Monday, February 13, 2012

exoteric \ek-suh-TER-ik\, adjective:

1. Suitable for or communicated to the general public.

2. Not belonging, limited, or pertaining to the inner or select circle, as of disciples or intimates.

3. Popular; simple; commonplace.

4. Pertaining to the outside; exterior; external.

Like its opposite esoteric, exoteric is from the Greek root -teros. Exōterikós generally referred to anything outside.

fashionmista

• The male version of the fashionista. A man who loves fashion.

Yo' check out that fashionmista - he's working it big time!

Trivia

Who were the seven comic book superheroes who joined together to form the Justice League of America?

• Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, and Green Lantern. In their first joint appearance in DC Comics in March 1960, they took on Starro the Conquerer.

History

• ASCAP: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers was founded to protect members' copyrighted music (1914)
• Switzerland: the League of Nations recognized its perpetual neutrality (1920)
• Dresden bombing: Allied attack on the German city during WWII caused major devastation; casualty estimates were revised downwards over the years from 250,000 to 25,000 (1945)
• BPM 37093: white dwarf star was found to have a massive diamond core; it was nicknamed Lucy, after the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (2004)

Birthdays

• Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 1682
• Charles Talleyrand-Perigold 1754
• Bess Truman 1885
• Grant Wood 1892
• Wingy (Joseph) Manone 1900
• Jean Muir (Fullarton) 1911
• Woody (Wayne) Hayes 1913
• Lyle Bettger 1915
• Patty Berg 1918
• Oliver Smith 1919
• Tennessee Ernie Ford 1919
• Eileen Farrell 1920
• Pete Castiglione 1921
• Chuck Yeager 1923 - Test pilot
• Gene Ames 1925 - Musician (The Ames Brothers)
• Jim McReynolds (Jim & Jesse) 1927
• Dorothy (Dotty) McGuire 1930 - Singer (McGuire Sisters)
• Emanuel Ungaro 1933
• Kim (Marilyn) Novak 1933 - Actress
• George Segal 1934 - Actor
• Oliver Reed 1938
• Robert J. Eaton 1940
• Bo Svenson 1941 - Actor
• Carol Lynley (Jones) 1942 - Actress
• Jerry Springer 1944 - Tak show host, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
• Stockard Channing 1944 - Actress
• Peter Tork 1944 - Actor, musician (The Monkees)
• Peter Gabriel 1950 - Singer, He was the lead singer of Genesis from 1966-1975.
• Boudleaux Bryant 1950
• Roger Christian 1950 - Musician (The Christians)
• David Naughton 1951 - Actor
• Peter Hook 1956 - Musician (Joy Division)
• Tony Butler 1957 - Musician (Big Country)
• Matt Salinger 1960 - Actor-producer
• Henry Rollins 1961 - Singer
• Neal McDonough 1966 - Actor
• Freedom Williams 1966
• Kelly Hu 1968
• Todd Harrell 1972 - Musician (3 Doors Down)
• Robbie Williams (Take That) 1974
• Randy Moss 1977 - Football player
• Mena Suvari 1979 - Actress
• Natalie Stewart 1979 - Emcee (Floetry)