• Robin Strasser (66): actor, OLTL's Dorian Lord; also, actors Gary Cooper (1901-1961), Michael E. Knight (52), Breckin Meyer (37) and Traci Lords (42)
• Tim Russert (1950-2008): journalist/commentator who hosted Meet the Press

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