Wednesday, December 7, 2011

boscage \BOS-kij\, noun:

• A mass of trees or shrubs.

Boscage comes from the Middle French word boscage, from the roots bosk meaning “a small wood or thicket” and -age, a suffix that denotes a general noun, like voyage and courage.

D.S.L 's

• Dick sucking lips

that girl has D.S.L's

Trivia

Clark Kent, aka Superman, worked as a reporter at the Daily Planet. At what newspaper did Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, work?

• The Daily Bugle, as a freelance photographer.

Holiday

• Pearl Harbor Day: a day to commemorate when Japan launched an unprovoked cowardly sneak-attack on a sleeping naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, drawing the US into WWII (1941)

History

• Delaware: the First State ratified the US Constitution and was admitted to the Union (1787)
• New York Philharmonic: America's oldest symphony orchestra debuted; they played Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1842)
• "The Blue Marble": famous photograph was taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 as NASA's last moon mission flew away from Cape Canaveral (1972)

Birthdays

• Gian Bernini (1598-1680): sculptor
• Joseph Cook (1860-1947): Australian prime minister
• Willa Cather (1873-1947): novelist who wrote stories of prairie life, O Pioneers!; other writers born today include Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), Joyce Cary (1888-1957) and Heywood Broun (1888-1939)
• Noam Chomsky (83): linguist
• Tom Waits (62): Grammy-winning singer/songwriter/actor, Mule Variations; musicians Bobby Osborne (80), Harry Chapin (1942-1981) and Aaron Carter (24) were also born on this date
• Larry Bird (55): MVP basketball player and coach; hall-of-famers Gerry Cheevers (71) and Johnny Bench (64) also celebrate birthdays today
• Jeffrey Wright (46): stage and screen actor, Angels in America; actors Eli Wallach (96) and Ellen Burstyn (79) share this birth date

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