Saturday, July 23, 2011

erubescent \er-oo-BES-uhnt\, adjective:

• Becoming red or reddish; blushing.

Erubescent comes from the same Latin root as "ruby."

AFU

• Short for "All Fucked Up". Meaning usually some thing or situation that is messed up, broken, disorganized, or failed.

We can't take my car, I got in a wreck and it's AFU.

After the earthquake the subway was AFU.

Trivia

Which state has more man-made lakes than any other?

• Oklahoma. It has more than 200—created by building dams across streams. Its only natural lakes are shallow playas and oxbows.

History

• typographer: William Burt received a patent for his forerunner of the typewriter (1829)
• Gamal Abdel Nasser: led the Egyptian army in an overthrow of King Farouk I (1952)
• 12th Street riot: police raid at a blind pig sparked five days of race riots in Detroit; 43 people died and 2,000 buildings burned down (1967)
• Tiger Woods: at 24, became the youngest golfer to win a career Grand Slam (2000)

Birthdays

• Stephanie Seymour (43) former super-model / actress, hottie, MILF
• Raymond Chandler (1888-1959): novelist who created Philip Marlowe; also, author Elio Vittorini (1908-1966)
• Haile Selassie (1892-1975): emperor who modernized Ethiopia and claimed to be descended from King Solomon; Indian nationalist leader Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920) shared this birth date
• Don Imus (71): boring DJ
• Alison Krauss (40): country singer/fiddler; other musicians born on this date include David Essex (64), Blair Thornton (61), Martin Gore (50), Slash (46), Sam Watters (41) and Michelle Williams (31)
• Omar Epps (38): actor, House, MD; also, actors Ronny Cox (73), Woody Harrelson (50), Eriq La Salle (49), Philip Seymour Hoffman (44), Charisma Carpenter (41), Marlon Wayans (39) and Daniel Radcliffe (22)

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