Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

badinage \bad-n-AHZH\, noun:
  • Light, playful talk; banter.
Badinage comes from French, from badiner, "to trifle, to joke," badin, "playful, jocular."
 
take a digger 
  1. Commonly used to describe an ungraceful fall.
  2. Fall forward or trip and land on one's face
  • Derived from the volleyball slang- a Digshot is a desperation diving hit that results in a faceful of sand.
I wasn't paying attention and I took a digger when I tripped on the crack in the pavement. I can't believe I fell flat on my face.
History
  • The Great Blondin: French acrobat crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope; walking from the US to Canada took him eight minutes (1859)
  • Tunguska event: 2,000 sq. km of central Siberia were flattened in an explosion likely caused by a meteor disintegrating above the Earth's surface (1908)
  • Gone With the Wind: classic Civil War-era novel was published (1936)
  • 26th Amendment: was ratified, lowering the US voting age to 18 (1971)
Birthdays
  • David Wayne 1916
  • Lena Horne 1917
  • Susan Hayward 1919
  • Shirley Fry 1927
  • June Valli 1930
  • Harry Blackstone, Jr. 1934
  • Tony Musante 1936
  • Nancy Dussault 1936
  • Florence Ballard (The Supremes) 1943
  • Glenn Shorrock (The Little River Band) 1944
  • William Atherton 1947
  • Stanley Clarke 1951
  • Andy Scott (Sweet) 1951
  • Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) 1953
  • David Alan Grier 1955
  • Adrian Wright (Human League) 1956
  • Doug Sampson 1957 - Musician (Iron Maiden, Smiler)
  • Vincent D'Onofrio 1959
  • Rupert Graves 1963
  • Mike Tyson 1966
  • Phil Anselmo (Pantera) 1968
  • Tom Drummond (Better Than Ezra) 1969
  • Brian Bloom 1970
  • Brian Vincent 1970
  • Monica Potter 1971
    Elizabeth Anne "Lizzy" Caplan 1982
      


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