Friday, February 12, 2016

TGIF! Friday, February 12, 2016

quietus \kwy-EE-tuhs\, noun:
  1. Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation.
  2. Removal from activity; rest; death.
  3. Something that serves to suppress or quiet.
Origin: Quietus is from Medieval Latin quietus (est), "(it is) at rest" (said of an obligation that has been discharged), from Latin quietus, "at rest."
 
Jack off all trades
  • A person who does not use profession as criteria for choosing sexual partners
How'd you swing that? I thought Jane only fucked above a certain income bracket. 
Naa man, she's a jack off all trades


Holiday
  • Lincoln's Birthday (USA)
History
  • Chile: Santiago, the capital city, was founded (1541); country declared independence from Spain (1818)
  • Lady Jane Grey: was beheaded for treason, after a nine-day reign as queen of England (1554)
  • NAACP: early civil rights organization was founded (1909)
  • the Last Emperor: the Republic of China banished 7-year-old Qing emperor Puyi to the Forbidden City (1912)
  • Dracula: the horror film starring Bela Lugosi premiered at the Roxy Theater in NYC (1931)
  • Vietnam War: the first the conflict's American POWs were released (1973)
  • Bill Clinton: impeachment trial ended in Senate acquittal (1999)
  • NEAR Shoemaker: space probe touched down on Eros, becoming the first craft to land upon an asteroid (2001)
  • Mattel: announced the breakup of Barbie and Ken after 43 years (2004)
Birthdays
  • John Winthrop 1588
  • Charles Darwin 1809
  • Abraham Lincoln (U.S.) 1809 - Sixteenth President of the United States
  • Ted Mack (William Maguiness) 1904
  • Tex (Gordon) Beneke 1914
  • Lorne Green 1915
  • Dom DiMaggio 1917 - Baseball player
  • Forrest Tucker 1919
  • Mel Powell 1923
  • Franco Zeffirelli 1923 - Movie director
  • Joe Garagiola 1926 - Baseball broadcaster
  • Bill Russell 1934 - Basketball player
  • Gene McDaniels 1935
  • Joe Don Baker 1936 - Actor
  • Judy Blume 1938 - Author of books for children and young adults.
  • Raymond Manzarek 1939 - Musician (The Doors)
  • Moe Bandy 1944
  • Charles Pasarell 1944
  • Maud Adams 1945
  • Cliff DeYoung 1945 - Actor, musician
  • Joe Schermie 1948 - Musician (Three Dog Night)
  • Michael Ironside 1950
  • Steve Hackett 1950 - Musician (Genesis)
  • Michael McDonald 1952 - Musician (Doobie Brothers)
  • Simon MacCorkindale 1952
  • Joanna Kerns 1953 - Actress ("Growing Pains")
  • Arsenio Hall 1955 - Actor, comedian , talk show host
  • Christine Elise 1965 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
  • Josh Brolin 1968 - Actor ("No Country for Old Men")
  • Chynna Phillips 1968 - Musician (Wilson Phillips)
  • Jim Creeggan (Barenaked Ladies)1970
  • Keri Lewis 1971 - Musician (Mint Condition)
  • Jesse Spencer 1979 - Actor ("House")
  • Juan Carlos 1980
  • Christina Ricci 1980 - Actress



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