Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

blarney \BLAHR-nee\ noun 
  1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. 
  2. deceptive or misleading talk; nonsense; hooey: a lot of blarney about why he was broke. 
Origin: Blarney came to English in the mid-1700s from the name of the hamlet in Ireland, where a stone in Blarney Castle is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it. 

Urethra Franklin
  1. Any sexual act involving penetration/stimulation of the urethra.
  2. Another name for one's urethra.
1. Last night, Jane gave me a Urethra Franklin and I have no idea why I agreed to that.
2. Ever since I hooked up with that one brunette chick, my Urethra Franklin has burned when I pee.

History 
  • "I have not yet begun to fight": defiant statement was reportedly proclaimed by American commander John Paul Jones, just before winning a naval battle with the British (1779)
  • Lewis and Clark: explorers arrived back in St. Louis after a three-year journey through the US Pacific Northwest (1806)
  • Neptune: the eighth planet from the sun was discovered (1846)
  • Checkers speech: as a vice-presidential candidate, Richard M. Nixon denied having received improper contributions, except perhaps for his daughter's dog, Checkers (1952)
Birthdays
  • Caesar Augustus 63 B.C.
  • William McGuffy 1800
  • Victoria Chaflin Woodhull 1838
  • Walter Lippmann 1889
  • Walter Pidgeon 1897
  • Louis Nevelson 1900
  • Mickey Rooney (Joe Yule, Jr.) 1920
  • Gail Russell 1924
  • John Coltrane 1926
  • Ray Charles 1930
  • Colin Blakely 1930
  • Pay (Chiyoko) Suzuki 1931
  • Les McCann 1935
  • Romy Schneider 1938
  • Ben E. King (The Drifters) 1938
  • Roy Buchanan 1939
  • T3h Bax0jayz Father 1939
  • Julio Iglesias 1943
  • Steve Boone (The Lovin' Spoonful) 1943
  • Paul Petersen 1945
  • Ronald Bushy (Iron Butterfly) 1945
  • Don Grolnick 1947
  • Mary Kay Place 1947
  • Neal Smith (Alice Cooper, Bouchard, Dunaway & Smith (BSD))
  • Bruce Springsteen 1949 
  • Lita Ford 1959
  • Jason Alexander 1959
  • Elizabeth Pena 1961
  • Don Herron (BR5-49) 1962
  • Ani DiFranco 1970
  • Lucia Cifarelli 1971 (KMFDM)
  • Sarah Bettens (K's Choice) 1972
  • Mike Felumiee (Smoking Popes) 1974

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