Saturday, June 18, 2011

eisegesis \ahy-si-JEE-sis\, noun:

• An interpretation that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.

Eisegesis enters English in the 1900s in reference to Biblical studies as the opposite of exegesis, "critical interpretation of a text, especially of the Bible."

bisexual

• The ability to reach down someone's pants and be satisfied with whatever you find.

Jane is bisexual

John is heteroexual

Jane had a bisexual affair with John and Jill

Trivia

What color was the first synthetic dye?

• Mauve. It was accidentally produced in 1856 by British chemistry student William Perkin while he was trying to synthesize quinine as a cure for malaria.

History

• War of 1812: US President James Madison declared war on Great Britain (1812)
• Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington (1815)
• Susan B. Anthony: was fined $100 for her attempt to vote in the 1872 US presidential election; she did not, however, pay it (1873)
• Amelia Earhart: became the first woman to fly transatlantically; she went from Newfoundland to Wales (1928)
• "This was their finest hour": address delivered by PM Winston Churchill to the House of Commons to inspire his embattled nation during WWII (1940)
• International Declaration of Human Rights: was adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1948)
• Columbia Records: unveiled its new long-playing 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record (1948)
• Egypt: republic was declared; monarchy abolished (1953)
• Sally Ride: became the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger (1983)

Berfdays, yo!

• Bartolommeo Ammannati (1511-1592): sculptor and architect
• Anastasia (1901-1918): youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II of Russia
• Red Adair (1915-2004): renowned innovator in firefighting
• Roger Ebert (69): film critic who was the first to receive a Pulitzer Prize in his field
• Sir Paul McCartney (69): the world's most commercially successful pop musician; and, lyricist Sammy Cahn (1913-1993)
• Isabella Rossellini (59): Italian actress and model; also, actors Linda Thorson (64), Carol Kane (59) and Alana de la Garza (35)

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