Sunday, June 5, 2011

pangram \PAN-gruhm\, noun:

• A sentence, verse, etc., that includes all the letters of the alphabet.

Pangram is combination of the Greek pan-, "all," and -gram, "related to writing."

unrequited besties

• When one person thinks you are best friends, but you in turn consider another to be your best friend. This chain can involve many until two agree upon their mutual bestiship.

Patrick wanted to be besties with Erik, but Erik considered John to be his bestie. John thought Kate was his bestie, but Kate is actually besties with Karen. Karen & Kate often laugh at so many unrequited besties within their circle of friends and are happy they have each other as true besties.

Trivia

The names of which two neighboring countries begin with the letter “Z”?

• Zambia and Zimbabwe, in Africa.

What state capital was originally known as Crabtown?

• Helena, Montana. It was named for John Crab, one of four prospectors whose discovery of gold there in 1864 brought other fortune seekers to the area, turning it into a boomtown.

History

• Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier: took the first successful balloon flight (1783)
• gold standard: was abandoned by the United States (1933)
• Marshall Plan: Secretary of State George Marshall outlined his aid program for Europe in a speech at Harvard (1947)
• Six-Day War: began; Israel was victorious against Egypt, Syria and Jordan; Jerusalem was reunited (1967)
• Robert Kennedy: US presidential candidate was shot by Sirhan Sirhan; he died the next day (1968)

Birthdays

• John Couch Adams (1819-1892): astronomer who predicted the existence of the planet Neptune
• Pancho Villa (1878-1923): Mexican revolutionary guerilla leader
• John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946): economist who developed Keynesian economics; and, economist Adam Smith (1723-1790)
• Ken Follett (62): author of Eye of the Needle; also, writers Federico García Lorca (1898-1936), Richard Scarry (1919-1994) and Margaret Drabble (72)
• Bob Rosenschein (58): founder and CEO of Answers.com
• Kenny G. (55): smooth jazz saxophonist, Duotones; also, rockers Laurie Anderson (64), Nicko McBrain (59) and Pete Wentz (32)
• Mark Wahlberg (40): actor, Boogie Nights, The Departed; plus, actors Bill Hayes (86), Spalding Gray (1941-2004), Ron Livingston (44), Chad Allen (37), and Liza Weil and Navi Rawat (both 34)

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