Sunday, November 15, 2015

agog \uh-GOG\, adjective: 

• Full of excitement or interest; in eager desire; eager, keen. 

Origin: Agog derives from Middle French en gogues, "in mirth; lively."

gaydar detector 

• A kind of "sixth sense" that allows a flamboyantly homosexual man, or masculine homosexual woman, to play up their macho/feminine side upon entering a "gay-unfriendly" area. 

Mark's gaydar detector was going crazy when she drove to Laramie.

History

• Pikes Peak: explorer Zebulon Pike first spotted the 14,000-foot (4,267 m.) Colorado mountain that eventually bore his name (1806)
• March to the Sea: Union commander Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began his attack "into the very bowels of the Confederacy" during the American Civil War (1864)
• Brazil: became a republic when its emperor, Pedro II, was deposed (1889)
• Wendy's: the first branch of the fast food chain was opened by Dave Thomas in Columbus, Ohio (1969)
• Moratorium to end the war in Vietnam: up to an estimated half-million protesters marched peacefully on Washington, DC (1969)

Birthdays

• William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham
• Gerhart Hauptmann 1862
• Georgia O'Keeffe 1887
• Joseph Wapner 1919
• Ed Asner 1929
• Whitman Mayo 1930
• Petula Clark 1932
• Jack Burns 1933
• Joanna Barnes 1934
• Barry McGuire 1937
• Sam Waterston 1940
• Daniel Barenboim 1942 - Israeli pianist and conductor
• Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945
• Mitch Easter 1954
• Beverly D'Angelo 1954
• Kevin Eubanks 1957
• E-40 1967
• ODB (Wu Tang Clan) 1968
• Jack Ingram 1970
• Chad Robert Kroeger 1974 - Singer/Guitarist (Nickelback)