Sunday, January 4, 2015

enjoin \en-JOIN\, transitive verb:

1. To direct or impose with authority; to order.
2. To prohibit; to forbid.

Enjoin derives from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere, "to attach, to fasten to; also, to bring upon," from in- + jungere, "to join."

work avalanche

• When there is so much work piled on your or your desk, movement from out from under it is nearly impossible.

Hey--pour me a drink! I worked up quite a thirst digging out from my work avalanche to get to happy hour.

History

• McDonald Islands: uninhabited, barren, volcanic islands were discovered in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica (1854)
• appendectomy: the first such surgical removal of the appendix was performed in Iowa (1885)
• Great Society: President Lyndon B. Johnson outlined his domestic policies in his State of the Union address; he aimed to "end poverty and racial injustice" (1965)
• Nancy Pelosi: became the US's first female Speaker of the House (2007)

Birthdays

• Jakob Grimm 1785
• Louis Braille 1809
• Charles "Tom Thumb" Stratton 1838
• Augusta John 1878
• Sterling Holloway 1905
• Jane Wyman 1914
• Barbara Rush 1927
• Don Shula (NFL) 1930
• Ray Starling 1933
• Jean Chretien 1934
• Floyd Patterson 1935
• Dyan Cannon 1937
• Grace Bumbry 1937
• John McLaughlin 1943
• Arthur Conley 1946
• Barbara Ann Cochran 1951
• Kathy Forrester (The Forrester Sisters) 1955
• Ann Magnuson 1956
• Bernard Sumner (New Order) 1956
• Patty Loveless 1957
• Matt Frewer 1958
• Denise Matthews 1959 (aka VANITY)
• Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) 1960
• Patrick Cassidy 1961
• Dave Foley 1963
• Julia Ormond 1965
• Deana Carter 1966
• Benjamin Darvill (Crash Test Dummies) 1967
• Jeremy Licht 1971