Tuesday, December 25, 2012

adiaphorous \ad-ee-AF-er-uhs\, adjective:

• Doing neither good nor harm, as a medicine.

Adiaphorous is derived from the Greek, adiaphoros, meaning 'indifferent.'
since i fell off my dinosaur

• A term used to describe something that you haven't heard or seen in forever.

Me: Dude, is that a Yugo?
Friend: Dafuq? I haven't seen one since i fell off my dinosaur.
Trivia
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Holiday

• Christmas Day

History

• William the Conqueror: monarch also known as William the Bastard was crowned king of England (1066)
• George Washington: crossed the Delaware River to attack British forces in New Jersey (1776)
• Nicolae Ceauşescu: Romanian leader and his wife were executed (1989)

Birthdays

• Jesus of Nazareth (c.4 BCE-c.30 CE): teacher and prophet, considered by Christians to be the Messiah; his birth is celebrated today
• Sir Isaac Newton 1642
• Clara Barton 1821
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah 1876
• Maurice Utrillo 1883
• Conrad Hilton 1887
• Dame Rebecca West 1892
• Robert Ripley 1893
• Cal Farley 1895
• Humphrey Bogart 1899
• Cab (Cabell) Calloway III 1907
• Tony Martin 1914 - Singer
• Pete Rugolo 1915
• Anwar Sadat (Egypt) 1918
• Robert N. Hall 1919
• Rod Serling 1924
• Dick Miller 1928 - Actor
• Chris Kenner 1929
• O’Kelly Isley 1937 - Musician (The Isley Brothers)
• Hanna Schygulla 1943 - Actress
• Henry Vestine 1944 - Musician (Canned Heat)
• John Edwards 1944 - Musician (The Spinners)
• Ken Stabler (NFL) 1945
• Gary Sandy 1945 - Actor ("WKRP In Cincinnati")
• Noel Redding 1945 - Musician (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
• Larry Csonka 1946 - Football player
• Jimmy Buffett 1946 - Singer
• Barbara Mandrell 1948

• Sissy Spacek 1949 - Actress
• Desireless 1952
• Steve Wariner 1954 - Country Singer
• Robin Campbell (UB40) 1954
• Annie Lennox 1954 - Singer (Eurythmics)
• Shane McGowan (Pogues) 1957
• Klea Scott 1968
• Noel Hogan 1971 - Musician (Cranberries)
• Alecia Elliot 1982 - Country singer