Friday, March 22, 2013

TGIF! Friday March 22, 2013

shilly-shally \SHIL-ee-shal-ee\, verb:
  1. to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
  2. to waste time; dawdle.
noun:
  1. irresolution; indecision; vacillation: It was sheer shilly-shally on his part.
adjective:
  1. irresolute; undecided; vacillating.
In the great tradition of reduplicating a phrase to infuse it with a dose of levity, shilly-shally comes from the phrase “shall I, shall I.” When shilly-shally first entered English at the turn of the eighteenth century, it was spelled "shill I, shall I."
ermahgerd
  • used for internet memes. An obnoxious way to say "Oh, My God" with strong emphasis on the R sounds. Typically followed by other words with emphasis on the R sounds.
ERMAHGERD, ERNSTAGERM (Oh, my god, Instagram)
ERMAHGERD, MER FERCE HERTS (Oh, my god, my face hurts)
Trivia
What served as the trophy in 1876 when dancers Nelly Saunders and Rose Harland competed in the first women’s boxing match in the U.S.?
  • A silver-plated butter dish. Saunders, a boxer’s wife, also won $200. The match was held in New York City.
History
  • Stamp Act: tax was imposed by Britain on the American colonies; it raised intense opposition (1765)
  • hockey: the first Stanley Cup championship game was played; Montreal's Amateur Athletic Association beat the Ottawa Capitals, 3-1 (1894)
  • motion pictures: August and Louis Lumière demonstrated the first movies using celluloid film in Paris (1895)
  • Equal Rights Amendment: was approved by US Congress; it was never ratified by requisite majority of states (1972)
  • Flying Wallendas: patriarch Karl Wallenda fell to his death from a tightrope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico (1978)
  • Hale-Bopp: comet passed the closest to Earth till the year 4397 at a distance of 1.315 AU (1997)
Birthdays
  • Sir Anthony Van Dyke 1599
  • Johnny Evers 1883 - Baseball player
  • Chico Marx 1887
  • Louis L'Amour 1908 - Author
  • Wilfrid Brambell 1912
  • Karl Malden 1913 - Actor
  • Virginia Grey 1917
  • Ross Martin 1920
  • Werner Klemperer 1920
  • Marcel Marceau 1923 - Pantomimist
  • Bill Wendell 1924
  • Allen H. Neuharth 1924 - Founder of USA Today
  • Easy Ed Macauley 1928
  • Pat Robertson 1930
  • Stephen Sondheim 1930 - Composer, lyricist
  • William Shatner 1931 - Actor
  • May Britt 1933
  • J.P. McCarthy 1933
  • M. Emmett Walsh 1935 - Actor
  • Glen Campbell 1936
  • Tom Flores 1937 - Football player
  • Johnny Ferguson 1937
  • Dave Keon 1940 - Hockey player
  • Bruno Ganz 1941
  • imagebam.comBarbara Parkins 1942
  • George Benson 1943 - Singer, musician
  • Keith Relf 1943 - Musician (Yardbirds)
  • Jeremy Clyde 1944 - Actor, singer (Chad & Jeremy)
  • Harry Vanda 1947 - Musician (The Easybeats)
  • James Patterson 1947 - Author
  • Wolf Blitzer 1948 - liberal mouthpiece
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948 - Composer
  • Randy Hobbs 1948 - Musician (The McCoys)
  • Fanny Ardent 1949 - Actress
  • Bob Costas 1952 - Sportscaster
  • James House 1955 - Country singer
  • Lena Olin 1955 - Actress ("Alias")
  • Stephani Mills 1957 - Actress, singer
  • Matthew Modine 1959 - Actor
  • Marcus Camby 1974 - Basketball player
  • Cole Hauser 1975 - Actor
  • Kellie Williams 1976 - Actress
  • Reese Witherspoon 1976 - Actress ("American Psycho")
  • John Otto 1977 - Musician (Limp Bizkit)

0 comments: