Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

dowager \DOU-uh-jer\, noun:
1. An elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position.
2. A woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke, etc.
adjective:
1. Noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dowager.
Dowager stems from the Latin word dotare meaning "to endow." In the middle French, it came to mean "pertaining to a dower," or the gift/payment that a wife's family gives her husband when they are married.
dental swag
  • the complementary stuff with which you leave your dentistâs office: toothbrush, dental floss, etc.
I think the hygienist likes me; she always loads me up with dental swag.
Trivia
Which state is home to the Arizona Beverage Company, producer of prepackaged iced tea and energy drinks?
New York.
Holiday
  • Pi Day: today's date is 3:14!
History
  • The Cradle of Liberty: Boston's Faneuil Hall hosted its first town meeting; the building hosted speeches by Revolutionary War figures who urged independence from Great Britain (1748)
  • cotton gin: machine designed to extract seeds from cotton was patented by Eli Whitney, contributing greatly to the economic development of the South (1794)
  • Ten Most Wanted: the FBI announced its top fugitives list for the first time (1950)
  • Birmingham Six: Irishmen convicted in Birmingham pub bombings were freed after years in jail for pub bombings; the appeals court said police had fabricated evidence (1991)
Birthdays
  • Lucy Hobbs Taylor 1833
  • Paul Ehrlich 1854
  • Casey Jones (John Luther) 1864
  • Albert Einstein 1879
  • Les Brown 1912
  • Max Shulman 1919
  • Hank Ketcham 1920
  • Bill Rexford 1927
  • Frank Borman II 1928 - Astronaut
  • Bob Goalby
  • Phil Phillips 1931
  • Quincy Jones 1933
  • Michael Caine 1933 - Actor ("Batman Beyond")
  • Shirly Scott 1934
  • Eugene Cernan 1934
  • Bob Charles 1936
  • Raymond J. Barry 1939 - Actor
  • Rita Tushingham 1942
  • Clyde Lee 1944
  • Michael Martin Murphey 1945
  • Walt Parazaider 1945 - Musician (Chicago)
  • Wes Unseld 1946
  • Steve Kanaly 1946
  • Billy Crystal 1948 - Actor, comedian
  • Rick Dees 1950
  • Adrian Zmed 1954
  • Jann Browne 1954
  • Boon Gould 1955 - Musician (Level 42)
  • Tessa Sanderson 1957
  • Prince Albert 1958 - Member of Monaco's royal family
  • Tamara Tunie 1959 - Actress ("Law & Order: SVU")
  • Kevin Williamson 1965 - Producer ("Dawson's Creek")
  • Kevin Brown 1965 - Baseball player
  • Megan Follows 1968
  • Jake Fogelnest 1979
  • Chris Klein 1979 - Actor ("American Pie" movies)
  • Kate Maberly 1982
  • Taylor Hanson 1983 - Musician (Hanson)

2 comments:

Heff said...

Pi Pi ??

3.14 x 3.14 = Chicken Pot Pie ?

Bobby "the Blue" said...

Thanks a lot, Heff. Now I'm hungry!