Thursday, September 18, 2014

slipshod \ SLIP-shod \ , adjective; 

1. careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
2. down-at-heel; seedy; shabby. 
3. Archaic . wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel. 

Origin: Slipshod is formed with the verb sense of slip "to move, flow, or go smoothly or easily" and shod , an adjective meaning "wearing shoes." Slipshod entered English in the late 1500s.

opm

• Other People's Money

Obama loves to spend OPM. 

History

• Tiffany and Co.: upscale jewelry retailer was founded as a stationery and fancy goods store (1837)
• The New York Times: the "Gray Lady," then known as The New-York Daily Times, published its first issue (1851)
• Jimi Hendrix: influential rock guitarist died, age 27, due to substance abuse (1970)
• 2001 anthrax attacks: began, a week after 9/11, with a mailing from Trenton, New Jersey, to various media sources in New York City (2001)

  

Birthdays

• Samuel Johnson 1709
• John Diefenbacker (Canada) 1779
  
• John George Diefenbaker 1895
• Greta Garbo 1905
• Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 1905
• Satchel Leroy Paige 1908
• Ray Geiger 1910
• Syd Howe 1911
• Rossano Brazzi 1916
• Jack Warden 1920
• Harvey Haddix 1925
• Phyllis Kirk 1926
• Teddie King 1929
• Jimmie Rodgers 1933
• Robert Blake 1938
• Fred Willard 1939
• Frankie Avalon 1939
• Ken Brett 1948
• Kerry Livgren (Kansas) 1949
• Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones) 1952
• Holly Robinson Peete 1964
• Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) 1967
• Joanne Catherall (Human League) 1962
• Blas Elias (Slaughter) 1967
• Jada Pinkett 1971
• Lance Armstrong 1971
• Brandon Porter 1993
• Taylor Porter 1993