Saturday, October 22, 2011

anomie \AN-uh-mee\, noun:

• A sense of loneliness and anxiety; a state or condition characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.

Anomie comes directly from the Greek anomia meaning lawlessness, from a (without) and nomia (law).

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• Does It Look Like I Give A Shit?

Dude you're not cool!

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Trivia

In the world of finance, what is a bear hug?

• A hostile takeover bid—one in which the share price offered for a company’s stock is so high, its board of directors are forced to accept.

History

• the Great Disappointment: adherents of Millerism found that Jesus had not returned; most left the movement, while the rest figured out that it was the beginning of investigative judgment in heaven (1844)
• the Met: NYC's famous opera house opened with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust (1883)
• Toastmasters International: public speaking educational organization was founded in Santa Ana, California (1924)
• Cuban Missile Crisis: JFK imposed an air and naval blockade on Cuba after learning of Soviet missile bases there (1962)
• Chandrayaan-1: India launched its first unmanned lunar probe (2008)

Birthdays

• Franz Liszt (1811-1886): pianist/composer
• John Reed (1887-1920): radical journalist who was subject of Warren Beatty's Reds; he is the only US citizen to be buried in the Kremlin
• Doris Lessing (92): author of The Golden Notebook; plus, motivational speaker and author Deepak Chopra (65)
• Timothy Leary (1920-1996): psychedelic drug-taking psychologist
• Tony Roberts (72): stage and screen actor; also, actors Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), Derek Jacobi and Christopher Lloyd (both 72), Annette Funicello (69), Catherine Deneuve (68), Jeff Goldblum (59) and Valeria Golino (45)
• Ichiro Suzuki (38): MLB record-holder for single-season hits; plus, tennis pro Amanda Coetzer (40)
• Zac Hanson (26): singer/songwriter/instrumentalist, Hanson

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