Tuesday, March 6, 2012

appertain \ap-er-TEYN\, verb:

• To belong as a part, right, possession or attribute.

Appertain stems from the Old French word apertenir which meant "to belong." The prefix ap- is a variation of the prefix ad- which means "toward."

and what

• Short for 'And what are you going to do about it'

ME: i don't like you

Stupid head: and what?

ME: and ... you better back off before your nose and your eyes become one of the same

Trivia

What roles did Spot the Wonder Dog and Aroma the Skunk play early in the TV careers of movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert?

• They were movie-rating gimmicks the two used before introducing their thumbs-up/thumbs-down reviews in 1986. Spot the Wonder Dog came first, barking to indicate films judged Dog of the Week. He was replaced by Aroma the Skunk, who appeared during reviews of movies judged Stinker of the Week.

History

• Toronto: Canada's largest city, and one of the most livable cities in the world, was incorporated (1834)
• the Alamo: fort was overrun by Mexican troops during the Texas revolution; all inside were killed (1836)
• La Traviata: Verdi's opera premiered in Venice (1853)
• Dred Scott case (1857): US Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens; the decision was overturned a decade later by the 14th amendment

Birthdays

• Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475
• Cyrano De Bergerac 1619
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806
• Furry Lewis 1893
• Bob Wills 1905
• Lou Costello 1906
• Ed McMahon 1923
• Alan Greenspan 1926 - Federal Reserve chairman
• Wes Montgomery 1927
• Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927
• Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 1928 - Author ("Love in the Time of Cholera")
• Lorin Maazel 1930
• Marion Barry 1936
• Sylvia Robinson 1936
• Doug Dillard 1937
• Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva 1937
• Joanna Miles 1940
• Willie Stargell 1941
• Ben Murphy 1942
• Mary Wilson 1944 - Singer (Supremes)
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944
• Rob Reiner 1945
• Hugh Grundy 1945 - Musician (The Zombies)
• Kiki Dee 1947
• Dick Fosbury 1947
• David Gimour 1947 - Musician (Pink Floyd) - Official Pink Floyd Store
• Tom Arnold 1959 - Actor
• Skip Ewing 1964
• D.L. Hughley 1964 - Actor ("The Hughleys")
• Connie Britton 1968 - Actress
• Moira Kelly 1968 - Actress ("Caroline in the City")
• Amy Pietz 1969
• Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player
• Chris Tomson 1984 - Musician (Vampire Weekend)