Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

defalcate \di-FAL-keyt\, verb:
  • to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to one's care
c 1540, from Latin defalcere, from de- + falx/falcem "sickle, scythe"
 
sofa king
  • A 'friendly' way to say "so fucking".
"Dag, yo! I am sofa king high!"
"I could jump off a cliff, I'm sofa king bored..."
"I'm sofa king stoned..."
"You're sofa king stupid!"

History
  • 15th Amendment: was ratified, granting black men the right to vote (1870)
  • 16th amendment: was ratified, authorizing income tax on a federal level in the US (1913)
  • the day the music died: a plane crash killed rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "the Big Bopper" (1959)
  • Luna 9: Soviet spacecraft became the first to soft-land on the moon (1966)
Birthdays
  • Horace Greeley 1811
  • Sidney Lanier 1842
  • Gertrude Stein 1874
  • Norman Rockwell 1894
  • Alvar Aalto 1898
  • James A. Michener 1907
  • Simon Weil 1909
  • Joey Bishop 1918
  • Bibi Osterwald 1920
  • John Fiedler 1925
  • Art Arfons 1926
  • Shelley Berman 1926
  • Frankie Vaughn 1928
  • Peggy Ann Garner 1932
  • Jeremy Kemp (Edmund Walker) 1935
  • Victor Buono 1938
  • Emile Griffith 1938
  • Fran Tarkenton 1940
  • Angelo D'Aleo (Dion and The Belmonts) 1940
  • Blythe Danner 1943
  • Dennis Edwards 1943
  • Eric Haydock (The Hollies) 1943
  • Bridget Handley 1944
  • Melanie (Safka) 1947
  • Dave Davies (The Kinks) 1947
  • Morgan Fairchild 1950
  • Nathan Lane 1956
  • Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth) 1956
  • Thomas Calabro 1959
  • Lol Tolhurst (Cure, Presence) 1959
  • Keith Gordon 1961
  • Michele Greene 1962
  • Matraca Berg 1964
  • Maura Tierney 1965
  • Nick Hawkins (Big Audio) 1965
    Isla Lang Fisher 1976
  • Grant Barry (Reel Big Fish) 1977


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