Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

roger \ROJ-er\, interjection:
1. Informal. all right; O.K.
2. message received and understood (a response to radio communications).
3. (often initial capital letter) Jolly Roger.
4. (formerly used in communications to represent the letter R.)
This sense of the word roger comes from the military alphabet in which the name Roger meant "received." The male given name came from the Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”
bend an elbow
  • Grab a drink or smoke a cigarette
I'm gonna go bend an elbow while I wait.
Trivia

How did actor Ashton Kutcher alert his Twitter followers in 2011 that he was going to replace Charlie Sheen on the hit TV sitcom Two and a Half Men?
  • The day before the official announcement he tweeted, “What’s the square root of 6.25?” The answer is 2.5, as in two and a half.
History
  • Toulon, France: during WWII, the French Navy scuttled its own ships and submarines to prevent them from falling into German hands (1942)
  • Pope Paul VI: was accosted by a dagger-wielding Bolivian painter at a Manila airport (1970)
  • Harvey Milk: San Francisco city supervisor was assassinated, along with mayor George Moscone, by former supervisor Dan White; White used the Twinkie defense and was convicted of manslaughter rather than murder (1978)
Birthdays
  • Mona Washbourne 1903
  • James Agee 1909
  • "Buffalo" Bob Smith 1917
  • Bruce Lee 1940
  • Eddie Rabbit 1941
  • Jimi Hendrix 1942 - Musician 
  • William Sanford "Bill" Nye (the Science Guy) 1955
  • William Fichtner 1956
  • Caroline Kennedy 1957
  • Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds) 1957
  • Lori Barbero (Babes in Toyland) 1960
  • Charlie Benante (Anthrax) 1962
  • Mike Bordin (Faith No More) 1962
  • Fisher Stevens 1963
  • Robin Givens 1964
  • Skoob (DAS EFX) 1970
  • Jaleel White 1976  

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