Sunday, March 20, 2016

Sunday, March 20, 2016

garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\, adjective:
  1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
  2. Wordy.
Garrulous is from Latin garrulus, from garrire, "to chatter, to babble."
 
your other left

  • Sarcastic phrase; used with the directionally challenged to make them aware of their error.
Doctor: "Raise your left hand." 
Directionally Challenged Guy: (raises right hand)
Doctor: "No, your other left."


Holiday
  • Palm Sunday: In the accounts of the four canonical Gospels, Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem takes place about a week before his Resurrection.

History
  • Dutch East Indies Company:megacorporation was formed; it grew to control most of the European trade with Asia before expiring, bankrupt, after 200 years (1602)
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin: antislavery novel was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, whom Lincoln called "the little woman who started this big war" (1852)
  • "I shall return": was spoken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as he left the Philippines during WWII; he did return, two years later (1942)
  • John Lennon: wed Yoko Ono in Gibraltar (1969)
  • Tokyo subway gas attack: Aum Shinrikyo group released sarin, killing 12 and injuring thousands (1995)
Birthdays
  • George Bingham 1811
  • Henrik Ibsen 1828
  • Frederick Winslow Taylor 1856
  • Lauritz Melchior 1890
  • B.F. Skinner 1904
  • Ozzie Nelson 1906
  • Sir Michael Redgrave 1908
  • Wendell Cory 1914
  • Dame Vera Lynn 1917
  • Marian McPartland 1920
  • Carl Reiner 1922 - Director, producer
  • Ray Goulding 1922
  • Larry Elgart 1922
  • Jack Kruschen 1922
  • Fred "Mr." Rogers 1928
  • Sonny (Santo) Russo 1929
  • Hal Linden 1931 - Actor ("Barney Miller")
  • George Altman 1933
  • Ted Bessell 1935 - Actor
  • Jerry Reed 1937 - Singer, actor ("Smokey and the Bandit")
  • Don Edwards 1939 - Country singer
  • Brian Mulroney 1939 - Canadian prime minister
  • Paul Junger Witt 1943 - TV producer
  • Pat Riley 1945
  • Ranger Doug 1946 - Country musician (Riders in the Sky)
  • Bobby Orr 1948 - Hockey player
  • Marcia Ball 1954 - Blues singer, musician
  • William Hurt 1950 - Actor
  • Jimmy Vaughn 1951 - Musician (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
  • Carl Palmer 1950 - Musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia)
  • Jimmy Seales 1954 - Country musician (Shenandoah)
  • Spike Lee 1957 - Movie director
  • Theresa Russell 1957 - Actress
  • Vanessa Bell Calloway 1957 - Actress
  • Holly Hunter 1958 - Actress
  • John Clark Gable 1961 - Actor, auto racer
  • Slim Jim Phantom 1961 - Musician (The Stray Cats)
  • Kathy Ireland 1963 - Model
  • Tracy Chapman 1964 - Musician
  • Adrian Oxxal 1965 - Musician (James)
  • Liza Snyder 1968 - Actress ("Yes, Dear")
  • Michael Rapaport 1970 - Actor ("Boston Public")
  • Alexander Chaplin 1971 - Actor
  • Chester Bennington 1976 - Singer (Linkin Park)
  • Michael Genadry 1978 - Actor ("Ed")
  • Bianca Lawson 1979 - Actress
          
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