Monday, November 28, 2011

panegyrize \PAN-i-juh-rahyz\, verb:

1. To eulogize; to deliver or write a panegyric about.

2. To indulge in panegyric; bestow praises.

From Greek, panegyrize originally meant “belonging to a public assembly” from pan meaning “all” and egyris, “gathering.”

Jeebus

• Jeebus was born over 2000 years ago and started the religion of Crustianity. Jeebus Crust is the son of Gosh and part of the Holy 3-Some (or Ménage à Trois). Jeebus was born to Bloody Mary, a virgin, by a miracle of the Spirit of Truthiness. The Holy Babble gives an account of an angel visiting Bloody Mary to tell her that she was chosen to bare the Son of Gosh.

Jeebus Crust is the savior of the one and only true religion, Crustianity.

Trivia

What famous wrestler fought under the name Monster Eiffel Tower early in his career?

• French-born André the Giant whose real name was André Rene Roussinoff.

History

• Strait of Magellan: the ships of explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific from the Atlantic by sailing through the strait that later took his name (1520)
• Royal Society: long-lived UK scientific society was founded by learned men (1660)
• Lady Nancy Astor: became the first woman member of the British Parliament (1919)
• Mariner 4: spacecraft that sent the first pictures of the Martian surface was launched (1964)

Birthdays

• Francesca Lé (41): t3h pr0n
• William Blake (1757-1827): engraver and poet, Songs of Experience; plus, authors John Bunyan (1628-1688) and Nancy Mitford (1904-1973)
• Friedrich Engels (1820-1895): socialist philosopher, a founder of Communism
• Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894): pianist, composer; also, musicians Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Randy Newman (68), Paul Shaffer (62) and apl.de.ap (37) and Motown record producer Berry Gordy, Jr. (82)
• Alexander Godunov (1949-1995): ballet dancer
• Ed Harris (61): actor/director, Pollock, Appaloosa; actors S. Epatha Merkerson (59), Judd Nelson (52), Aimee Garcia (33) and Scarlett Pomers (23) share this birth date
• Jon Stewart (49): satirist, host of The Daily Show
• Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007): actress/model

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