Saturday, October 29th, 2011

sepulchral \suh-PUHL-kruhl\ , adjective;

1. Proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funereal or dismal.

2. Of or pertaining to burial.

3. Of, pertaining to, or serving as a tomb.

4. Hollow and deep: sepulchral tones.

Origin: Sepulchural is derived from the Latin sepulcrum, from sepul- meaning to bury and -crum which was the suffix denoting place, so it literally meant “place to bury.”

freddy cougar

• The old chick who totally rocks her slutty Halloween costume.

Did you see Freddy Cougar all over that poor kitten? He stood no chance.

Trivia

What is the only plant that bears flowers and fruit simultaneously?

• The pure white lotus plant.

History

• Republic of Turkey: was established when forces led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "the father of modern Turkey," wrested control from the Ottoman Empire (1923)
• Black Tuesday: the US stock market crashed and the Great Depression began (1929)
• Star of India: giant star sapphire was stolen, along with other fabulous gems, from the American Museum of Natural History (1964)
• NOW: the women's organization was founded (1966)
• Internet: the first host-to-host connection was made on the ARPANet between UCLA and SRI in California (1969)
• John Glenn: the first American in orbit took flight aboard the Discovery shuttle, becoming, at 77, the oldest person to visit space (1998)

Birthdays

• James Boswell (1740-1795): biographer of Samuel Johnson; plus, writer Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944)
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (73): president of Liberia; first woman to lead an African state
• Melba Moore (66): R&B singer; also, musicians Sonny Osborne (74), Denny Laine (67) and Peter Green (65)
• Dan Castellaneta (54): the voice of Homer Simpson; other performers who share this birth date include Fanny Brice (1892-1951), Richard Dreyfuss (64), Kate Jackson (63), Rufus Sewell and Joely Fisher (both 43), Winona Ryder (40), Tracee Ellis Ross and Gabrielle Union (both 38), Milena Govich (35) and Brendan Fehr (34) and Ben Foster (31)

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