Sunday, June 3, 2012

armamentarium \ahr-muh-muhn-TAIR-ee-uhm\, noun:

1. A fruitful source of devices or materials available or used for an undertaking.
2. The aggregate of equipment, methods, and techniques available to one for carrying out one's duties.

Armamentarium comes from the Latin root armament, which refers to equipment used by a military unit. The suffix -arium denotes a location or receptacle.
Wall Street

1. The biggest casino in the world for people of Main Street (bigger than Las Vegas).
2. A term used to describe the area for Day Traders in downtown New York, where people buy and sell mostly for emotional reasons.

1. (two average Joes on Main Street)

John: I diversify my investments by spreading my dollars across many stocks.
Steve: Don't you realize you're gambling?
John: My stock broker says I'm not gambling.
Steve: Technically you're not gambling, but your stock broker is.

 

2. (two brokers on Wall Street)
Trever: Did you hear apple supply is up this year?
Dave: Sell! Sell! Sell!
Tever: But you didn't let me finish my ...
Dave: Buy! Buy! Buy!
Trivia
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History

• ''Casey at the Bat'': was first published, in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)
• Duke of Windsor: the former King Edward VIII wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson, for love of whom he abdicated the throne of England (1937)
• Edward White: Gemini 4 astronaut became the first American to walk in space (1965)
• Tupolev Tu-144: Soviet jet crashed at the Paris Air Show; it was the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft (1973)
• The Producers: Broadway musical by Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards (2001)

Birthdays

• William Hone 1780
• Richard Cobden 1804
• Jefferson Davis 1808
• Maurice Evans 1901
• Jan Pierce 1904
• Josephine Baker 1906
• Ellen Corby 1911
• Paulette Goddard 1911
• Leo Gorcey 1915
• Lily St. Cyr 1917
• Tony Curtis 1925 - Actor
• Allen Ginsberg 1926
• Colleen Dewhurst 1926
• Boots Randolph 1927
• Chuck Barris 1929 - Game show host ("The Gong Show")
• Dakota Stanton 1932
• Larry McMurtry 1936 - Author
• Curtis Mayfield 1942
• Billy Cunningham 1943 - Basketball player
• Emmit Thomas 1943 - Football player
• Mike Clark 1944 - Musician (The Byrds)
• Ian Hunter 1946 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
• John Paul Jones 1946 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Michael Burton 1947
• Too Slim 1948 - Musician (Riders in the Sky)
• Suzi Quatro 1950 - Singer
• Deniece Williams 1951 - Actress
• Billy Powell 1952 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 
• Dan Hill 1954
• Scott Valentine 1958
• Charles Hart 1961
• Mike Gordon 1965 - Musician (Phish)
• Anderson Cooper 1967 - Broadcast journalist
• Gabriel Hernandez (No Mercy) 1971
• Ariel Hernandez (No Mercy) 1971
• Rafael Nadal 1986 - Tennis player