Monday, October 3, 2011

billow \BIL-oh\, verb:

1. To rise or roll in or like a great wave; surge.

2. To swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind.

3. To make rise, surge, swell.

noun:

1. A great wave or surge of the sea.

2. Any surging mass.

Billow is from Old Norse bylgja meaning "a wave" or "to swell." It has the same origin as the word belly.

chicks before dicks

• The female version of Bros before Hoes. Used by women as meaning all female friends come before sex/hookups/bfs.

No i'm going to hang with my girls today. Chicks before Dicks anytime.

Trivia

How many pounds of Necco wafers did Admiral Richard E. Byrd take on his second expedition to the South Pole?

• Two and a half tons. During the two-year expedition, his men consumed an average of a pound of the tiny pastel candies each week.

History

• The Mickey Mouse Club: children's variety show debuted on ABC (1955)
• German Unity Day: marks the date that East and West reunited after 45 years (1990)
• O.J. Simpson: after a sensational trial, the former football player was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife and her friend (1995)
• Siegfried and Roy: On Roy Horn's 59th birthday, a tiger grabbed him by the neck and dragged him offstage in the middle of a performance (2002); Roy was critically injured, and only returned to the stage in 2009 to briefly reunite with Siegfried and the tiger that had caused Roy's injuries

Birthdays

• Gore Vidal (86): author of Myra Breckinridge, Burr; other writers born on this date are Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) and James Herriot (1916-1995)
• Dave Winfield (60): MLB hall-of-famer; plus, hall-of-famers Marques Haynes (85) and Dennis Eckersley (57)
• Clive Owen (47): actor, Closer, Inside Man; also, actors Alan Rachins (69), Hart Bochner (55), Jack Wagner (52), Janel Moloney (42), Lena Headley (38), and Neve Campbell and Keiko Agena (both 37)
• Kevin Richardson (40): singer who started out with The Backstreet Boys; other musicians born on this date include Eddie Cochran (1938-1960), Chubby Checker (70), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990), Lindsey Buckingham (62), Tommy Lee (49), Gwen Stefani (42), India.Arie (36) and Ashlee Simpson (27)

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