Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

rigmorole \RIG-muh-rohl\, noun:
1. An elaborate or complicated procedure.
2. Confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk.
Rigmarole is an unusual alteration of the Middle English phrase ragman roll, which refers to a "long list or catalog."
corn packer
  • A farm worker tasked with picking and packing corn.
  • Alternatively: A derogatory term for a gay Iowan.
"Corn packer is a derogatory term for a gay Iowan." - Stephen Colbert at House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Security

History
  • Society of Jesus: the Jesuits' order was chartered by Pope Paul III (1540)
  • Locomotion No. 1: steam-powered locomotive hauled its first passenger train on England's Stockton and Darlington line (1825)
  • Warren Commission: government investigative team concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy (1964)
  • NC-17: rating for adult-oriented films was introduced by the MPAA (1990)
  • Taliban: a group of Islamic religious students captured Afghanistan's capital, Kabul (1996)
Birthdays
  • George Cruikshank 1792
  • Thomas Nast 1840 - Political cartoonist that created the Republican elephant and the Democrat donkey
  • Vincent Youmans 1898
  • Jayne Meadows 1920
  • William Conrad 1920
  • Arthur Penn 1922
  • Sada Thompson 1929
  • Kathleen Nolan 1933
  • Greg Morris 1934
  • Barbara Howar 1934
  • Claude Jarman Jr. 1934
  • Wilford Brimley 1934
  • Don Cornelius 1936
  • Delores Taylor 1939
  • Kathy Whitworth 1939
  • Don Nix 1941
  • Randy Bachman (Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive) 1943
  • Liz Torres 1947
  • A Martinez 1948
  • Robert Weller 1949
  • Mike Schmidt 1949
  • Cary-Hiroyuki Tagaw 1950
  • Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) 1951 
  • Greg Ham (Men at Work) 1953
  • Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde) 1957
  • Shaun Cassidy 1958
  • Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) 1964
  • Patrick Muldoon 1968
  • Mark Calderon (Color Me Badd) 1970
  • Amanda Detmer 1971
  • Gwyneth Paltrow 1972
  • Brad Arnold (3 Doors Down) 1978
  • Lil Wayne 1982 
  • Avril Lavigne 1984

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