Thursday, May 10, 2012

cicatrix \SIK-uh-triks\, noun:

1. New tissue that forms over a wound.
2. Botany. A scar left by a fallen leaf, seed, etc.

Cicatrix is derived from the Latin word cicatrix meaning "scar." The Latin word has no clear origin.
You look tired

• Politically correct way of saying that you look like shit.

Showed up real early at a swim meet the other day, this guy says, "you look tired". What he meant to say was, "you look like shit".

Trivia

What Revolutionary War hero was the inspiration behind actor Marion Morrison’s name change to John Wayne?

• The colonial general known as “Mad Anthony” Wayne. Director Raoul Walsh gave the young actor the general’s last name when he signed him for his first starring role, in the 1930 film The Big Trail.

History

• transcontinental railroad: a golden spike linked the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines at Promontory Summit (1869)
• J. Edgar Hoover: became director of the FBI; he held the post until his death 48 years later (1924)
• Nazi book burnings: as part of Goebbels' "synchronization of culture," some 25,000 "un-German" volumes were destroyed in a single day (1933)
• Micronesia: adopted a constitution, becoming a self-governing federation (1979)
• Nelson Mandela: South Africa's first black president was sworn in to office (1994)

Birthdays

• John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
• Montgomery Blair 1813 - Politician, lawyer
• Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854
• Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor
• Dimitri Tiomkin 1899 - Film score composer and conductor
• David O. Selznick 1902 - Film producer ("Gone with the Wind")
• Maybelle Carter ("Mother Maybelle" Carter) 1909 - Country musician (Carter Family)
• Charles McGraw (Charles Butters) 1914 - Actor
• Margo O'Donnell ( Margeret Catherine O'Donnell) 1917 - Singer
• Nancy Walker 1922 - Actress, comedienne
• Pat Summerall 1930 - Sportscaster
• Larry Williams 1935 - Musician
• Francoise Fabian 1935 - Actress
• Gary Owens 1936 - Announcer ("Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In")
• Arthur Kopit 1937 - Playwright
• Manuel Santana (Manuel Martínez Santana) 1938 - Tennis champion
• Henry Fambrough 1938 - Musician (The Spinners)
• Danny Rapp 1941 - Musician (Danny & The Juniors)
• Jim Abrahams 1944 - Writer, director ("Airplane")
• Judith Jamison 1944 - Dancer and choreographer
• Marie-France Pisier 1944 - Actress
• Graham Gouldman 1945 - Musician (10cc)
• Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch) 1946 - Singer, father of Donovan Leitch, Jr.
• Jimmy Ponder 1946 - Musician
• Dave Mason 1947 - Musician (Traffic)
• Jay Ferguson 1947 - Musician (Spirit)
• Ron Banks 1951 - Musician (The Dramatics)
• Sly Dunbar 1952 - Musician (Sly & Robbie)
• Sid Vicious 1957 - Musician (Sex Pistols)
• "Bono" (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2)
• Suzan-Lori Parks 1963 - Playwright
• Linda Evangelista 1965 - Model
• Jason Brooks (Jason Maxwell Brooks) 1966 - Actor ("Days of our Lives")
• Young MC 1967 - Rapper
• Erik Palladiono 1968 - Actor ("ER")
• Richard Patrick 1968 - Musician (Filter)
• Amanda Borden 1977 - Gymnast
• Kenan Thompson 1978 - Actor ("Saturday Night Live")
• Jason Dalyrimple 1980 - Musician (Soul for Real)