Tuesday, December 1, 2015

intrepid \in-TREP-id\, adjective:

• Fearless; bold; brave; undaunted; courageous; as, an intrepid soldier; intrepid spirit.

Intrepid comes from Latin intrepidus, "calm," from in-, "not" + trepidus, "anxious, disturbed."
 
airplane mode

• When someone cuts themselves off from the world by not logging on to Facebook or checking their cell phones. Usually occurs after a breakup or a rough work week.Derived from the cell phone setting of the same name in which incoming messages or phone calls cannot be received.

"Dan won't answer your calls. He's in airplane mode."
"Sarah went into airplane mode for three days after Charlie dumped her."

History

• electoral college: the US House of Representatives met to determine a new president when none of the candidates received an electoral majority; John Quincy Adams was chosen over Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay (1824)
• A Study in Scarlet: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story appeared in print (1887)
• Rosa Parks: was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott (1955)
• Antarctic Treaty: was opened for signature; it said Antarctica "shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes" (1959)

Birthdays

• Cyril Ritchard 1897
• Mary Martin 1913
• Stansfield Turner 1923
• David Doyle 1925
  
• Robert Symonds 1926
• Billy Paul 1934
• Woody Allen 1935
• Lou Rawls 1935
• Sandy Nelson 1938
• Lee Trevino 1939
• Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) 1939
• Richard Pryor 1940
• Federico Faggin 1941
• Casey Van Beek 1942
• John Densmore (Doors) 1944
• Bette Midler 1945
• Gilbert O'Sullivan 1946
• Treat Williams 1951
• Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) 1951
• Kim Richey 1956
• Charlene Tilton 1958

• Carol Alt 1960
• Jeremy Northam 1961
• Nestor Cabonell 1967 - Actor ("Lost", "Cold Case") 
• Julie Condra 1970
• Sarah Silverman 1970
• Ron Melendez 1972
• Sarah Masen 1975
• Bradford Phillip Delson 1977 - Guitarist (Linkin Park)
• Ashley Monique Clark 1988