Sunday, August 28, 2016

couchant \KOU-chuhnt\, adjective:

• 1. Lying down; crouching; reclining.
• 2. Heraldry . (Of an animal) represented as lying on its stomach with its hind legs and forelegs pointed forward.

Couchant is the ancestor of the Middle French coucher, "to lay or lie down." Couch has a similar etymology.

tanorexia

• A disease like anorexia, no matter how tan a person is they never think they are tan enough.
• tanorexic

Oh my God have you seen Tara Reid lately? She needs to check herself in for treatment of that tanorexia.

Trivia

What is a hippometer used to measure?

• The height of a horse.

History

• Scientific American: pop-science magazine began publication (1845)
• Peace Palace: the home of the International Court of Justice and other institutions was inaugurated in the Hague (1913)
• filibuster: the longest solo one — 24 hours, 18 minutes — began on this day by DEMOCRAT Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (1957)
• "Please Mr. Postman": song by the Marvelettes was released; it became the first Motown No. 1 (1961)
• "I have a dream": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1963)

Birthdays

• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749
• Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 - She was also the first American-born saint beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
• Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828
  

  
• Charles Boyer 1899
• Sam Levene 1905
• Nancy Kulp 1921
• Peggy Ryan 1924
• Billy Grammer 1925
• Donald O'Connor 1925
• Roxie Roker 1929
• Ben Gazzara 1930
• Andy Bathgate 1932
  

  
• Elizabeth Seal 1933
• Clem Cattini (Tornados) 1939
• Richard Sanders 1940
• William S. Cohen 1940
• David Soul 1943
• Alice Playten 1947
• Daniel Seraphine (Chicago) 1948
• Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers) 1949
• Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) 1951
• Daniel Stern 1957
• Rich Rossovich 1957
• Scott Hamilton 1958
• Emma Samms 1961
• Shania Twain 1965 
  Jack Black 1969
• Jason Priestley 1969
• Janet Evans 1971
• Max Collins (Eve 6) 1978
• Carly Pope 1980 - Actress
• LeAnn Rimes 1982
• Michael Galeota 1984
  Armie Hammer 1986 (The Lone Ranger)