Saturday, November 26, 2011

procrustean \proh-KRUHS-tee-uhn\, adjective:

1. Tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.

2. Pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.

Procrustean refers to the Greek myth of Procrustes, who was a robber who tortured his victims. According to mythology, he was killed by Theseus.

World's Oldest Profession

• refers to the trade that a prostitute, hooker, whore, hoe, call girl, escort, hoe-bag, fallen woman, streetwalker, scarlet woman or puss in boots engages in.

when it comes to the World's Oldest Profession, Conny is employee of the month.

Trivia

What famous artist’s older brother invented the plastic soda bottle?

• Andrew Wyeth’s. His brother Nathaniel began experimenting in 1967 after he was told plastic bottles containing a carbonated beverage would explode. In 1973 he patented a process for making a stronger, lighter, and more elastic recyclable plastic bottle with polyethylene-terephthalate (PET) that could hold soda.

History

• Kappa Alpha Society: Union College student society became the first college fraternity in the US (1825)
• Alice in Wonderland: pseudonymous author Lewis Carroll gave an illustrated manuscript of the tale to the eponymous Alice as an early Christmas gift (1864)
• King Tut: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were the first to enter the tomb of the boy king since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.E. (1922)
• Casablanca: film set in wartime Morocco premiered in New York City (1942)
• The Price is Right: TV's longest running daily game show debuted (1956)
• Diamant-A: rocket launched France's space program with the Astérix-1 satellite, which blasted off from Hammaguir, Algeria (1965)

Birthdays

• Norbert Weiner (1894-1964): mathematician and educator; plus, founder of Harvard College John Harvard (1607-1638)
• Lefty Gomez (1908-1989): MLB hall-of-famer who was the winning pitcher in the first All-Star game; also, athletes Art Shell (65), Dale Jarrett (55), Shawn Kemp (42) and Shannon Dunn (39)
• Eugene Ionesco (1912-1994): playwright of theater of the absurd
• Charles Schulz (1922-2000): creator of Charlie Brown and Peanuts
• Rich Little (73): impressionist famous for his take-off on every US president from 1960 to 2002
• Tina Turner (72): rock singer, What's Love Got to Do With It?"; other musicians born on this date include Robert Goulet (1933-2007), John McVie (66), Bernard Allison (46) and Lil' Fizz (26)
• Peter Facinelli (38): screen actor, The Twilight Saga, Nurse Jackie
• Garcelle Beauvais (45): actress, The Jamie Foxx Show

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