Sunday, September 25, 2011

tchotchke \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:

• A trinket; a knickknack.

Tchotchke is from Yiddish tshatshke, "trinket," ultimately of Slavic origin. It is also spelled tsatske.

Joined at the Dick

• At least two heterosexual men or 'bros' who cannot be mentioned without the other because they never leave each other's side.

"Hey! Did you see Jim today?"

"You mean Jim and Tony, right?"

"Oh yeah, I forget they're joined at the dick"

Trivia

What famous food lover was featured on the first network TV cooking show—in 1946?

• Culinary icon James Beard. The show, Elsie Presents James Beard in I Love to Eat, was a segment of NBC’s For You and Yours, sponsored by Borden. The Elsie in the show’s title was Borden’s mascot Elsie the Cow.

History

• Pacific Ocean: was first seen by Europeans when Vasco Núñez de Balboa and his Spanish crew crossed the Isthmus of Panama (1513)
• polygamy: Mormon practice was renounced by Wilford Woodruff, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1890)
• Sandra Day O'Connor: became the first woman to be sworn into the US Supreme Court (1981)

Birthdays

• William Faulkner (1897-1962): author of As I Lay Dying
• Colin Davis (84): conductor who has recorded all of Berlioz's works; also, composers Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975) and Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
• Shel Silverstein (1930?-1999): poet, illustrator, songwriter and composer, The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends
• Scottie Pippen (46): NBA star; plus, athletes Bob McAdoo (60) and Matt Hasselbeck (36)
• Catherine Zeta-Jones (42): award-winning star of Chicago; other screen personalities born on this date include Barbara Walters (81?), Michael Douglas (67), Anson Williams (62), Mark Hamill (60), Colin Friels (59), Christopher Reeve (1952-2004), Heather Locklear (50), Aida Turturro (49), Tate Donovan (48) and Will Smith (43)

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