Tuesday, July 3, 2012

agemate \EYJ-meyt\, noun:

• A person of about the same age as another.

Agemate entered English in the late 1500s when the word mate meant "guest" in Old English.

Rock Out With My Spock Out

• To openly be a fan of any of the Star Trek series and/or films. Also known as a "Trekky".

Nerd #1: Did you hear about the Star Trek marathon tonight?

Nerd #2: Affirmative, Captain. I'm gonna Rock Out With My Spock Out.

Trivia

Approximately how many grains of pollen can a single ragweed plant produce in a season?

• Up to a billion.

History

• Quebec: city was founded by Samuel de Champlain (1608)
• great auks: the last pair of the extinct species, found incubating an egg, was killed (1844)
• Battle of Gettysburg: the bloodiest battle in America's Civil War ended with Union forces beating back Confederate troops (1863)
• Algeria: became independent after 132 years of French rule (1962)
• Jackie Robinson: became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (1962)

Birthdays

• Edward Young 1683
• George M. Cohan 1878
• Franz Kafka 1883 - author
• George Sanders 1906
• Jerry Gray 1915
• John Kundla 1916 - Basketball player
• Susan Peters 1921
• Ken Russell 1927
• Pete Fountain 1930 - Musician
• Tom Stoppard 1937 - Playwright
• Jay Tarses 1939 - Writer, producer
• Fontella Bass 1940
• Kurtwood Smith 1943 - Actor ("That 70's Show")
• Michael Cole 1945 - Actor ("The Mod Squad")
• Johnny Lee 1946
• Betty Buckley 1947 - Actress ("Eight is Enough," "Cats")
• Dave Barry 1947 - Humor writer
• Paul Barrere 1948 - Musician (Little Feat)
• Jan Smithers 1949 - Actress ("WKRP In Cincinatti")
• Jean-Claude Duvalier (Haiti) 1951
• Neil Clark 1955 - Musician (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
• Montel Williams 1956 - Talk show host
• Laura Branigan 1957
• Aaron Tippin 1958
• Vince Clarke 1960 - Musician (Erasure, Depeche Mode)
• Liz Stewart 1961 - actress, Playmate
• Pía Reyes 1961 - actress, Playmate
• Tom Cruise 1962 - Actor
• Thomas Gibson 1962 - Actor ("Dharma and Greg")
• Hunter Tylo 1962 - Actress ("The Bold and the Beautiful")
• Yeardley Smith 1964 - Actress ("The Simpsons")
• Moises Alou 1966 - Baseball player
• Kevin Hearn 1969 - Musician (Barenaked Ladies)
• Audra McDonald 1970 - Singer, actress
• Patrick Wilson 1973 - Actor