Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

scapegrace \SKAYP-grayss\, noun:
  • A reckless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless; a rascal; a scoundrel.
Scapegrace is from scape (a variant of escape) + grace.  
Child Supervision
  • When an older person, especially a parent, needs a tech-savvy kid to help him/her with computers or other electronic devices.
"Jimmy, could you send your kid over to help me with my facebook? Im afraid I might get a virus without some child supervision."
 
"Dad, if you don't know how many o's are in Google, why don't you just ask for some child supervision?"

 
History
  • "shot heard 'round the world": was fired, starting the American Revolution (1775)
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: the Jews began an armed resistance against the Nazis (1943)
  • "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away": General Douglas MacArthur bid farewell to Congress (1951)
  • The Simpsons: the animated dysfunctional family debuted on The Tracy Ullman Show (1987)
  • Oklahoma City Bombing: truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing 168 (1995)
Birthdays
  • David Ricardo 1772 - Economist, author
  • Ole Evinrude 1877
  • Eliot Ness 1903
  • Tommy Benford 1905 - Musician (Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers)
  • Frank Fontaine 1920
  • Kenneth Battelle 1927
  • Don Barbour 1927 - Singer (The Four Freshmen)
  • Alexis Korner 1928 - Musician, singer
  • Hugh O'Brian 1930 - Actor ("The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp")
  • Alex Webster 1931 - Football player
  • Jayne Mansfield (Vera Jane Palmer) 1932 - Actress ("It Takes a Thief")
  • Dick Sargent 1933 - Actor ("Bewitched", "Fantasy Island")
  • Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman) 1934 - Entertainer (Buchanan and Goodman)
  • Dudley Moore 1935 - Actor ("Arthur", "Bedazzled")
  • Wilfried Martens 1936 - Belgium Prime Minister
  • Elinor Donahue 1937 - Actress ("Father Knows Best", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Pretty Woman")
  • Bobby Russell 1941
  • Alan Price 1942 - Musician (Alan Price Combo, The Animals)
  • Larry (Hilario) Ramos Jr. 1942 - Musician, singer (The Association)
  • Czeslaw Bartkowski 1943 - Jazz composer, musician
  • Eve Graham 1943 - Musician (The New Seekers)
  • Mark "Flo" Volman 1944 - Musician (Crossfires, Phlorescent Leech and Eddy, Turtles, Nightriders)
  • Tim Curry 1946 - Actor ("Stephen King’s It", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "Legend")
  • Paloma Picasso 1949
  • Lynn Powis 1949 - Hockey player
  • Tony Plana 1952 - Actor ("Ugly Betty")
  • Sue Barker 1956 - Tennis player
  • Paul Mario Day 1956 - Musician (the original lead vocalist of Iron Maiden from 1975 to 1976)
  • Al Unser, Jr. 1962
  • Suge Knight 1965 - Record company executive (Tha Row)
  • Ashley Judd 1968 - Actress
  • Bekka Bramlett 1968
  • Luis Miguel (Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri) 1970 - Singer
  • James Franco 1978 - Actor ("Milk", "Spider-Man")
  • Kate Hudson 1979 - Actress
  • Hayden Christensen 1981 - Actor ("Life as a House", "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones", "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith")
  • Catalina Sandino Moreno 1981 - Actress
  • Troy Polamalu 1981 - Football player
  • Courtland Mead 1987
  • Maria Sharapova 1987 - Tennis player
 
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