Tuesday, March 10, 2015

pedestrian \puh-DES-tree-uhn\, noun, adjective:

1. a person who gets about on foot; walker
2. going on foot; walking
3. without imagination; dull

by 1716, from Latin pedester/pedestris "plain, prosaic," from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes/pedis "foot." Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1742; the noun meaning "walker" is c 1770.

inbox rot

• To neither accept, nor decline a friend request from someone on Facebook or Myspace. Used in situations when you don't want to accept someone's friend request, but you also don't want to be rude by declining them.

Dude, that asshole friend of my girlfriend just sent me a friend request on Facebook. He's getting the inbox rot.

 
History

• Personal Rule: King Charles I of England dissolved Parliament and began 11 years of ruling alone (1629)
• Alexander Graham Bell: made the first telephone call: "Watson, come here; I want you" (1876)
• rings of Uranus: were discovered (1977)
• syzygy: all the planets were on the same side of the Sun (1982)

Birthdays

• Marcello Malpighi 1628
• Friedrich Von Schlegel 1772
• Barry Fitzgerald 1888
• Arthur Honegger 1892
• Bix Beiderbecke 1903
• Claire Booth Luce 1903
• Chandler Harper 1914
• Heywood Hale Broun 1918
• Pamela Mason 1919
• Don Abney 1923
• Jethro (Kenneth Burns) 1923
• Ralph Emery 1933 - Talk show host
• Norman Blake 1938 - Bluegrass musician
• David Rabe 1940 - Playwright
• Chuck Norris 1940 - Actor ("Walker, Texas Ranger")
• Dean Torrence 1940 - Singer (Jan & Dean)
• Sandra Jean Palmer 1941
• Katharine Houghton 1945 - Actress
• Bob Greene 1947 - Newspaper columnist
• Tom Scholz 1947 - Musician (Boston)
• Paul Haggins 1953 - Director, screenwriter
• Shannon Tweed 1957 - Actress
• Sharon Stone 1958 - Actress
• Gail Greenwood (Belly) 1960 - Musician (L7)
• Jeff Ament 1963 - Musician (Pearl Jam)
• Jasmine Guy 1962 - Actress
• Neneh Cherry 1964 - Singer
• Prince Edward 1964 - Son of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
• Rod Woodson 1965 - Football player
• Edie Brickell 1966 - Singer
• Stephen Mailer 1966 - Actor
• Paget Brewster 1969 - Actress ("Criminal Minds")
• Dylan Keefe 1970 - Musician (Marcy Playground)
• John Hamm 1971 - Actor ("Mad Men")
• Daryl Singletary 1971 - Country singer
• Timberland 1972 - Rapper, producer
• Cristian de la Fuente 1974 - Actor ("Family Law")
• Bree Turner 1977 - Actress
• Shannon Miller 1977 - Olympic gold-medal gymnast
• Robin Thicke 1977 - Singer
• Carrie Underwood 1983 - Singer, winner of the fourth season of "American Idol"
• Emily Osment 1992 - Actress ("Spy Kids" movies)

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Spotlight: Here are some facts about martial arts superstar Chuck Norris:

• Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.
• Chuck Norris doesn't wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.
• There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris's computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
• Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.
• Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because Chuck Norris only recognizes the element of surprise.

Happy birthday, Chuck Norris!

Quote:

• "Violence is my last option." — Chuck Norris