Wednesday, October 26, 2011

animadvert \an-uh-mad-VURT\, verb:

1. To comment unfavorably or critically.

2. Obsolete. To take cognizance or notice of.

Animadvert comes from the Latin animadvertere meaning to heed or censure.

Load Of Shame

• When one gets so turned on, that one bust a load in pants, then has to walk an extreme distance with load in pants.

Jak: Dude, i was on the bus and mandy was kissing on my neck and gave me the load of shame.

Jimmy: dude, im sorry to hear that.

Trivia

When it comes to Thoroughbred horse racing, what is a shadow roll?

• A large sheepskin band that is fastened over a horse’s nose to prevent it from seeing its own shadow and possibly shying or jumping away from it

History

• Erie Canal: 160-mile (257 km.) waterway opened, offering a route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River (1825)
• Gunfight at the OK Corral: a legendary Wild West shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, killed three, wounded three, inspired movies; it did not actually take place in the corral (1881)
• Baby Fae: neonatal infant was given a baboon's heart by transplant surgeon Dr. Leonard L. Bailey in Loma Linda, California; she lived for 21 days (1984)

Birthdays

• François Mitterrand (1916-1996): former president of France
• Pat Sajak (65): host of TV game show Wheel of Fortune
• Pat Conroy (66): author of The Prince of Tides, South of Broad
• Hillary Rodham Clinton (64): US Secretary of State
• Dylan McDermott (50): actor, The Practice, Dark Blue; also, actors Bob Hoskins (69), Jaclyn Smith (66), D. W. Moffett and James Pickens Jr. (both 56), Rita Wilson (55), Cary Elwes (49), Tom Cavanagh (48) and Anthony Rapp (40) and Jon Heder (34)
• Keith Urban (44): country singer; gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) shares this birth date

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