Thursday, August 01, 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

scabrous \SKAB-ruhs\, adjective: 
1. full of difficulties.
2. having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
3. indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene: scabrous books.
Scabrous is related to the common word scab. Both terms come from the Latin word scaber meaning "rough." 
  • A person's sidekick who texts for the driver.
Louie never drives and texts. He has his own textretary to send messages.
Trivia
What fierce National Football League pass rusher coined the term sack to describe tackling a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage?
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones, leader of the Los Angeles Rams’s Fearsome Foursome, in 1967. He explained his use of the word: “You know, like you sack a city —you devastate it.”
History
  • Slavery Abolition Act 1833: abolished slavery in Britain and Ireland
  • WWI: erupted as Germany declared war on Russia (1914)
  • Fulbright: scholarship program was signed into US law (1946)
  • MTV: cable music station was launched with, aptly, The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1981)
Birthdays
  • Francis Scott Key 1779
  • Herman Melville 1819
  • Arthur Hill 1922
  • Lionel Bart 1930
  • Geoffrey Holder 1930
  • Tom Wilson 1931
  • Ramblin' Jack Elliot 1931
  • Dom DeLuise 1933
  • Yves Saint Laurent 1936
  • Giancarlo Giannini 1942
  • Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) 1942
  • Boz Burrell (Bad Company) 1946
  • Tim Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) 1951
  • Robert Cray 1953
  • Michael Penn 1958
  • Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs) 1958
  • Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) 1959
  • Suzi Gardner (L7) 1960
  • Chuck D (Public Enemy) 1960
  • Coolio 1963
  • Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) 1964
  • George Ducas 1966
  • Charlie Kelley (Buffalo Club) 1968
  • Tempestt Bledsoe 1973
  • Taylor Fry 1981
  • Asheley Angel (O-Town) 1981 

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