Sunday, September 2, 2012

velleity \vuh-LEE-i-tee\, noun:

1. Volition in its weakest form.

2. A mere wish, unaccompanied by an effort to obtain it.

Velleity stems from the Latin word velle which meant "to be willing." The suffix -ity is used for abstract nouns.

what happens in vegas

• Usually followed by 'stays in Vegas' - the details events of a weekend or short amount of time a person spent out of town are suppressed. The term would usually refer to someone going by themselves or with friends for a weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada, but you could apply it to another city/town if the other person knew what you were referring to.

"Whoa you twisted your pelvis while you're away? How did that happen"

"What happens in Vegas..."

Trivia

• This weekend's trivia will be posted on TUESDAY due to the holiday.

History

• Great Fire of London: conflagration that wiped out much of London began (1666 OS)
• United States Department of the Treasury: was established by an act of Congress (1789)
• "Speak softly and carry a big stick": policy was enunciated by US vice president Theodore Roosevelt at the Minnesota State Fair (1901)
• Japan's surrender: WWII officially came to an end with a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (1945)
• Principality of Sealand: North Sea micronation located off the coast of Suffolk was established by Paddy Roy Bates, who has ruled it ever since (1967)

Birthdays

• Cleveland Amory 1917
• Laurindo Almeida 1917
• Allen Drury 1918
• Martha Mitchell 1918
• Marge Champion 1923
• Horace Silver 1928
• Eddie Price 1929
• Grady Nutt 1934 - Comedian ("Hee Haw")
• Peter Ueberroth 1937
• Sam Gooden (Roosters, The Impressions) 1939
• Jimmy Clanton 1940
• Tom Keating 1942
• Joe Simon 1943
• Luke Walker 1943
• Rosalind Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas) 1943
• Marty Grebb (The Buckinghams) 1946
• Terry Bradshaw 1948
• Christa McAuliffe 1948
• Nate 'Tiny' Archibald 1948
• Jerry Augustyniak (10,000 Maniacs) 1948
• Lamar Johnson 1950
• Mark Harmon 1951
• Lenvil Elliott 1951
• Jimmy Connors 1952
• Rick Manning 1954
• Linda Purl 1955
• Steve Porcaro (Toto) 1957
• Fritz McIntyre (Simply Red) 1958
• Paul Deakin (The Mavericks) 1959
• Eric Dickerson 1960
• Keanu Reeves 1964
• Salma Hayek 1966
• K-Ci (Jodeci) 1969
• Tony Thompson 1975

Salma Hayek demnstrates the proper technique for giving me a handy jay!

Happy berfday, yo!