Thursday, July 24, 2014

Thursday, July 24, 2014

prate \ preyt \ , verb; 
  1. to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream . 
  2. to utter in empty or foolish talk: to prate absurdities with the greatest seriousness . 
noun: 
  1. act of prating. 
  2. empty or foolish talk. 
Origin: Prate finds its roots in the Middle Dutch praeten meaning "to speak." It came to English during the time when Middle English was spoken.
critical ass, adj. 
  • The stage in fat accumulation when fabric can no longer contain the enormity of one's buttocks.
Jesus, I can't zip up these jeans anymore - I've reached critical ass!


History
  • Detroit: La Ville d'Etroit, or "city of the strait," was founded by Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, a French fur trader (1701)
  • Brigham Young: seeking a safe haven, the Mormon leader and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake, in what is now Utah (1847)
  • kitchen debate: US vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev debated the merits of capitalism vs. communism in a replica of an American kitchen, set up at the American National Exhibition in Moscow (1959)
  • Watergate: the US Supreme Court ordered President Richard Nixon to turn over incriminating subpoenaed White House recordings (1974)
Birthdays
  • Simon Bolivar 1783
  • Alexander Dumas 1802
  • Amelia Earhart 1898
  • Chief Dan George 1899
  • Cootie Williams 1908
  • Vera (Salaff) 1910
  • Frank Silvera 1914
  • Bob Eberly 1915
  • Bella Abzug 1920
  • Alexander H. Cohen 1920
  • Billy Taylor (Billy Taylor Trio) 1921
  • Jaqueline Brookes 1930
  • Doug Sanders 1933
  • Rudy Collins (Dizzy Gillespie Quintet) 1934
  • Pat Oliphant 1935
  • Ruth Buzzi 1936
  • Mark Goddard 1936
  • Dan Hedaya 1940
  • Barbara Jean Love (Friends of Distinction) 1941
  • Cris Sarandon 1942
  • Roger Lafreniere 1942
  • Heinze Burt (The Tornadoes) 1942
  • Robert Hayes 1947
  • Michael Richards 1949
  • Lynda Carter 1951
  • Lynval Golding 1951
  • Pam Tillis 1957
  • Robbie Grey (Modern English) 1957
  • Kadeem Hardison 1965
  • Laura Leighton 1968
  • John P. Navin Jr. 1968
  • Jennifer Lopez 1970 - Singer, actress
  • Summer Glau 1981
  • Anna Paquin 1982
  • Mara Wilson 1987




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