Monday, July 11, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

trig \TRIG\, adjective:
1. Neat, trim, smart.
verb:
1. To make neat or trim.
noun:
1. A wedge or block used to prevent a wheel, cask, or the like, from rolling.
adjective:
1. In good physical condition; sound; well.
Trig relates to the Middle English trigg, "true," which is also the root of "trust."
Prejay
  • When a man ejaculates before his partner wishes him to.
Dude, my bro was grindin it up on some chick last night then prejayed all over his underwear.
My boyfriend prejays everytime we start making out!
Trivia
Which celestial body is known as the blue planet?
  • Earth—because its oceans cover more than 70 percent of its surface, making it appear blue from space.
History
  • Alexander Hamilton: the former secretary of the treasury was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with former vice-president Aaron Burr; Hamilton died the next day (1804)
  • Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
  • Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
  • Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)
Birthdays
  • Robert, the Bruce (1274-1329): king of an independent Scotland
  • John Quincy Adams (1767-1848): POTUS, sec'y of state, and architect of the Monroe Doctrine
  • James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903): portraitist
  • E.B. White (1899-1985): literary stylist who revised William Strunk's Elements of Style and wrote Charlotte's Web; editor Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) shared this birth date
  • Suzanne Vega (52): singer/songwriter, "Luka"; other musicians born on this date include Bonnie Pointer (61), Kirk Whalum (53), Richie Sambora (52), Lil' Kim (36) and Peter Cincotti (28)
  • Jeff Corwin (44): wildlife expert, host of Jeff Corwin Experience
  • Justin Chambers (41): Alex Karev on Grey's Anatomy; also, actors Yul Brynner (1920-1985), Susan Seaforth Hayes (68), Bruce McGill (61), Stephen Lang (59), Sela Ward (55), Lisa Rinna (48), Greg Grunberg (45) and Michael Rosenbaum (39)

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