Monday, November 09, 2015

Monday, November 9, 2015

billet \BIL-it\, noun:
1. Lodging for soldiers.
2. An official order directing that a soldier be provided with lodging.
3. A position of employment; a job.
transitive verb: 

1. To quarter, or place in lodgings.
2. To serve (a person) with an official order to provide lodging for soldiers.
intransitive verb: 

1. To be quartered; to lodge.
Billet is from Medieval French billette, from Old French bullette, diminutive of bulle, "a document," from Medieval Latin bulla, "a document."

Status Malfunction
When your chat client's status "now playing" function announces to the world you're watching porn.
Jay's status was changed to "Backdoor Sluts 9 - Japanese School Girls Get Taught A Lesson - iTunes"
Maya Patel:
 O______O
Jas Wong: WTF!!
Tiffany : I don't think we should be friends anymore.
Charles Cow: Dude, status malfunction...

History
  • Kristallnacht: Jews were beaten and killed by Nazis, and their homes and shops destroyed, during "the night of the broken glass" (1938)
  • Rolling Stone: music and pop culture magazine published its first issue (1967)
  • Berlin Wall: East Germany allowed free travel across its border to West Germany for the first time in 28 years (1989)
Birthdays
  • Elijah Lovejoy 1802
  • Marie Dressler 1868
  • Ed Wynn 1886
  • Claude Rains 1889
  • Clifton Webb 1891
  • Hedy Lamarr 1913
  • Spiro T. Agnew 1918
  • Dorothy Dandridge 1922
  • Robert Frank 1924
  • Charlie Jones 1930
  • Carl Sagan 1934
  • Bob Gibson 1935
  • Mary Travers (Peter, Paul & Mary) 1936
  • Tom Fogerty (Creedance Clearwater Revival) 1941
  • Tom Weiskopf 1942
  • Billie August 1948
  • Alan Gratzer (REO Speedwagon) 1948
  • Dennis Stratton 1954 - Musican (Iron Maiden, Lionheart)
  • Lou Ferrigno 1951
  • Ike Owensby (Twice) 1968
  • Mike Owensby (Twice) 1968
  • Scarface (Geto Boys) 1969
  • Pepa (Sandy Denton of Salt-N-Pepa) 1969
  • Susan Tedeschi 1970
  • Nick Lachey (98 Degrees) 1973
  • Sisqo (Dru Hill) 1978
  • Scottie Thompson 1981

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