Saturday, October 05, 2013

Saturday, October 5, 2013

humdinger \HUHM-DING-er\, noun:
  • a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
Humdinger arose in the late 1800s in the United States. Its origin is unknown.
congressing
  • Wasting time and energy. Being generally unproductive even though you have a lot of very important stuff to do.
Say your light bill is due by 5:00 PM or they're going to turn off your power. A friend comes by at 4:30 PM and sees you napping.. He'd say, "Dude, you better quit congressing and pay your power bill."

Or... you're just hanging out on Sunday morning and a friend calls and asks what you're doing. You'd reply, "Nothing man, I'm just congressing."
Trivia
What is unique about the thousands of caddies employed at China’s sprawling 12-course Mission Hills Resort?
  • They’re all women. Mission Hills is the world’s largest golf resort.
History
  • "From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever": Chief Joseph of the Nez Percé tribe makes his famous statement of surrender to US Cavalry troops (1877)
  • Jarrow March: 200 protesters set out on a walk from Jarrow in northeastern England to Parliament in London in a bid to draw attention to their unemployment and poverty (1936)
  • Dr. No: the first James Bond 007 movie came out (1962)
  • Monty Python's Flying Circus: debuted on BBC-TV (1969)
  • PBS: nonprofit TV network began broadcasting (1970)
Birthdays
  • Chester A. Arthur (U.S.) 1830
  • Robert H. Goddard 1882 - Known as the "Father of the Space Age"
  • Ray Kroc 1902 - Founder of McDonalds
  • Larry Fine 1902
  • Joshua Logan 1908
  • Allen Ludden 1918
  • Donald Pleasence 1919
  • Bil Keane 1922
  • Glynis Johns 1923
  • Bill Dana 1924
  • Gail Davis 1925
  • Richard Gordon, Jr. 1929
  • Skip (George) Homeier 1930
  • Diane Cilento 1933
  • Margie Singleton 1935
  • Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia) 1936
  • Johnny Duncan 1938
  • Carlo Mastangelo (Dion and The Belmonts) 1938
  • Arlene Smith (The Chantels) 1941
  • Richard Street (The Temptations) 1942
  • Steve Miller (The Steve Miller Band) 1943
  • Brian Connolly (The Sweet) 1948
  • Jeff Conaway 1949
  • B.W. Stevenson 1949
  • Brian Johnson (AC/DC) 1947 
  • Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) 1950
  • Karen Allen 1951
  • Clive Barker 1952
  • Harold Faltemeyer 1952
  • Russ Mael (Sparks) 1953
  • Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) 1954
  • David Bryson (Counting Crows) 1954
  • Leo Barnes (Hothouse Flowers) 1955
  • Bernie Mac 1957
  • Daniel Baldwin 1960
  • Michael Andretti 1962
  • Dave Dederer (Presidents of the U.S.A.) 1964
  • Mario Lemieux (NHL) 1965
  • Guy Pearce 1967
  • Josie Bissett 1970
  • Grant Hill 1972
  • Kate Winslet 1975
  • Scott Weinger 1975
  • Brian Mashburn (Save Ferris) 1975
  • Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte) 1980


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