Thursday, October 13, 2011

flaxen \FLAK-suhn\, adjective:

1. Of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax or linen.

2. Resembling flax.

3. Pertaining to flax.

4. Made of flax.

Flaxen, related to flax, is probably from Proto-Germanic base fleh-, meaning "to weave, plait."

Diarrhea of the Mouse

• Uncontrollable rambling via internet - email, blog, instant message, etc. Spin-off of the original phrase "diarrhea of the mouth."

The compulsive blogger, t3h Bax0jayz, suffered a severe case of diarrhea of the mouse.

Trivia

What are pugmarks?

• Footprints or tracks left by animals.

History

• White House: the cornerstone was laid for the building then known as the Executive Mansion (1792)
• universal time: the meridian of longitude of Greenwich, England, was established as the basis of calculating the world's time (1884)
• World Series: Boston defeated Pittsburgh in the first baseball championship games (1903)
• Miracle of the Sun: according to reports, tens of thousands of people saw the sun cast colored lights and spin toward the earth near Fátima, Portugal (1917)
• Italy: switched sides in WWII and declared war on Nazi Germany (1943)
• Hosni Mubarak: the Egyptian vice president was elected president, one week after Anwar Sadat's assassination (1981); he is Egypt's longest-serving president

Birthdays

• Rudolf Virchow: pathologist who coined the term "embolism" (1821-1902)
• Margaret Thatcher (86): former UK PM
• Marie Osmond (52): singer, TV personality; plus, musicians Art Tatum (1909-1956), Nana Mouskouri (77), Paul Simon (70), Robert Lamm (67), Sammy Hagar (64) and Ashanti (31)
• Jerry Rice (49): SF 49ers wide receiver, 1985-2000; athletes Nancy Kerrigan (42) and Ian Thorpe (29) share this birth date
• Kate Walsh (44): Addison Montgomery on Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice; also, actors Yves Montand (1921-1991), Pamela Tiffin (69), Demond Wilson (65), Reggie Theus (54), Kelly Preston and T'Keyah Crystal Keymah (both 48), Tisha Campbell-Martin (43) and Sacha Baron Cohen (40)

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