Friday, June 15, 2012

fantast \FAN-tast\, noun:

• A visionary or dreamer.

Fantast entered English from German, though it is based on the Greek word phantastḗs which meant "boaster". It is related to the other English word fantastic.
telephobia

• when someone has the fear of talking on the phone.

i would call you but, i have telephobia.
Trivia
What biblical feast is the setting of the largest painting hanging in the Louvre Museum in Paris?

• The Wedding Feast at Cana by Veronese. Width, 32.6 feet; height, 22.2 feet.

History

• King John: signed and sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede (1215)
• Charles Goodyear: received a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber (1844)
• John Lennon: first met Paul McCartney when Lennon's rock group, The Quarrymen, performed at a church dinner; Lennon was 15, McCartney was 13 (1956)
• Dan Quayle: famous "potatoe" misspelling incident occurred (1992)
• 2002 MN: asteroid had a near miss as it flew by Earth (2002)

Birthdays

• Edward the Black 1330
• Erik H. Erickson 1902
• David Rose 1910
• Erroll Garner 1921
• Mario Cuomo 1932
• Waylon Jennings 1937
• Harry Nilson 1941
• Janet Lennon 1946 - Singer (The Lennon Sisters)
• Jim Varney 1949
• Simon Callow 1949
• Russell Hitchcock 1949 - Musician (Air Supply)
• Steve Walsh 1951 - Musician (Kansas)
• Terri Gibbs 1954
• Jim Belushi 1954
• Julie Hagerty 1955
• Brett Butler 1957 - Baseball player
• Wade Boggs 1958
• Helen Hunt 1963
• Scott Rockenfield 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
• Courteney Cox 1964 - Actress ("Friends")
• Michael Britt 1966 - Musician (Lonestar)
• Jimmy McD 1968
• Ice Cube 1969 - Rapper
• Leah Remini 1970
• T-Bone Willy 1972 - Musician (Save Farris)
• Neil Patrick Harris 1973
• Elizabeth Reasor 1975 - Actress ("The Family Stone", "Twilight")
• Billy Martin 1981 - Musician (Good Charlotte)