Tuesday, February 14, 2012

cordate \KAWR-deyt\, adjective:

1. Heart-shaped.

2. (Of leaves) heart-shaped, with the attachment at the notched end.

Related to core, cordate comes from the Latin word for heart, cor, and the suffix -ate which forms an adjective from a noun

Introdouche

• The way in which a douchebag would go about introducing his/herself. Bragging about their meaningless accomplishments in an attempt to impress you.

Blue: Watch this, Marty's about to introdouche himself to Joann.

Marty (Speaking to Joann) : "Nice to meet you, Marty's the name. Nice rack. Think I met you one time at the bowling party. I won three times."

Joann: "Thanks for introdouching yourself."

Trivia

What TV funnyman proposed to his future wife in a specially commissioned crossword puzzle?

• Daily Show host Jon Stewart. New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz helped put together the puzzle.

Today's Holiday

• St. Valentine's Day: celebrated in various American and European countries by the exchange of valentines or love tokens. Also called Valentine's Day.

History

• St. Valentine's Day massacre: seven gangsters were killed as Al Capone's gang ambushed Bugs Moran's (1929)
• ENIAC: "Giant Brain" Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was unveiled at theUniversity of Pennsylvania (1946)
• fatwa: edict was issued by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urging Muslims to kill Satanic Versesauthor Salman Rushdie (1989)
• NEAR Shoemaker: space probe went into orbit around433 Eros, becoming the first craft to orbit an asteroid (2000)
• Dolly the sheep: the first cloned mammal was put to sleep at age 6.5, suffering from lung cancer (2003)

Birthdays

• Christopher Sholes 1819
• George Ferris 1859
• John Barrymore 1882
• Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894 - Comedian
• James Pike 1913
• Jimmy Hoffa 1913
• Mel Allen (Israel) 1913
• Hugh Downs 1921
• Skeezix Wallet 1921
• Cesare Siepi 1923
• Donna Atwood 1923
• Elliot Lawrence 1925
• Frank Borman 1928
• Phyllis McGuire 1931 - Singer (The McGuire Sisters)
• Vic Morrow 1932
• Florence Henderson 1934 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
• Andrew Prine 1936
• Razzy Bailey 1939
• Lillie Bryant 1940 - Singer (Billy & Lillie)
• Ricardo Rodriguez 1942
• Michael Bloomberg 1942 - New York City Mayor
• Bob Murphy 1943
• Maceo Parker 1943
• Alan Parker 1944 - Director
• Carl Bernstein 1944 - Journalist
• Gregory Hines 1946
• Pat O'Brien 1948 - Television personality
• Teller 1948 - Comedian, magician (Pen and Teller)
• Ewa Aulin 1949
• Roger Fisher 1950 - Musician (Heart)
• Jo Jo (Alicia) Starbuck 1951
• Michael Doucet (Beausoleil) 1951
• Ken Wahl 1957 - Actor ("Wiseguy")
• Meg Tilly 1960 - Actress ("The Big Chill," "Agnes of God")
• Jim Kelly 1960 - Football player
• Dwayne Wiggins 1961
• Zach Galligan 1963
• Enrico Colantoni 1963
• Rickey Wolking 1966 - Musician (The Nixons)
• Manuela Maleeva 1967
• Elaine Youngs 1970
• Simon Pegg 1970 - Actor
• Drew Bledsoe 1972 - Football player
• Kevin Blades 1972 - Musician (Lit)
• Rob Thomas 1972 - Musician (Matchbox 20)
• Steve McNair 1973