Saturday, June 14, 2014

flit \ flit \ , verb; 

1. to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower . 
2. to flutter, as a bird. 
3. to pass quickly, as time: hours flitting by . 
4. Chiefly Scot. and North England . a. to depart or die. b. to change one's residence. 

Origin: Flit entered English around 1200, and can be traced to the Old Norse flytja meaning "to carry, convey."

dr. feelgood

• Personification given to mainly booze, and sometimes referring to other drugs. Generally used to refer to drugs when a person is feeling down and a person is saying it's what they need and/or use to feel better.

Guy 1: That sucks about your girlfriend leaving you for another guy after all your time together

Guy 2: Yeah, I'm gonna have a few appointments with Dr. Feelgood, even one tonight.

Holiday

• Flag Day (US)

History

• Munich: Benedictine monks founded the Bavarian city on the banks of the Isar River (1158)
• US Army: was founded to fight the British (1775)
• Bear Flag Revolt: the California Republic was declared by Sonoma settlers while California was still ruled by Mexico (1846)
• UNIVAC I: the first commercial computer was dedicated at the US Census Bureau (1951)
• Pledge of Allegiance: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" (1954)
• Falkland Islands: military dispute ended as Argentine forces surrendered to the British (1982)

Birthdays

• Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811
• Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax 1848
• Burl Ives 1909
• Dorothy McGuire 1916
• Sam Wanamaker 1919
• Gene Barry 1921
• Pierre Salinger 1925
• Don Newcombe 1926 - Baseball player
• Cy Coleman 1928
• Che Guevarra 1928 - racist socialist
• Marla Gibbs 1931 - Actress, producer
• Jerzy Kosinski 1933
• Jack Bannon 1940
• Muff Winwood 1943 - Musician (Spencer Davis Group)
• Rod Argent 1945 - Musician (The Zombies, Argent)
• Donald Trump 1946 - Real estate developer, television personality
• Barry Melton 1947 - Musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
• Alan White 1949 - Musician (Yes)
• Eddie Mekka 1952 - Actor ("Laverne and Shirley")
• Will Patton 1954 - Actor
• Eric Heiden 1958 - Olympic gold-medal speed skater
• Boy George (George O'Dowd) 1961 - Singer (Culture Club)
• Chris DeGarmo 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
• Yasmine Bleeth 1968 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Steffi Graf 1969 - Tennis player
• Traylor Howard 1971 - Actress ("Monk," "Two Guys and a Girl")
• Diablo Cody 1978 - Screenwriter ("Juno")
• Kevin McHale 1988 - Actor ("Glee")