Sunday, July 31, 2016

Sunday, July 31, 2016

wakame [wah-KAH-meh]
  • A deep green, edible seaweed popular in Japan and other Asian countries. It's used like a vegetable in soups and simmered dishes, as well as occasionally in salads. The browner versions are more strongly flavored. Wakame is available both in fresh and dried forms in Asian markets.
Origin: Japanese
 
communist 
  • How old people in Alabama and possibly in other Southern states insult younger people.
My Grandpa: You want me to fix you a sandwich?
Me: Nah.
Grandpa: Are you sure you're not hungry?
Me: Yah.
Grandpa: You must be a communist.

History

  • Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)
  • Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)
  • Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)
  • NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)
  • K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)
Birthdays
  • Maximilian II 1527 - Holy Roman Emperor
  • S.S. Kresge 1867
  • George Liberace 1911
  • Milton Friedman 1912
  • Bryan Hextall 1913
  • William Todman 1913
  • Hank Jones 1918
  • Curt Gowdy 1919
  • Hank Bauer 1922
  • Don Murray 1929
  • Kenny Burrell 1931
  • Geoffrey Lewis 1935
  • France Nuyen 1939
  • John West 1939 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
  • Lobo 1943
  • Susan Flannery 1943
  • Sherry Lansing 1944
  • Geraldine Chaplin 1944
  • Bob Welch 1946 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Gary Lewis 1946 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
  • Karl Green 1947 - Musician (Herman's Hermits)
  • Barry Van Dyke 1951
  • Evonne Goolagong 1951
  • Alan Autry 1952 - Actor
  • James Read 1953
  • Bill Berry 1956 - Musician (R.E.M.)
  • Daniel Ash 1957 - Musician (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love and Rockets)
  • Wesley Snipes 1962
  • Norman Cook 1963 - Musician (Housemartins)
  • J.K. Rowling 1965 - Author (Harry Potter series)
  • Dean Cain 1966
  • Loren Dean 1969
  • Annie Parisse 1975
  • Robert Telfer 1977
  • Will Champion 1978 - Musician (Coldplay)
  • Evgeni Malkin 1986 - Hockey player

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