Wednesday, August 13, 2014

environs \ en-VAHY-ruhnz, -VAHY-ernz, EN-ver-uhnz, -vahy-ernz \ , noun; 

1. the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs. 
2. surrounding objects; surroundings; environment. 
3. an area or space close by; vicinity. 

Origin: Environs came to English in the mid-1600s from the Old French word meaning "around." 

 

Destinesia

• When you get to where you were intending to go, you forget why you were going there in the first place. Not to be confused with being stoned, destinesia often occurs during working hours, and is the cause of much frustration.

John ran down the stairs to the dry storage and walk-in, but when he got there he couldn't remember what he needed. Consequently, he had to run back upstairs to the kitchen, and look at his prep list again. Damn you, destinesia!

History

• Mexico City: city then known as Tenochtitlán fell to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, along with the entire Aztec Empire (1521)

  
• taxicabs: first appeared on the streets of New York City (1907)
• Bambi: the animated Disney movie opened at Radio City Music Hall (1942)
• Echo 1: the first balloon satellite was launched, allowing the first two-way phone conversation via satellite (1960)
• Berlin: was divided by barbed wire, which soon became the Berlin Wall (1961)

Birthdays

• William Caxton 1422
• Lucy Stone 1818
• Annie Oakley 1860
• Bert Lahr 1895
• Alfred Hitchcock 1899
• Regis Toomey 1902
• "Buddy" Charles Rogers 1904
• Gene Raymond 1908
• Ben Hogan 1912
• Rex Humbard 1919
  
• George Shearing 1919
• Neville Brand 1920
• Fidel Castro 1926
• Pat Harrington 1929
• Don Ho 1930
• Joycelyn Elders 1933
• Son Seals 1942
• Kevin Tighe 1944
• Gretchen Corbett 1947
• Kathleen Battle 1948
• Bobby Clarke 1949
• Cliff Fish (Paper Lace) 1949
• Dan Fogelberg 1951
• Feargal Sharkey (Undertones) 1958
• Danny Bonaduce 1959
• Quinn Cummings 1967
• Andy Griggs 1973
• Vicca 1974 - t3h pr0n