Monday, June 20, 2011

yarely \YAIR-lee\, adverb:

• With quickness or agility.

Yarely is based on the Old English word gearu, meaning "ready."

Dissociative Facebook Identity Disorder

• A common disorder where a person displays multiple personalities: One in person, and one on Facebook.

Kevin: "Damn, have you met that girl I work with L'fondra?"

George: "Yeah, shes a weirdo in person, but she acts all cool on Facebook. She must have Dissociative Facebook Identity Disorder."

Trivia

What prominent 19th-century American woman was the subject of the first Pulitzer Prize–winning biography?

• Julia Ward Howe, the social reformer and poet who wrote The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The 1917 prize-winning biography, Julia Ward Howe, 1819–1910, was written by Laura E. Richards and Maude Howard Elliott.

History

• Black Hole of Calcutta: 146 British soldiers were imprisoned in one cell in a jail in India; by morning many of the men had suffocated (1756)
• Flight to Varennes: faced with anti-royalty hostility during the French Revolution, King Louis XVI tried unsuccessfully to flee the country (1791)
• Queen Victoria: longest-reigning British monarch succeeded to the throne (1837)
• Toast of the Town: debuted on CBS; in 1955 it was renamed The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
• Hot line: Moscow-Washington line of direct communication was established following the Bay of Pigs standoff (1963)
• Jaws: Steven Spielberg's thriller was released, chilling viewers and shattering box office records (1975)

Birthdays

• Stephen Frears (70): director of The Queen; also, hack director Robert Rodriguez (43)
• Lionel Richie (62): singer and songwriter, "Endless Love"; also, musicians Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880), Chet Atkins (1924-2001), Brian Wilson (69), Anne Murray (66), André Watts (65), Michael Anthony (57) and John Taylor (51)
• Vikram Seth (59): Indian poet and author of A Suitable Boy; also, writer Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
• Nicole Kidman (44): Oscar-winner for The Hours; also, actors Errol Flynn (1909-1959), Martin Landau (83), Olympia Dukakis (80), Danny Aiello (78), John Mahoney (71), John McCook (66), John Goodman (59), Josh Lucas (40) and Mark Saul (26), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (22)

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