Sunday, December 11, 2011

à la mode \ah luh MOHD\, adjective:

1. In or according to the fashion.

2. Cookery. A.(Of pie or other dessert) Served with a portion of ice cream, often as a topping: apple pie à la mode. B.(Of beef) Larded and braised or stewed with vegetables, herbs, etc., and served with a rich brown gravy.

À la mode literally means “of the fashion” in French. (The sense of a scoop of ice cream on top of pie arose in 1903 in America.)

Beard Goggles

When a beard-bearing individual is convinced that his facial hair looks great, regardless of how bad it may look to everyone else.

Similar to beer goggles in that the more facial hair a person has, the better they think it looks.

"Wow, have you seen Dave's beard? It looks terrible, I don't know why he won't shave that thing."

"It's because he has beard goggles right now, in his mind it looks great."

Trivia

What are the eight Rocky Mountain states?

• Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

History

• Indiana: the Hoosier State became America's 19th state (1816)
• Edward VIII: king of Great Britain and Ireland became the first English monarch to abdicate the throne voluntarily; he did it for love (1936)
• UNICEF: United Nations Children's Fund, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965, was founded (1946)
• Chechnya: Moscow sent in troops to restore control over the region (1994)
• Madoff scandal: Bernie Madoff: the former NASDAQ chairman was arrested for perpetrating what may be the largest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history; he was sentenced to 150 years in prison (2008)

Birthdays

• Fiorello La Guardia: popular NYC mayor who supported social welfare and woman suffrage, fought corruption (1882-1947); plus, statesman of the American Revolution George Mason (1725-1792)
• Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): composer, Symphonie fantastique
• Robert Koch (1843-1910): bacteriologist who proved causal effect of bacteria on disease; plus, scientists David Brewster (1781-1868), Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) and Max Born (1882-1970)
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006): first Arabic-language winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature; and, Nobel Prize-winning author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
• David Gates (71): singer/songwriter, Bread; also, singers Willie Mae Thornton (1926-1984), Brenda Lee (67) and Jermaine Jackson (57)
• Mos Def (38): rapper/actor, Something the Lord Made; other entertainers born on this date include Rita Moreno (80), Lynda Day George and Teri Garr (both 66), Bess Armstrong (58), Gary Dourdan (45) and Mo'Nique (44)
• Nikki Sixx (53): Birth Name: Franklin Carlton Serafino Feranna, bassist (term used loosely) of Mötley Crüe

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