Friday, September 30, 2011

votary \VOH-tuh-ree\, noun:

1. One who is devoted, given, or addicted to some particular pursuit, subject, study, or way of life.

2. A devoted admirer.

3. A devout adherent of a religion or cult.

4. A dedicated believer or advocate.

Votary comes from Latin votum, "vow," from the past participle of vovere, "to vow, to devote." Related words include vow and vote, originally a vow, hence a prayer or ardent wish, hence an expression of preference, as for a candidate.

Cold Anxiety

• When you hate the cold so much you take certain steps in your life to avoid cold situations. You miss out on events and other happenings because it is either 1) taking place on a cold night outside or 2) taking place on a night with a touch of cold and you are nervous that your sweater won't be warm enough. You do not fear the alarm clock, you fear the cold burst of air that will flow over your body once you pull the comfortor off your body. You don't hate showering, but you hate the feeling of stepping out of the shower and towelling off so you either a) blow-dry your body before your hair, or b) install a sauna next to your shower. You also find yourself in a sweatshirt while others are wearing bathingsuits and you stare in disbelief at how cold they must be!

"I didn't go meet my girlfriends out at the Marina tonight because I had too much cold anxiety!!"

 

"Why are you late for work?'

"My cold anxiety kept me in bed too long!"

 

"Why are you wearing a jacket in the summer?"

"cold anxiety!"

Trivia

What was the very first item sold on eBay?

• A broken laser pointer, for $14.83, in September 1995. At the time, eBay was called AuctionWeb.

History

• US Senate: Pennsylvanians William Maclay and Robert Morris became the first two members elected to the federal body (1788)
• The Magic Flute: Mozart's opera opened in Vienna (1791)
• ether: was used as an anasthetic for the first time by Boston dentist William Morton (1846)
• Little Women: Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of four sisters growing up during the US Civil War was published (1868)
• Munich Agreement: France, Italy, Germany and Britain signed a pact allowing Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland; it became synonymous with appeasement (1938)
• Nuremberg Trials: 22 Nazi leaders were found guilty of war crimes (1946)
• James Dean: Rebel Without a Cause star died in a car crash at age 24 (1955)
• Republic of Botswana: African nation declared its independence from Britain (1966)

Birthdays

• Hans Geiger (1882-1945): physicist who invented the Geiger counter; also, physicists Jean Perrin (1870-1942) and Nevill Mott (1905-1996)
• Truman Capote (1924-1984): author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood
• Elie Weisel (83): Nobel laureate who writes and lectures about his experiences during the Holocaust
• Johnny Mathis (76): pop crooner; also, musicians David Oistrakh (1908-1974), Buddy Rich (1917-1987), Marilyn McCoo (68), John Lombardo (59), Deborah Allen (58), Marty Stuart (53), Marley Marl (49), and Robby Takac and Trey Anastasio (both 46)
• Marion Cotillard (36): Oscar-winning star of La Vie En Rose; also, actors Angie Dickinson (80), Len Cariou (72), John Finn (59), Fran Drescher (54), Eric Stoltz (50), Andrea Roth (44), Monica Bellucci (42?), Jenna Elfman (40) and Kieran Culkin (29)
• Martina Hingis (31): tennis star; plus, athletes Robin Roberts (1926-2010), José Lima (39), Carlos Guillen (36) and Dominique Moceanu (30)

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