Thursday, August 30, 2012

nomothetic \nom-uh-THET-ik\, adjective:

1. Giving or establishing laws; legislative.

2. Founded upon or derived from law.

3. Psychology. Pertaining to or involving the study or formulation of general or universal laws (opposed to idiographic).

Nomothetic stems from Greek roots nomo- meaning "law, custom" and thet meaning "place, set."
lance armstrong

• A man who can do more with one testicle than most could do with a pair.

Lance Armstrong rides his bike fast. With one testicle.
Trivia

What 18th-century composer fought a near-fatal duel with a fellow musician over seating in an orchestra pit?

• George Frideric Handel, who survived a sword thrust from Johann Mattheson thanks to a large metal button on his coat.

History

• Melbourne: Australian city named for British prime minister Lord Melbourne was founded (1835)
• Second Battle of Bull Run: in the US Civil War, the Confederates achieved a victory over Union forces (1862)
• hotline: a direct link between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war (1963)
• Thurgood Marshall: was confirmed as the first black US Supreme Court justice (1967)
• The Late Show with David Letterman: late-night talk show premiered on CBS (1993)

Birthdays

• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797
• Emily Bronte 1818
• Maria Montessori 1870
• Dr. Claire Straith 1891
• Huey P. Long 1893
• Raymond Massey 1896
• Roy Wilkins 1901
• Shirley Booth 1907
• Fred MacMurray 1908
• John Gunther 1901
• Joan Blondell 1912
• Julie Bishop 1914
• Ted Williams 1918
• Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason) 1919
• Regina Resnik 1922
• Robert H. Rines 1922
• Geoffrey Beene 1927
• Bill Daily 1928
• John Phillips (Mamas and the Papas) 1935
• Elizabeth Ashley 1939
• Ben Jones 1941
• John McNally (The Searchers) 1941
• Robert Crumb 1943
• Jean-Claude Killy 1943
• Peggy Lipton 1947
• Jon Paul Kolb 1947
• Mick Moody (Whitesnake) 1950
• Timothy Bottoms 1951
• David Paymer 1954
• Michael Chiklis 1963
• Michael Michele 1966
• Sherrie Austin 1971
• Cameron Diaz 1972
• Lisa Ling 1973
• Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish) 1980