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.
TriviaWhich state is home to the Arizona Beverage Company, producer of prepackaged iced tea and energy drinks?
New York.
- 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)
- 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:
Pi Pi ??
3.14 x 3.14 = Chicken Pot Pie ?
Thanks a lot, Heff. Now I'm hungry!
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