Monday, Deceember 1, 2014

panivorous \ pa-NIV-er-uhs \ , adjective; 

• subsisting on bread; bread-eating. 

Origin: Panivorous is formed from Latin term pānis , "bread," and -vorous , an adjectival combining form meaning "eating, gaining sustenance from." It entered English in the 1820s. 

Thanksgiving Beard

• An unintentional beard started over the 4 day Thanksgiving weekend, where you're too lazy to shave it off monday morning. Usually continues untilChristmas or New Year's Day.Also known as a Holiday Beard

Boss: You look like you haven't shaved in days. That's unprofessional. 

Employee: Sir, that's my Thanksgiving beard. It's my way of honoring our forefathers. 

Boss: Oh, I didn't realize that. Maybe I'll grow one too.

History

• electoral college: the US House of Representatives met to determine a new president when none of the candidates received an electoral majority; John Quincy Adams was chosen over Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay (1824)
• A Study in Scarlet: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story appeared in print (1887)
• Rosa Parks: was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott (1955)
• Antarctic Treaty: was opened for signature; it said Antarctica "shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes" (1959)

Birthdays

• Cyril Ritchard 1897
• Mary Martin 1913
• Stansfield Turner 1923
• David Doyle 1925
• Robert Symonds 1926
• Billy Paul 1934
• Woody Allen 1935
• Lou Rawls 1935
• Sandy Nelson 1938
• Lee Trevino 1939
• Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) 1939
• Richard Pryor 1940
• Federico Faggin 1941
• Casey Van Beek 1942
• John Densmore (Doors) 1944
• Bette Midler 1945
• Gilbert O'Sullivan 1946
• Treat Williams 1951
• Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) 1951
• Kim Richey 1956
• Charlene Tilton 1958

• Carol Alt 1960
• Jeremy Northam 1961
• Nestor Cabonell 1967 - Actor ("Lost", "Cold Case") 
• Julie Condra 1970
• Sarah Silverman 1970
• Ron Melendez 1972
• Sarah Masen 1975
• Bradford Phillip Delson 1977 - Guitarist (Linkin Park)
• Ashley Monique Clark 1988