Saturday, May 26, 2012

altiloquent \awl-TIL-uh-kwuhnt\ , adjective:

• high flown or pretentious (of language).

Altiloquent stems from the Latin roots atli meaning "high" and loquentem meaning "speaking." Music and Porn Computer

• An old laptop or desktop computer used soley for downloading shady porn and illegal music so as not to lose anythign important if and when it gets hit with a nasty virus.

Yo Giselle why you got two computers?

This laptop is where I do all of my importnat stuff like keep track of hair and nail appointments. And this one is my music and porn computer where I store all my pics from Tom's secret locker room cam.

Trivia
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History

• Edict of Worms: declared Martin Luther an outlaw and banned his writings (1521)
• Andrew Johnson: 17th president of the United States was acquitted by one vote in his impeachment trial (1868)
• Dow Jones Industrial Average: stock market index was first published by The Wall Street Journal (1896)
• George Willig: the "human fly" scaled the South Tower of the World Trade Center in 3.5 hours; he was fined $1.10 for the illegal feat — a penny per story (1977)
• Ellis Island: the US Supreme Court ruled that the immigration landmark belonged more to New Jersey than New York (1998)

Birthdays

• Abraham De Moivre 1667
• Alexander Pushkin 1799
• Al Jolson 1886
• Norma Talmadge 1897
• John Wayne 1907

• Robert Morley 1908
• Ben Alexander 1911
• Peter Cushing 1913
• Jay Silverheels 1919
• Peggy Lee 1920
• James Arness 1923 - Actor ("Gunsmoke")
• Jacques Bergerac 1927
• Teresa Stratas 1939
• Brent Musburger 1939 - Sportscaster
• Cliff Drysdale1941
• Levon Helm 1942 - Musician (The Band)
• Ray Ennis 1942 - Musician (The Swinging Blue Jeans)
• Sam Posey 1944
• Gerry Paterson 1945 - Musician (The Guess Who)
• Stevie Nicks 1948 - Singer
• Pam Grier 1949
• Hank Williams, Jr. 1949 - Country musician
• Phillip Michael Thomas 1949 - Actor ("Miami Vice")
• Verden Allen 1949 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
• Sally K. Ride 1951 - Astronaut
• Colin Vearncombe 1951 - Musician (Black)
• Margaret Colin 1957 - Actress
• Dave Robbins 1959 - Musician (Blackhawk)
• Wayne Hussey 1959 - Musician (Mission)
• Genie Francis 1962 - Actress ("General Hospital")
• Bobcat Goldthwait 1962 - Comedian, actor ("Police Academy" series)
• Joe Dumars 1963 - Basketball player
• Lenny Kravitz 1964 - Lenny Kravitz Merchandise
• Helena Bonham-Carter 1966 - Actress
• Phillip Rhodes 1968 - Musician (Gin Blossoms)
• Joseph Fiennes 1970 - Actor ("Flashfoward")
• Joey Kibble 1971 - Musician (Take 6)
• Matt Stone 1979 - TV producer ("South Park")