Tuesday, August 21, 2012

orectic \aw-REK-tik\, adjective:

• Of or pertaining to desire; appetitive.

Orectic is derived from the Greek word orektikós meaning "appetitive." playing with sharks

• used to describe a person who is crazy to the point of putting themselves in obvious harm's way for no reason. See also fucking with cobras

The cops were just about to let Ryan off with a warning before he made that crack about smelling bacon. That boy's playing with sharks.

Trivia
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History

• Lincoln-Douglas debates: began in the Illinois Senate race; slavery and states' rights were the main issues (1858)
• Mona Lisa: was stolen from the Louvre by a museum employee; she was recovered two years later (1911)
• Leon Trotsky: Soviet revolutionary died of wounds inflicted by a Stalinist assassin with an ice axe (1940)

Birthdays

• Aubrey Beardsley 1872
• William Count Basie 1904
• Chris Schenkel 1923
• Jack Weston 1924
• Art Farmer 1928
• Elmo Langley 1928
• Princess Margaret (Britain) 1930
• Melvin Van Peebles 1932
• Wilt Chamberlain 1936
• Kenny Rogers 1938
• James Burton 1939
• Clarence Williams III 1939
• Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) 1939
• Ernie Maresca 1939 - Musician
• Jackie DeShannon 1944
• Willie Lanier 1945
• Patty McCormack 1945
• Carl Giammarese (The Buckinghams) 1947
• Harry Smith 1951
• Joe Strummer (The Clash) 1952
• Nick Kane (The Mavericks) 1954
• Kim Cattrall 1956
• Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge) 1957
• Budgie (Siouzie and the Banshees) 1957
• Jim McMahon 1959
• Carrie-Anne Moss 1970
• Liam Howlett (Prodigy) 1971
• Gary Whitta 1972 - Screenwriter, author, video game designer
• Alicia Witt 1975
• Hayden Panettiere 1989