Sunday, May 15, 2016

Sunday, May 15, 2016

kibitz \KIB-its\, verb:
1. To chat; converse.
2. To look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others.
It derives from the Yiddish kibetsn, which is equivalent to the German kiebitzen, "to look on at cards."

Adulting (v): 

  • to do grown up things and hold responsibilities such as, a 9-5 job, a mortgage/rent, a car payment, or anything else that makes one think of grown ups.
Used in a sentence: Jane is adulting quite well today as she is on time for work promptly at 8am and appears well groomed.

History
  • Las Vegas: the glitzy "entertainment capital of the world" was founded (1905)
  • Standard Oil Company: in a historic ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Rockefeller's mega-monopoly; several of the pieces would later be known as Exxon, Mobil, Amoco and Chevron (1911)
  • air mail: first route in US was set up between NY and Washington (1918); on a Boeing flight 12 years later, Ellen Church became the first stewardess (1930)
  • nylon stockings: first went on sale in the US (1940)
  • Portrait of Dr. Gachet: Van Gogh painting fetched a record high price of $82.5 million; the record stood till 2006, and Dr. Gachet is now No. 4 (1990)
Birthdays
  • Lyman Frank Baum 1856 - Author of children's books ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz")
  • Pierre Curie 1859 - Physicist
  • Katherine Anne Porter 1890 - Journalist, essayist, short story writer
  • Joseph Cotten (Joseph Cheshire Cotten) 1905 - Actor
  • James Mason (James Neville Mason) 1909 - Actor
  • Constance Cummings 1910 - Actress
  • Max Frisch 1911 - Architect, playwright, novelist
  • Eddy Arnold (Richard Edward Arnold) 1918 - Country singer
  • Ellis Larkins 1923 - Musician
  • Richard Avedon 1923 - Photographer
  • Anthony Shaffer 1926 - Playwright, novelist, screenwriter
  • Jasper Johns 1930 - Artist
  • Wavy Gravy (Hugh Nanton Romney) 1936 - Entertainer, peace activist
  • Paul Zindel 1936 - Playwright, author
  • Anna Maria Alberghetti 1936 - Opera singer, actress
  • Trini Lopez (Trinidad López III) 1937 - Singer, guitarist
  • Madeleine Albright 1937 - First woman to become a U.S. Secretary of State
  • Lenny Welch 1938 - Singer
  • Paul Rudd 1940 - Actor
  • Lainie Kazan 1940 - Actress, singer
  • K.T. Oslin (Kay Toinette Oslin) 1942 - Country singer, songwriter
  • Graham Goble 1947 - Musician (Little River Band)
  • Brian Eno 1948 - Musician (Roxy Music)
  • Chazz Palminteri (Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri) 1951 - Actor, writer
  • Pat Hickey 1953 - Hockey player
  • George Brett 1953 - Baseball player
  • Mike Oldfield (Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield) 1953 - Musician, composer
  • Lee Horsley 1955 - Actor
  • Emmitt Smith 1969 - Football player
  • Prince Be 1970 - (PM Dawn)
  • David Charvet 1972 - Singer, actor
  • Ahmet Rodan Zappa 1974 - Musician
  • Amy Chow 1978 - Comedienne
  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler 1981

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