Saturday, September 20, 2014

Saturday, September 20, 2014

brusque \ bruhsk \ , adjective;
  • abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
Origin: Brusque is borrowed from French and adapted from the Italian word brusco meaning "tart." It entered English in the early 1600s.
 

Sticker Paralysis
  • The effect caused by having a really awesome sticker and no appropriate place to use it. General symptoms include keeping the sticker in a drawer and never actually using it. Sometimes resulting in affixation remorse.
"I have contracted a case of sticker paralysis from this Vintage Apple sticker. I can't decide if I should put it on my fake plastic guitar or my rear window or my skateboard. It is too precious to use on just anything.
 
History
  • Ferdinand Magellan: explorer set sail from southern Spain to circumnavigate the globe (1519)
  • Victor Emmanuel II: seized the Papal States from the French; later he became the first king of modern Italy (1870)
  • civil rights: Mississippi governor Ross Barnett personally blocked the entrance of African-American James Meredith to the University of Mississippi; Meredith did end up attending (1962)
  • Battle of the Sexes tennis match: Billie Jean King won against Bobby Riggs, who had said women couldn't stand the pressure of the game; 30,000 attended and millions watched on TV (1973)
Birthdays
  • Upton Sinclair 1878
  • Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 1890
  • Chuck Dressen 1898
  • Elliot Nugent 1899
  • Peg Phillips 1918
  • Gogi Grant 1924
  • James Galanos 1924
  • Rachel Roberts 1927
  • Johnny Dankworth 1927
  • Donald A. Hall 1928
  • Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928
  • Anne Meara 1929
  • Peter Palmer 1931
  • Sophia Loren 1934
  • John (Chuck) Panozzo (Styx) 1947
  • Guy LaFleur 1951
  • imagebam.comCharlene Elizabeth Brinkeman (aka Brinke Stevens) 1954
  • Peter White 1954
  • Betsy Brantley 1955
  • Gary Cole 1957
  • Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins) 1957
  • Crispin Glover 1964
  • Kristen Johnston 1965
  • Gunnar Nelson 1967
  • Matthew Nelson 1967
  • Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden) 1968

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