Sunday, August 19, 2012

compeer \kuhm-PEER\, noun:

1. Close friend; comrade.
2. An equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.

verb:

1. Archaic. To be the equal of; match.

Compeer comes from the Latin word parem which meant "equal." The prefix com- means "with, together or in association." mines

• a word that dumbasses use to mean possession.

Those books are mines.
That's mines.
You got mines?
Trivia

• Weekend trivia is posted on MONDAY

History

• Old Ironsides: the USS Constitution defeated the British ship HMS Guerrière off the coast of Newfoundland during the War of 1812 (1812)
• Sputnik 5: Soviet satellite entered orbit with dogs, rats, mice and plants aboard; all returned safely the next day (1960)
• Bitches Brew: trumpeter Miles Davis began three days of recording the iconic jazz-rock album (1969)
• Iraq War: a suicide truck bomb killed 22 at the UN compound in Baghdad, including envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello (2003)

Birthdays

• Bernard Baruch 1870
• Orville Wright 1871
• Coco Chanel 1883
• Alfred Lunt 1892
• Ogden Nash 1902
• James Cozzens 1903
• Claude Dauphin 1903
• Philo Taylor Farnsworth 1906
• June Collyer 1907
• Ring Lardner Jr. 1915
• George Rowles 1918
• Malcolm Forbes 1919
• Gene Roddenberry 1921
• L.Q. Jones 1927
• Willie Shoemaker 1931
• Debra Paget 1933
• Bobby Richardson 1935
• Diana Muldaur 1938
• Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) 1939
• Johnny Nash 1940
• Jill St. John 1940
• Billy J. Kramer (The Dakotas) 1943
• Eddy Raven 1944
• Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) 1945
• Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton (U.S.) 1946 POTUS impeached for perjury
• Tipper Gore 1948 free speech hating cunt
• Gerald McRaney 1948
• Deana (Dina) Martin 1948 - Singer, actor, daughter of Dean Martin
• John Deacon (Queen) 1951
• Jonathan Frakes 1952
• Mary Matalin 1953
• Peter Gallagher 1955
• Adam Arkin 1956
• Gary Chapman 1957
• Martin Donovan 1957
• Ron Darling 1960
• Eric Lutes 1962
• John Stamos 1963
• Kevin Dillon 1965

• Kyra Sedgwick 1965
• Lee Ann Womack 1966
• Tabitha Soren 1967
• Mark McGuinn 1968
• Clay Walker 1969
• Matthew Perry 1969 - Actor ("Friends")
• Fat Joe 1970
• M.C. Eric (Technotronic) 1970
• Mary Joe Fernandez 1971
• Erika Christiansen 1982
• J. Evan Bonifant 1985
• Lil' Romeo 1989