Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

fen \fen\, noun:
  1. low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
  2. the Fens, a marshy region W and S of The Wash, in E England.
Fen came from the Old English term fenn, and ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European root pen- meaning "swamp."
Porno elbow
  • An medical variant of the condition known as 'tennis elbow' primarily affecting the dominant arm of hyperactive males who don't play tennis.
Jim: What's going on Doc? I can barely bend my right elbow.
Doctor: It's obviously a severe case of tennis elbow.
Jim: I don't play tennis, Dude.
Doctor: Do you stay up late, alone with a computer?
Jim: Uhh Maybe
Doctor: Are you right handed Jim?
Jim: Uhh Ya
Doctor: Jim, sorry to tell you but it looks like you've got a severe case of porno elbow. Unplug the computer for two weeks and you'll be fine.
Trivia
When do observant Muslims eat their meals during Ramadan, the monthlong period of inner reflection, fasting, and prayer?
  • Before dawn and after sunset daily. The morning meal is called the suhoor;the evening meal, the iftar.
History
  • Monkey Trial: proceedings began against John Scopes, who broke Tennessee state law by teaching evolution to high school students (1925)
  • Meher Baba: Indian spiritual master began a silence "to save mankind from monumental ignorance," which ended up lasting 44 years till his death (1925)
  • Battle of Britain: German began to attack Britain by air (1940)
  • Telstar: the first communications satellite was launched into orbit (1962)
  • Coca-Cola Classic: the Coca-Cola Co. announced it would bring back its original formula after customers reacted negatively to New Coke (1985)
Birthdays
  • John Calvin 1509
  • James Whistler 1834
  • Aldolphus Busch 1842
  • Nikola Tesla 1856
  • Marcel Proust 1871
  • Mary McLeod Bethune 1875
  • Edmund Clerihew Bentley 1875
  • John Gilbert 1897
  • Ljuba Welitsch 1913
  • Milt Buckner 1915
  • Dick Cary 1916
  • Don Herbert 1917
  • David Brinkley 1920
  • Jake LaMotta 1921
  • Jeff Donnell 1921
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver 1921
  • Jean Kerr 1923
  • Fred Gwynne 1926
  • David N. Dinkins 1927
  • Ivan Passer 1933
  • Jerry Herman 1933
  • Sandy Stewart 1937
  • Lawrence Pressman 1939
  • Mills Watson 1940
  • Robert Pine 1941
  • Ian Whitcomb 1941
  • Arthur Ashe 1943
  • Jerry Miller 1943 - Musician (Moby Grape)
  • Ron Glass 1945
  • Virginia Wade 1945
  • Hal McRae 1946
  • Sue Lyon 1946
  • Arlo Guthrie 1947
  • Ronnie James Dio 1949 - Musician (DIO)
  • Cheryl Wheeler 1951
  • Neil Tennant 1954 - Musician (Pet Shop Boys)
  • Bela Fleck 1958
  • Hawkshaw Wilson 1960 - Musician (BR5-49)
  • Peter DiStefano 1965 - Musician (Porno for Pyros)
    Sofia Vergara 1972
  • Jessica Simpson 1980

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