Monday, March 28, 2016

Monday, March 28 2016

portentous \por-TEN-tus\, adjective:
1. Foreboding; foreshadowing, especially foreshadowing ill; ominous.
2. Marvelous; prodigious; wonderful; as, a beast of portentous size.
3. Pompous.
Portentous is from Latin portentosus, from portendere, to stretch out before or into the future, to predict, from por- (variant of pro-), before + tendere, to stretch out.
pen you in
  • A play on the phrase "pencil you in" but adds additional emphasis on the intention of the commitment.
remley: hey wanna get some sushi tomorrow?
erica: most deff. i will pen you into my schedule.


History
  • Andrew Jackson: US president was censured by the Senate for his actions in the Bank War; the censure was later expunged from the record (1834)
  • Turkey: key cities changed names: Constantinople became Istanbul and Angora was tweaked to Ankara (1930)
  • Virginia Woolf: distinguished novelist, critic and essayist (A Room Of One's Own) committed suicide by drowning; she had been suffering from depression and bouts of mental illness for many years (1941)
  • Three Mile Island: the most serious nuclear accident in US history took place at a power station in Pennsylvania (1979)
Birthdays
  • Santi Raphael 1483
  • Paul Whiteman 1890
  • August Busch 1899
  • Rudolf Serkin 1903
  • Frank Lovejoy 1912
  • Jay Livingston 1915
  • Dirk Bogarde 1921
  • Thad Jones 1923
  • Freddie Bartholomew 1924
  • Eric Dixon 1930
  • Bill Anthony 1930
  • Charlie McCoy 1941 - Country musician
  • Mike Newell 1942 - Director
  • Conchata Ferrell 1943 - Actress
  • Ken Howard 1944 - Actor
  • Chuck Portz (The Turtles) 1945
  • Barry Miles 1947
  • Dianne Wiest 1948 - Actress ("Law and Order")
  • Milan Williams 1948 - Musician (Commodores)
  • Ronnie Ray Smith 1949
  • Reba McEntire 1955 - Actress, country singer
  • Tracey Needham 1967 - Actress
  • Max Perlich 1968 - Actor
  • Salt (Cheryl James) 1969 - Rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
  • Vince Vaughn 1969 - Actor
  • Brett Ratner 1969 - Actor
  • Mr. Cheeks 1971 - Rapper (Lost Boyz)
  • Ken L. 1973 - Actor
  • Annie Wershing 1977 - Actress ("24")
  • Julia Stiles 1981 - Actress
  • Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) 1986 - Musician




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