TGIF! July 31, 2015

sui generis \soo-eye-JEN-ur-us; soo-ee-\, adjective:

• Being the only example of its kind; constituting a class of its own; unique.

Sui generis is from Latin, literally meaning "of its own kind": sui, "of its own" + generis, genitive form of genus, "kind."

bro favor 

• (n.) Pronounced like the spanish "por favor", bro favor is an act of goodwill asked of one's "bro" or "homey".
• (adv.) Still pronounced like the spanish "por favor", but used in place of the word please.

(n.)"Dude, I could really use $7 to buy this limited edition copy of Spawn. Do me a bro favor and spot me $7?"

(adv.) "Spot me $7 bro favor?"

History

• Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)
• Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)
• Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)
• NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)
• K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)

Birthdays

• Maximilian II 1527 - Holy Roman Emperor
• S.S. Kresge 1867
• George Liberace 1911
• Milton Friedman 1912
• Bryan Hextall 1913
• William Todman 1913
• Hank Jones 1918
• Curt Gowdy 1919
• Hank Bauer 1922
• Don Murray 1929
• Kenny Burrell 1931
• Geoffrey Lewis 1935
• France Nuyen 1939
• John West 1939 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
• Lobo 1943
• Susan Flannery 1943
• Sherry Lansing 1944
• Geraldine Chaplin 1944
• Bob Welch 1946 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• Gary Lewis 1946 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
• Karl Green 1947 - Musician (Herman's Hermits)
• Barry Van Dyke 1951
• Evonne Goolagong 1951
• Alan Autry 1952 - Actor
• James Read 1953
• Bill Berry 1956 - Musician (R.E.M.)
• Daniel Ash 1957 - Musician (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love and Rockets)
• Wesley Snipes 1962
• Norman Cook 1963 - Musician (Housemartins)
• J.K. Rowling 1965 - Author (Harry Potter series)
• Dean Cain 1966
• Loren Dean 1969
• Annie Parisse 1975
• Robert Telfer 1977
• Will Champion 1978 - Musician (Coldplay)
• Evgeni Malkin 1986 - Hockey player