TGIF: Friday, August 2, 2013

gobbet \GOB-it\, noun:

1. a lump or mass.
2. a fragment or piece, especially of raw flesh

Gobbet comes from the Old French word gobe meaning "a mouthful."
Moronimated

• Something so dumb it has to be animated.

Axe Cop's Sockarang is moronimated.

Trivia

What is unique about the lone dissenter in The Holdout, Norman Rockwell’s famous painting of frustrated jurors during deliberations?

• The dissenter is the only woman on the panel. The painting appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on February 14, 1959.

History

• Declaration of Independence: members of the Continental Congress began putting their John Hancocks on "The Unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America" (1776)
• Marihuana Tax Act: US law doused marijuana use, sale and possession with sheer legal intricacy (1937)
• PT-109: a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer (1943)
• Gulf of Tonkin: the Pentagon reported attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese; the incident led to a Congressional resolution and expansion of the war effort (1964)
• Kuwait: was invaded by Iraq, triggering the Gulf War five months later (1990)

Birthdays

• Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss 1891
• Myrna Loy 1905
• Beatrice Straight 1918
• James Baldwin 1924
• Carroll O'Connor 1924
• Peter O'Toole 1932
• Hank Cochran 1935
• Garth Hudson (The Band) 1937
• Wes Craven 1939
• Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips) 1939
• Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles) 1941
• Kathy Lennon 1942 - Musician (The Lennon Sisters)
• Max Wright 1943
• Joanna Cassidy 1945
• Lance Ito 1950
• Andrew Gold 1951
• Mojo Nixon 1957
• Victoria Jackson 1959
• Apollonia 1961
• Cynthia Stevenson 1963
• Mary-Louise Parker1964
• John Stanier (Helmet) 1968
• Kevin Smith 1970
• Zelma Davis (C+C Music Factory) 1970
• Angel Lynn Boris 1974
• Edward Furlong 1977