Monday, July 11, 2016

Monday, July 11, 2016

aeromancy \AIR-uh-man-see\, noun:
  • The prediction of future events from observation of weather conditions.
Aeromancy is but one sort of divination practiced in medieval times. Some other examples: augury, based on the flight of birds; cheiromancy, palm-reading; and oneiromancy, the interpretation of dreams.
gay buffer
  • When you sit down somewhere (usually in a movie theater) and purposely leave an extra seat between you and a person of the same sex so as not to appear gay.
Dude, leave me a gay buffer! You are so close to me you're practically sucking my dick.

callipygian (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-en). adj.

  • Having a beautfully proportioned buttocks.
Yo! She a callipygian! DAT ASS!


History
  • Alexander Hamilton: the former secretary of the treasury was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with former vice-president Aaron Burr; Hamilton died the next day (1804)
  • Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
  • Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
  • Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)
Birthdays
  • Thomas Bowdler 1754
  • John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767
  • John Wanamaker 1838
  • E.B. White 1899
  • Harry Von Zell 1906
  • Yul Brynner 1915
  • Gene Evans 1924
  • Brett Somers 1927
  • Theodore Harold Maiman 1927
  • Paul Harney 1929
  • Tab Hunter 1931
  • Giorgio Armani 1934
  • Bobby Rice 1944
  • Beverly Todd 1946
  • Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947 - Musician
  • Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951 - Singer
  • Stephen Lang 1952
  • Leon Spinks 1953
  • Mindy Sterling 1953
  • Sela Ward 1956
  • Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) 1957 - Musician
  • Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) 1957 - Musician
  • Mark Lester 1958
  • Suzanne Vega 1959 - Musician
  • Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1960 - Musician
  • Lisa Rinna 1963
  • Debbie Dunning 1966
  • Michael Rosenbaum 1972
  • Lil' Kim 1975





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