Monday, October 22, 2012

crasis \KREY-sis\, noun:

• Composition; constitution; makeup.

Crasis is derived from the Greek word krâsis which meant "mixture, blend." Binders full of women

• Where Mitt Romney gets his women from

Joe: Bit of a sausagefest we've got in this cabinet, we need to find some ladies!
Mitt: Not to worry, I've got binders full of women we can choose from!
Trivia
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History

• the Great Disappointment: adherents of Millerism found that Jesus had not returned; most left the movement, while the rest figured out that it was the beginning of investigative judgment in heaven (1844)
• the Met: NYC's famous opera house opened with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust (1883)
• Toastmasters International: public speaking educational organization was founded in Santa Ana, California (1924)
• Cuban Missile Crisis: JFK imposed an air and naval blockade on Cuba after learning of Soviet missile bases there (1962)
• Chandrayaan-1: India launched its first unmanned lunar probe (2008)

Birthdays

• Franz Liszt 1811
• Sarah Bernhardt 1844
• Giovanni Martinelli 1885

• Curly Howard 1903
• George Beadle 1903
• Constance Bennett 1905
• Jimmie Foxx (MLB) 1907
• Boots Mallory 1913
• Harry Walker (MLB) 1916
• Joan Fontaine 1917
• Doris Lessing 1919
• Mitzi Green 1920
• Timothy Leary 1920
• Slater Martin (NBA) 1925
• Robert Rauschenberg 1925
• Dory Previn 1930
• Derek Jacobi 1938
• Christopher Lloyd 1938
• Tony Roberts 1939
• Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) 1939
• Stanley Mazor 1941
• Annette Funicello 1942

• Catherine Deneuve 1943
• Bobby Fuller (Bobby Fuller Four) 1943
• Leslie West (Mountain) 1945
• Eddie Brigati (The [Young] Rascals) 1945
• Butch Goring (NHL) 1949
• Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) 1949
• Jeff Goldblum 1952
• Patti Davis 1953
• Jamie Quirk (MLB) 1954
• Todd Graff 1959
• Cris Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) 1960
• John Wesley Harding 1965
• Valeria Golino 1966
• Shaggy 1968
• Shelby Lynne 1968
• Tracey Lee 1970
• Ichiro Suzuki 1973
• Michael Fishman 1980
• Zachary Hanson (Hanson) 1985
• Jonathan Lipnicki 1990