Saturday, December 26, 2015

Saturday, December 26, 2015

oenophile \EE-nuh-fahyl\ noun
  • a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
Origin: Oenophile has roots in the Greek word for wine, oînos. The combining form -phile means "lover of" or "enthusiast for" that which is specified by the initial element.  

I fuz
  • I'm down. I'm cool with that. I fucks with that.
"Y'all like this party?"
"Yeah I fuz"

 
Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Canada)
  • Kwanzaa begins
History
  • Winston Churchill: became the first British prime minister to address a joint session of US Congress, warning against the Axis powers (1941)
  • The Glass Menagerie: Tennessee Williams' play opened in Chicago (1944)
  • Time magazine: Man of the Year was "the computer" (1982)
  • tsunami: huge wave triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean killed more than 216,000 (2004)
Birthdays
  • Thomas Gray 1716
  • Juan Lovera 1778
  • Laurent Clerc 1785
  • Charles Babbage 1792- Mathematician and inventor, he is regarded as the pioneer of modern computers.
  • Goerge Dewey 1837
  • Henry Miller (Valentine) 1891 Writer (Tropic of Cancer (1934), Black Spring (1936), Tropic of Capricorn (1939), His Sexus (1949))
  • Mao Zedong (Tse-tung) 1893 - Chinese statesman (Obama's idol)
  • Richard Widmark 1914 - Actor
  • Steve Allen 1921 - Comedian, actor, composer. First host of "The Tonight Show." Films: The Benny Goodman Story (1955), The Comic (1969), Casino (1995). Scores: A Man Called Dagger (1968) and the CBS musical Alice in Wonderland (1985).
  • Alan King 1927 - Actor, comedian, producer: Films: Enemies, A Love Story and Casino
  • Donald Moffat 1930 - Actor
  • Abdul "Duke" Fakir 1935 - Singer (The Four Tops)
  • Phil Spector 1940 - Songwriter and record producer
  • Jane Lapotaire 1944
  • John Walsh 1945 - TV host ("America's Most Wanted")
  • Joyce Jillson 1946
  • Carlton Fisk (MLB) 1947
  • Ozzie Smith 1954
    Temuera Morrison 1960 - Jango Fett
    Tahnee Welch 1961 (bottom)
  • Brian Westrum 1962 - Country musician (Sons of the Desert)
  • Lars Ulrich 1963 - "drummer" (Metallica)
  • Audrey Wiggins 1967 - Country musician
  • Peter Klett 1969 - (Candlebox)
  • Jared Leto 1971 - Actor (American Psycho), musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
    Chris Daughtry 1979 - singer
  • Allie Sin 1985 - t3h pr0n
    Beth Behrs 1985 - 2 Broke Girls (one cup) 
     


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