Monday, March 25, 2013

madcap \MAD-kap\, adjective:

1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.

noun:

1. a madcap person.

Madcap is a portmanteau dated back to the late 1500s. The first part of this word comes from the Old High German gimeit, literally meaning "foolish" or "vain," and the second part takes a metaphorical spin on the the Late Latin cappa meaning "a hooded cloak."

lololol

1. Laughing Out Loud Obnoxiously Lengthily On-Line
2. A lengthier version of LOL.

I want to emphasise how much I'm laughing out loud, by typing too many letters in a three-letter acronym! LOLOLOL

Trivia
What famous mystery writer claimed she got her best story ideas while sitting in a bathtub munching on green apples?

• Agatha Christie.

Holiday

• Passover (begins at sundown)

History

• Robert the Bruce: became king of not-yet-independent Scotland; in 1328, after many battles, England's King Edward III finally recognized Scotland's independence and Bruce as its king (1306)
• Maryland: was founded by settlers sent by Lord Baltimore (1634)
• Coxey's Army: the first popular protest march on Washington left Massillon, Ohio, led by Jacob Coxey; the men sought legislation to create jobs in a depression year (1894)
• Bed-In for Peace: John Lennon and Yoko Ono celebrated their marriage with their first weeklong stay in bed, in an Amsterdam hotel with the press onlooking (1969)
• "How long, not long": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers a speech on the steps of Alabama's state capitol, at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march (1965)
• European Economic Community: was established with the Treaty of Rome; it comprised W. Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg (1957)

Birthdays

• William Bell Wait 1839
• Arturo Toscanini 1867
• John Gutzon Borglum 1871
• Bela Bartok 1881
• Ed Begley, Sr. 1901
• Frankie Carle 1903
• David Lean 1908
• Jeanne Cagney 1919
• Howard Cosell 1920
• Nancy Kelly 1921
• Simone Signoret 1921
• Eileen Ford 1922
• Jim Lovell 1928 - Astronaut
• Flannery O’Connor 1925
• Gene Shalit 1932 - Movie critic
• Bonnie Guitar 1934
• Gloria Steinem 1934 - Feminist author
• Johnny Burnette 1935
• Hoyt Axton 1938
• Anita Bryant 1940 - Singer
• Aretha Franklin 1942 - Singer
• Paul Michael Glaser 1943 - Actor ("Third Watch", "Starsky and Hutch")
• Bonnie Bedelia 1948 - Actress ("Parenthood")
• Nick Lowe 1949 - Singer
• Elton John 1947 - Singer, musician
• Kelly Garrett 1948
• Neil Jones 1949 - Musician (Amen Corner)
• Maisie Williams 1951 - (Boney M)
• Mary Gross 1953 - Actress, comedian
• James McDaniel 1958 - Actor ("NYPD Blue")
• Brenda Song 1960 - Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
• John Stockwell 1961 - Actor, writer, director
• Marcia Cross 1962 - Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
• Lisa Gay Hamilton 1964 - Actress ("The Practice")
• Sarah Jessica Parker 1965 - Actress ("Sex and the City", "Failure to Launch")
• Tom Glavin 1966 - Baseball player
• Jeff Healey 1966 - Musician
• Debi Thomas 1967 - Olympic bronze medal figure skater
• Sheryl Swoops 1971 - Basketball player
• Melanie Blatt 1975 - Singer (All Saints)
• Lee Pace 1979 - Actor ("Pushing Daisies")
• Danica Patrick 1982 - Auto racer
• Katherine McPhee 1984 - Singer ("American Idol")
• Jason Castro 1987 - Singer ("American Idol")
• Aly Michalka 1989 - Actress, singer ("Aly and AJ")