Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

klatsch \ klahch, klach \ , noun;
  • a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation: a sewing klatsch.
Origin: Klatsch comes from the German word of the same spelling meaning "gossip." It entered English in the 1950s.


Enragement ring

  • A piece of jewelry, typically a ring, that is purchased for a girlfriend in an effort to make her happy after you have made her angry.
A: Wow, your girlfriend is pretty pissed that you were out all night and didn't call her. What are you going to do?
B: Yeah, you're right, she's pretty mad. I might have to buy her an 'enragement ring' to smooth things over.
 
History 
  • Boston: was founded by Puritan settlers (1630)
  • General Motors: the world's largest automobile maker was founded by William C. Durant in Flint, Michigan (1908)
  • Wall Street bombing: explosives detonated in a horse-drawn wagon killed 38 people in New York City's financial district; the perpetrators were never definitively identified but the FBI suspected Italian anarchists (1920)
  • Vietnam War: President Gerald Ford announced conditional amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters (1974)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger: actor-turned-California-governor became a US citizen (1983)
  • Montreal Protocol: treaty that aims to protect the ozone layer was signed (1987)
Birthdays
  • Louis XIV (France) 1638
  • Francis Parkman 1823
  • J.C. Penney 1875
  • George Whitney Calhoun 1890
  • Buster Mills 1908
  • Allen Funt 1914
  • Arleen Whelan 1916
  • Marvin Middlemark 1919
  • Janis Paige 1923
  • Lauren Bacall 1924
  • B.B. King 1925
  • Charlie Byrd 1925
  • Morgan Woodward 1925
  • John Knowles 1926
  • Peter Falk 1927
  • Jack Kelley 1927
  • Anne Francis 1930
  • George Chakiris 1933
  • Elgin Baylor 1934
  • Bernie Calvert (The Hollies) 1942
  • Linda Henning 1944
  • Betty Kelly (Martha and the Vandellas) 1944
  • Susan Ruttan 1948
  • Kenney Jones 1948 - Musician (Faces, The Who)
  • Ed Begley, Jr. 1949
  • David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) 1950
  • Ron Blair 1952
  • Earl Klugh 1953
  • Colin Newman 1954
  • Robin Yount 1955
  • Mickey Rourke 1956
  • David Copperfield 1956
  • Peter Zaremba (Fleshtones) 1956
  • Terry McBride 1958
  • Orel Hershiser 1958
  • Rodney Franklin 1958
  • Jane Brook 1962
  • Richard Marx 1963
  • Molly Shannon 1964
  • Marc Anthony 1968
  • Amy Poehler 1971
  • Madeline Zima 1985

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