Wednesday, August 20, 2014

foofaraw \ FOO-fuh-raw \ , noun; 

1. a great fuss or disturbance about something very insignificant. 
2. an excessive amount of decoration or ornamentation, as on a piece of clothing, a building, etc. 

Origin: The origin of foofaraw is uncertain, but it may be related to the French word fanfaron meaning "boastful." It entered English in the 1930s. 

bullshit bingo

• A game that can be played in large meetings. The players write down management-nonsense word like "Out-of-the-box-thinking", "Synergy", "Content streamlining" etc. in a 5 by 5 square bingo card. If a word or phrase is used during the meeting you check the box. When you get a five box line (horizontally, vertically or diagonally ) you shout "BULLSHIT!" and win.

Company bigshot fancypants: "And that is why this merger is going to benefit shareholder value by creating value driven content.

You: "BULLSHIT BINGO!"

Company bigshot fancypants: "You're fired!"

History

• 1812 Overture: Tchaikovsky's classic overture debuted in Moscow, commemorating Russia's defense against Napoleon (1880; Gregorian date)
  

  
• RAF: UK prime minister Winston Churchill saluted his country's air force with the statement, ''Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" (1940)
• Economic Opportunity Act 0f 1964: LBJ signed the act — part of his Great Society policies — that would give life to programs like Head Start
• Prague Spring: brief period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia ended when the country was invaded by Warsaw Pact troops and tanks (1968)
• Voyager 2: space probe left Earth to tour Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune; it continues to transmit data as it leaves the solar system (1977)

Birthdays

• Bernardo O’Higgins 1778
• Emily Bronte 1818
• Benjamin Harrison (U.S.) 1833
• Edgar Guest 1881
• H.P. Lovecraft 1890
• Van Johnson 1916
• Walter Bernstein 1919
• Jacqueline Susan 1921
• Jim Reeves 1924
• Frank Rosolino 1926
• Joya Sherrill 1927
• Don King 1931
• Frank Capp-Pierce (Capp-Pierce Juggernaut) 1931
• Ron Paul 1935
• Justin Tubb 1935
• Sam Melville 1936
• Isaac Hayes 1942
• Rahiv Ghandi (India) 1944
• Connie Chung 1946
• Jim Pankow 1947 - Musician (Chicago)
• Robert Plant 1948 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Phyl Lynott 1951 - Musician (Thin Lizzy)
• John Hiatt 1952
• Michael Jeter 1952
• Doug Fieger 1952 - Musician (The Knack)
• Rudy Gatlin 1952 - Musician (The Gatlin Brothers)
• Peter Horton 1953
• Al Roker 1954 - Telvision personality
• Quinn Buckner 1954
• Jay Acovone 1955
• Joan Allen 1956

• James Marsters 1962
• KRS-One 1965
• Darrell Abbott 1966 - Guitarist (Pantera)
• Jonathan Ke Quan 1971
• Amy Adams 1974
• Monique Powell 1975 - Musician (Save Ferris)
• Demi Lovato 1992 - Actress and singer