Sunday, July 03, 2011

chow \CHOU\ , noun;

1. Food, especially hearty dishes or a meal.

verb phrase:

• 1. "Chow down:" to eat; eat a meal, especially the main meal of the day.

Origin: Chow originates among Chinese workers in California around the Gold Rush, shortened from the pidgin chow-chow, derived from cha, Chinese for "mixed."

Caffeine Window

• The daily time slot in which you must have some form of caffeine otherwise you will get a headache. No amount of caffeine after this window will cure the headache. A common ailment of coffee addicts who need their morning fix before they can function properly.

Dude1: Fuck, I've missed my caffeine window, I feel a headache developing.

Dude2: Rookie error dude, that's you should always keep a few No-Doze handy when you don't have time to grab some coffee.

Trivia

Which of the five Marx brothers never appeared in the zany films that featured his siblings?

• Gummo, whose real first name was Milton. He was the first of the brothers to appear onstage—in vaudeville—but gave up acting and represented his brothers and other talent. His four brothers were Groucho (Julius), Harpo (Adolph), Chico (Leonard), and Zeppo (Herbert).

History

• Quebec: city was founded by Samuel de Champlain (1608)
• great auks: the last pair of the extinct species, found incubating an egg, was killed (1844)
• Battle of Gettysburg: the bloodiest battle in America's Civil War ended with Union forces beating back Confederate troops (1863)
• Algeria: became independent after 132 years of French rule (1962)
• Jackie Robinson: became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (1962)

Birthdays

• Pía Reyes, Liz Stewart, (both 50): actresses, Playmates
• Franz Kafka (1883-1924): author of The Metamorphosis; writers M. F. K. Fisher (1908-1992), Tom Stoppard (74) and Jay Tarses (72) share this birth date
• John Kundla (95): basketball hall-of-famer and coach; baseball outfielder Moisés Alou (45) was also born today
• Pete Fountain (81): jazz clarinetist
• Dave Barry (64): humor writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
• Montel Williams (55): former TV talk-show host
• Yeardley Smith (47): the voice of Lisa on The Simpsons; other actors born on this date include Kurtwood Smith (68), Jan Smithers (62) and Tom Cruise, Thomas Gibson and Hunter Tylo (all 49)

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