Thursday, July 09, 2015

Thursdsay, July 9, 2015

fervid \FUR-vid\, adjective:
  1. Heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.
  2. Burning; glowing; intensely hot.
Fervid comes from Latin fervidus "glowing, burning, vehement," from fervere "to boil, glow." The figurative sense of "impassioned" is from 1656.

Jenn
ycrack Diet
  • the eating habits of a methamphetamine/crack user
Have you seen Jane lately, she is looking very healthy now that she is off the Jennycrack Diet.

'Are you hungry, would u like something to eat there is more than enough here. or have u started that jennycrack diet again?'


History
  • Wimbledon: the precursor to the tennis tournament first began; only Gentlemen's Singles was played (1877)
  • cross of gold: William Jennings Bryan delivered a speech to the Democratic National Convention supporting bimetallism, advocating a silver standard in addition to the gold standard (1896)
  • Johnny Weissmuller: swam 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds, thus breaking the minute barrier (1922)
  • Grateful Dead: psychedelic rock-country-jazz band played its last concert, a month before the death of lead singer Jerry Garcia (1995)
  • Midsummer Classic: MLB All-Star game ended in a tie after 11 innings; both sides had run out of pitchers (2002)
Birthdays
  • Ann Radcliffe 1764
  • Elias Howe 1819
  • Ottorino Respighi 1879
  • Clara Bow 1907 - Actress (Down to the Sea in Ships, The Plastic Age)
  • Harold C. Fox 1910
  • Leonard Pennario 1924
  • Red Kelly 1927
  • Ed Ames 1927 - Actor, musician (The Ames Brothers)
  • Lee Hazlewood 1929
  • Jesse McReynolds 1929
  • June Jordan 1936
  • James Hampton 1936
  • Brian Dennehy 1938 - Actor
  • Richard Roundtree 1942 - Actor
  • Dean Koontz 1945 - Author
  • Bon Scott (AC/DC) 1946
  • O.J. Simpson 1947 - Football player, actor, murderer
  • Chris Cooper 1951 - Actor
  • John Tesh 1952 - Musician, television personality
  • David Ball 1953
  • Debbie Sledge 1954 - Musician (Sister Sledge)
    Fred Leo Nukis (Eric Fred Norris) 1955 Stern Show
  • Tom Hanks 1956 - Actor
  • Kelly McGillis 1957 - Actress
  • Jimmy Smits 1958 - Actor
  • Jim Kerr 1959 - Musician (Simple Minds)
  • Marc Almond 1959 - Musician (Soft Cell)
  • Courtney Love 1964 - Musician (Hole)
  • Frank Bello 1965 - Musician (Anthrax)
  • Scott Grimes 1971 - Actor
  • Enrique Murciano 1973 - Actor ("Without a Trace")
  • Jack White 1975 - Musician (White Stripes)
  • Fred Savage 1976 - Actor ("The Wonder Years")
    Linda Park 1978 - Actress ("Star Trek: Enterprise") 




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