Wednesday, June 4, 2014

spumescent \ spyoo-MES-uhnt \ , adjective; 

• foamy; foamlike; frothy.

Origin: Spumescent entered English in the mid-1800s. It came from the Latin word spūma which meant "foam" along with suffix -escent which is added to adjectives borrowed from Latin. 

bacon tetris

• The act of arranging bacon strips on a frying pan in the most efficient way possible given the dimensions of your pan. The goal is to maximize the number of bacon strips on the heating surface without leaving any part of any strip uncooked.

I have 100 square inches of bacon and only 36 square inches of frying pan area. Time to play bacon tetris.

 

History

• quadricycle: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive (1896)
• Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
• Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
• Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
• Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

Birthdays

• George III (England) 1738
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 1867

  
• Rosalind Russell 1908
• Charles Collingwood 1917
• Robert Merrill 1919
• Russell Train 1920
• Bobby Wanzer 1921
• Gene Barry 1922
• Dennis Weaver 1924
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928
• Morgana King 1930
• John Drew Barrymore 1932
• Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor
• Freddy Fender 1937
• Robert Fulghum 1937
• Roger Ball 1944 - Musician (Average White Band)
• Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas and the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing")
• Anthony Braxton 1945
• Gordon Waller 1945 - Musician (Peter and Gordon)
• Bettina Gregory 1946
• Danny Brown 1951 - Musician (The Fixx)
• Parker Stevenson 1952 - Actor
• Keith David 1954
• Eddie Velez 1958
• Julie Gholson 1958
• El DeBarge 1961 - Singer (DeBarge)
• Julie White 1961 - Actress
• Andrea Jaegar 1965
• Scott Wolf 1968 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Horatio Sanz 1969 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
• Noah Wyle 1971 - Actor ("ER")
• Darin Erstad 1974
• Stefan Lessard 1974 - Musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
• Russell Brand 1975 - Actor, hack-comedian
• Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress
• Bar Refaeli 1975 - Model