Thursday, December 26, 2013

calorifacient \kuh-lawr-uh-FEY-shuhnt, -lor-, kal-er-uh-\, adjective: 

• (of foods) producing heat

Calorifacient comes from the Latin calōrifacĕre meaning "to make heat." It entered English in the mid-1800s.

Jingle Bowels

• Gastrointestinal woes following a night of holiday overindulgence

Someone spiked the eggnog and Justin spent copious porcelain time after waking up with a wicked case of the Jingle Bowels.

Trivia
What are you afraid of if you have cryophobia?

• Extreme cold, frost, or ice.

Holiday

• Boxing Day (Canada)
• Kwanzaa begins

History

• Winston Churchill: became the first British prime minister to address a joint session of US Congress, warning against the Axis powers (1941)
• The Glass Menagerie: Tennessee Williams' play opened in Chicago (1944)
• Time magazine: Man of the Year was "the computer" (1982)
• tsunami: huge wave triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean killed more than 216,000 (2004)

Birthdays

• Thomas Gray 1716
• Juan Lovera 1778
• Laurent Clerc 1785
• Charles Babbage 1792- Mathematician and inventor, he is regarded as the pioneer of modern computers.
• Goerge Dewey 1837
• Henry Miller (Valentine) 1891 Writer (Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936), Tropic of Capricorn (1939), His Sexus (1949))
• Mao Zedong (Tse-tung)1893 - Chinese statesman (Obama's idol)
• Richard Widmark 1914 - Actor
• Steve Allen 1921 - Comedian, actor, composer. First host of "The Tonight Show." Films: The Benny Goodman Story (1955), The Comic (1969), Casino (1995). Scores: A Man Called Dagger (1968) and the CBS musical Alice in Wonderland (1985).
• Alan King 1927 - Actor, comedian, producer: Films: Enemies, A Love Story and Casino
• Donald Moffat 1930 - Actor
• Abdul "Duke" Fakir 1935 - Singer (The Four Tops)
• Phil Spector 1940 - Songwriter and record producer
• Jane Lapotaire 1944
• John Walsh 1945 - TV host ("America's Most Wanted")
• Joyce Jillson 1946
• Carlton Fisk (MLB) 1947
• Ozzie Smith 1954
  Temuera Morrison 1960 - Jango Fett
  Tahnee Welch 1961 (bottom)
• Brian Westrum 1962 - Country musician (Sons of the Desert)
• Lars Ulrich 1963 - "drummer" (Metallica)
• Audrey Wiggins 1967 - Country musician
• Peter Klett 1969 - (Candlebox)
• Jared Leto 1971 - Actor (American Psycho), musician 30 Seconds to Mars 
  Chris Daughtry 1979 - singer
• Allie Sin 1985 - t3h pr0n
  Beth Behrs 1985 - 2 Broke Girls (one cup)