Saturday, November 8, 2014

demesne \ dih-MEYN, -MEEN \ , noun; 

1. possession of land as one's own: land held in demesne . 
2. an estate or part of an estate occupied and controlled by, and worked for the exclusive use of, the owner. 
3. land belonging to and adjoining a manor house; estate. 
4. the dominion or territory of a sovereign or state; domain. 
5. a district; region. 

Origin: Demesne is derived from the Middle English word demeine . It is related to the more common word domain , which also comes from the Latin word dominicus meaning "of a master." 

Flesh Forks

• Your bare fingers

Person A: "Dude, I don't have any forks."

Person B: "Just use your flesh forks."

History

• Louvre: the former royal French palace opened as a museum; it is now the most-visited art museum in the world (1793)
• x-rays: were discovered by William Röntgen; he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement (1895)
• Three Gorges Dam: the Yangtze, China's largest river, was diverted in a massive ongoing construction project (1997)

Birthdays

• Bram Stoker 1847
• Margaret Mitchell 1900
• Norman Lloyd 1914
• June Havoc 1916
• Gene Saks 1921
• Dr. Christian Barnard 1922
• Jack S. Kilby 1923
• Joe Flynn 1924
• Patti Page 1927
• Chris Connor 1927
• Morley Safer 1931
• Esther Rolle 1933
• Alain Delon 1935
  
• Bonnie Bramlett (Delanry & Bonnie) 1944
• Roy Wood (ELO, Wizzard) 1946
• Minne Riperton 1948
• Bonnie Raitt 1949
• Mary Hart 1951
• Christie Hefner 1952
• Alfre Woodard 1953
  
• Rickie Lee Jones 1954
• Porl Thompson (Cure) 1958
• Leif Garrett 1961
• Parker Posey 1968 .
• Courtney Thorne-Smith 1968
• Roxana Zal 1969
• Jimmy Chaney (Jimmie's Chicken Shack) 1969
• Diana King 1970
• Tara Reid 1975
• Azura Skye 1980