plethoric \ple-THAWR-ik, -THOR-, PLETH-uh-rik\, adjective:
1. overfull; turgid; inflated: a plethoric, pompous speech.2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by plethora.
Plethoric came to English in the late 1300s from the Greek plethore meaning "fullness."
Update Day
- The one day, usually every month or so, where you finally crack, and update Adobe, Itunes, Steam, and a bunch of other crap all day. Basically renders your computer useless if you are using anything but solitaire.
God dammit! iTunes wants me too update! And Steam too! I guess it is update day again.
Trivia
How many permanent crew members live aboard the 414-foot megayacht Octopus, owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen?
How many permanent crew members live aboard the 414-foot megayacht Octopus, owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen?
- 60. Some of them are former Navy Seals, which no doubt comes in handy since the yacht also houses two submarines, two helicopters, and eight boats.
- "shot heard 'round the world": was fired, starting the American Revolution (1775)
- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: the Jews began an armed resistance against the Nazis (1943)
- "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away": General Douglas MacArthur bid farewell to Congress (1951)
- The Simpsons: the animated dysfunctional family debuted on The Tracy Ullman Show (1987)
- Oklahoma City Bombing: truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 (1995)
Birthdays
- David Ricardo 1772 - Economist, author
- Ole Evinrude 1877
- Eliot Ness 1903
- Tommy Benford 1905 - Musician (Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers)
- Frank Fontaine 1920
- Kenneth Battelle 1927
- Don Barbour 1927 - Singer (The Four Freshmen)
- Alexis Korner 1928 - Musician, singer
- Hugh O'Brian 1930 - Actor ("The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp")
- Alex Webster 1931 - Football player
- Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jane Palmer) 1932 - Actress ("It Takes a Thief")
- Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman) 1934 - Entertainer (Buchanan and Goodman)
- Dudley Moore 1935 - Actor ("Arthur", "Bedazzled")
- Wilfried Martens 1936 - Belgium Prime Minister
- Elinor Donahue 1937 - Actress ("Father Knows Best", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Pretty Woman")
- Bobby Russell 1941
- Alan Price 1942 - Musician (Alan Price Combo, The Animals)
- Larry (Hilario) Ramos Jr. 1942 - Musician, singer (The Association)
- Czeslaw Bartkowski 1943 - Jazz composer, musician
- Mark "Flo" Volman 1944 - Musician (Crossfires, Phlorescent Leech and Eddy, Turtles, Nightriders)
- Tim Curry 1946 - Actor ("Stephen King’s It", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Legend")
- Paloma Picasso 1949
- Lynn Powis 1949 - Hockey player
- Tony Plana 1952 - Actor ("Ugly Betty")
- Sue Barker 1956 - Tennis player
- Paul Mario Day 1956 - Musician (the original lead vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1975 to 1976)
- Al Unser, Jr. 1962
- Suge Knight 1965 - Record company executive (Tha Row)
- Ashley Judd 1968 - Actress
- Bekka Bramlett 1968
- James Franco 1978 - Actor ("Milk", "Spider-Man")
- Kate Hudson 1979 - Actress
- Hayden Christensen 1981 - Actor ("Life as a House", "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones", "Star Wars: Episode III - Revent of the Sith")
- Catalina Sandino Moreno 1981 - Actress
- Troy Polamalu 1981 - Football player
- Courtland Mead 1987
- Maria Sharapova 1987 - Tennis player
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