Thursday, October 30, 2014

galoot \ guh-LOOT \ , noun;

• Slang . an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person. 

Origin: Galoot entered English in the early 1800s and is of unknown origin.  

crop dusting

• farting while walking; walking while farting;

i crop dusted my way down the aisle at the grocery store.

Today's Holiday

• Devil's Night: The name Devil's Night or Mischief Night is used in the eastern U.S. and Canada, although the acts are generally less destructive and violent than those committed in Detroit.

History

• Act of Supremacy: the English parliament passed a law making King Henry VIII head of the English church (1534)
  

  
• War of the Worlds: Orson Welles' radio broadcast purported to deliver news of a fictional Martian invasion; outrage and panic ensued (1930)
• Tsar Bomba: the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested was detonated by the Soviet Union over the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya (1961)
• the rumble in the jungle: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman for the world heavyweight title (1974)
• Quebec: voters opted to stay part of Canada by a hair's-breadth majority of 50.6% to 49.4% (1995)

Birthdays

• John Adams (U.S.) 1735
• Richard Sheridan 1751
• Alfred Sisley 1839
• Ezra Pound 1885
• Charles Atlas 1893
• Ruth Gordon 1896
• Sue Carol 1907
• Gordon Parks 1912
• Fred Friendly 1915
• Joe Adcock 1927
• Louis Malle 1932
• Hamilton Camp 1934
• Dick Vermeil 1936
• Dick Gautier 1937
• Claude Lelouch 1937
• Eddie Holland 1939
• Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane/Starship) 1939
• Ed Lauter 1940
• Otis Williams (The Temptations) 1941
• Henry Winkler 1945
• Timothy B. Schmidt (Poco, The Eagles) 1947
• Harry Hamlin 1951
• Charles Martin Smith 1953
• T. Graham Brown 1954
• Shanna Reed 1955
• Kevin Pollak 1958
• Joey Belladonna 1960 (Anthrax)
• Diego Armando Maradona 1960
• Ty Detmer 1967
• Gavin Rossdale (Bush) 1967
• Nia Long 1970
• T3h Bax0jayz! (Bobby the Blue) 1971 - accountant, drummer, blogger, supreme dictator of the universe, will become a saint.
• Kassidy Osborn (SHeDAISY) 1976
• Christopher Backus 1981