Wednesday, October 26, 2016

eke \EEK\, transitive verb:

1. To gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty -- used with 'out'.

2. To increase or make last by being economical -- used with 'out'.

Eke is from Old English ecan, "to increase."

 

Mooselini

A petty dictator from a sparsely populated state with a large moose population.

Governor Mooselini today fired yet another agency chief for daring to question her policies.

History

• Erie Canal: 160-mile (257 km.) waterway opened, offering a route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River (1825)
• Gunfight at the OK Corral: a legendary Wild West shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, killed three, wounded three, inspired movies; it did not actually take place in the corral (1881)
• Baby Fae: neonatal infant was given a baboon's heart by transplant surgeon Dr. Leonard L. Bailey in Loma Linda, California; she lived for 21 days (1984)

Birthdays

• Domenico Scarlatti 1685 - Composer

  
• Joseph Aloysius Hansom 1803 - Architect, inventor (the hansom cab)
• C.W. (Charles William) Post 1854 - Founder of Post cereals and products (Grape Nuts)
• Abby (Greene Aldrich) Rockefeller 1874 - Philanthropist: cofounder of New York Museum of Modern Art
• H.B. (Henry Byron) Warner 1876 - Actor (It’s a Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Ten Commandments)
• Napoleon Hill 1883 - Writer (Think and Grow Rich)
• John S. (Shively) Knight 1894 - Reporter, editor, publisher (Knight-Ridder newspaper)
• Jack Sharkey 1902 - Boxer
• Primo Carnera 1906 - Boxer
• Mahalia Jackson 1911 - Singer
• Charlie Barnett 1913 - Musician (saxophone), bandleader
• Jackie Coogan (John Leslie Coogan, Jr.) 1914 - Actor (The Kid)
• Francois Mitterand 1916 - President of France (1981-1995)
• Neal Matthews 1929 - Musician (Jordanaires)
• John Arden 1930
• Rodney "Hot Rod" Hundley 1934 - Basketball player, sportscaster
• Bob Hoskins 1942 - Actor (Hook, Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
• Michael Piano 1944 - Singer (The Sandpipers)
• Ivan Reitman 1946
• Keith Hopwood 1946 - Singer, musician (Herman's Hermits)
• Pat Sajak 1947 - TV host (Wheel of Fortune, The Pat Sajack Show)
• Hillary Rodham Clinton 1947 - cunt.
• Jaclyn Smith 1947 - Actress (Charlie’s Angels, The Bourne Identity)
• Toby (Colbert Dale) Harrah 1948 - Baseball player
• Steve (Stephen Douglas) Rogers 1949 - Baseball player
• Mike (Dudley Michael) Hargrove 1949 - Baseball player, manager
• Chuck Foreman 1950 - Football player
• Bootsy Collins 1951
• Steve (Steven Robert) Ontiveros 1951 - Baseball player
• Maggie Roche 1951 - Musician (The Roches)
• Keith Strickland 1953 - Musician (B-52's)
• Lauren Tewes 1954 - Actress (The Love Boat, Magic Kid, The China Lake Murders)
• D.W. Moffett 1954
• Rita Wilson 1958 - Actress (Sleepless in Seattle, Mixed Nuts, Runaway Bride)
• Cary Elwes 1962 - Actor (Twister, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, Robin Hood: Men in Tights)
• Dylan McDermott 1962 - Actor (Twister, Steel Magnolias)
• Marla Maples 1963
• Natalie Merchant 1963 - Musician (10,000 Maniacs)
• Thomas Cavanagh 1968 - Actor (TV: Ed) 
  Seth MacFarlane 1973 (Family Guy, Ted)