Monday, August 27, 2012

concatenate \kon-KAT-n-eyt\, verb:

1. To link together; unite in a series or chain.

adjective:

1. Linked together, as in a chain.

Concatenate stems from the Latin word concatēnātus meaning "to link together."
Legitimate Rape

• Rape between one man and one woman who are not married or even acquainted; the only rape sanctioned by the Republican Party.

"Was it legitimate rape, or was it just like, hilarious prison rape or acceptable acquaintance rape?"

Trivia
In his 1976 hit song “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” how many ways did Paul Simon list?

• Seven.

History

• Edwin Drake: drilled America's first successful oil well near Titusville, PA
• Krakatoa: volcano erupted in the loudest explosion ever recorded; the resultant tsunami killed 36,000 (1883)
• Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in history ended after less than an hour when Zanzibar surrendered (1896)
• Kellogg-Briand Pact: multinational treaty signed in Paris outlawed war — about 11 years before the same nations took part in WWII (1928)
• Mariner 2: the US launched a space probe to Venus; it flew past the planet in December (1962)
• Mars: the red planet got up close and personal with Earth — only 55,758,006 km away (2003)

Birthdays

• George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770
• Margaret Hungerford 1850
• Theodore Dreiser 1871
• Charles Rolls 1877
• Lyndon B. Johnson (U.S.) 1908
• Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (Mother Theresa) 1910
• Martha Raye 1916
• Jimmy C. Newman 1927
• Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi (South Africa) 1928
• Ira Levin 1929
• Carter Stanley 1935 - Musician (Stanley Brothers)
• J.D. Crowe 1937
• Tommy Sands 1937

• Daryl Dragon 1942 - Musician (The Captain and Tennille)
• Tuesday Weld 1943
• Tim Bogert 1944 - Musician (Vanilla Fudge)
• Marianne Sagebrecht 1945
• Harry Reems 1947
• Barbara Bach 1947
• Jeff Cook 1949 - Musician (Alabama)
• Buddy Bell 1951
• Paul "Pee-wee Herman" Reubens 1952
• Willy DeVille 1953
• Alex Lifeson 1953 - Musician (Rush)
• Diana Scarwid 1955
• Glenn Matlock 1956 - Musician (Sex Pistols) 
• Dean Delvin 1962
• Mike Johnson 1965 - Musician (Dinosaur Jr.)
• Bobo 1968 - Musician (Cypres Hill)
• Tony Kanal 1970 - Musician (No Doubt)
• Sarah Chalke 1976
• Jon Siebels 1979 - Musician (Eve)