Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

iconoclast \ahy-KON-uh-klast\, noun:
  • a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions as foolish or wrong
by 1596, from French iconoclaste, from Middle Latin iconoclastes, from Late Greek eikonoklastes, from eikon "image" + klastes "breaker," from klan "to break." Originally the word referred those in the Eastern Church in 8th and 9th centuries whose mobs of followers destroyed icons and other religious objects on the grounds that they were idols. Extended sense of "one who attacks orthodox beliefs or institutions" is first attested 1842.
 
precop abbr. (pre-copulation)
  • A mutually binding agreement (usually verbal) by and between consenting adults prior to engaging in casual sex. The agreement stipulates that all involved parties are exonerated from emotional attachment, post coital contact, and any promise of future sex. Any and all disputes arising from said contract should be submitted and negotiated through binding arbitration. This agreement must involve a minimum of two individuals, with the maximum number to be determined in practical application.
Q: So, you stud, are you going to call Tina today?
A: No, I believe that would be a violation of our precop.

History
  • J'accuse: French journalist Emile Zola published his defense of Alfred Dreyfus, the army captain falsely convicted of treason because he was Jewish (1898)
  • Henry Ford: patented his plastic car, which ran on ethanol; the plastic was soybean-based, and the car was unsuccessful (1942)
  • L. Douglas Wilder: became the first African American elected governor of a US state — Virginia (1990)
  • The Fantasticks: the world's longest-running musical ended its off-Broadway run after 17,162 shows and nearly 42 years (2002)

Birthdays
  • Horatio Alger 1834
  • Sophie Tucker 1884
  • Alfred Fuller 1885
  • Earle Wheeler 1908
  • Butter (Quentin) Jackson 1909
  • Jeff Morrow 1913
  • Robert Stack 1919
  • Gwen Verdon 1926
  • Liz Anderson 1930
  • Frances Sternhagen 1930
  • Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester (The Chi-Lites) 1930
  • Charles Nelson Reilly 1931
    Rip Taylor 1934
  • Billy Gray 1938
  • Richard Moll 1943
  • Trevor Rabin (Yes) 1954
  • Kevin Anderson 1960
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus 1961
  • Graham McPherson (Madness) 1961
  • Penelope Ann Miller 1964
  • Patrick Dempsey 1966
  • Tim Kelly (Slaughter) 1967
  • Anna Marie Goddard 1970 (actress / playmate)
  • Nicole Eggert 1972
    Orlando Bloom 1977 
    Liam Hemsworth 1990 (Thor)






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