Friday, September 23, 2011

Friday, September 23, 2011

copacetic \koh-puh-SET-ik\, adjective:
  • Very satisfactory; fine.
The origin of copacetic is unknown.
unlightening
  • A process of "learning" something that makes you feel dumber.
The conversation I had with my blind date was so unlightening that I practically fell asleep before the salad course.
Trivia
The rocker Kid Rock was named Robert James Ritchie at birth. What was funnyman Chris Rock’s birth name?
  • Chris Rock—or, more formally, Christopher Julius Rock III.
History
  • "I have not yet begun to fight": defiant statement was reportedly proclaimed by American commander John Paul Jones, just before winning a naval battle with the British (1779)
  • Lewis and Clark: explorers arrived back in St. Louis after a three-year journey through the US Pacific Northwest (1806)
  • Checkers speech: as a vice-presidential candidate, Richard M. Nixon denied having received improper contributions, except perhaps for his daughter's dog, Checkers (1952)
Birthdays
  • Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE): Roman emperor
  • Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947): author of The Scarlet Pimpernel; commentator and author Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) shares this birth date
  • Bruce Springsteen (62): rocker, Born in the USA; other musicians born on this date include John Coltrane (1926-1967) , Ray Charles (1930-2004) and Julio Iglesias (68)
  • Jason Alexander (52): singer/actor, best known as Seinfeld's best friend, George Costanza; also, actors Mickey Rooney (91), Paul Petersen (66), Mary Kay Place (64), and Chi McBride and Elizabeth Pena (both 49)
  • Lucia Cifarelli (41): singer from LI, NY. KMFDM. Married to Sascha Konietzko

 

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