Monday, December 01, 2014

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

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