Tuesday, March 21, 2017

usufruct (YOO-zuh-fruhkt, -suh-) noun:

• The right to use and enjoy another's property without destroying it.

Etymology: From Latin ususfructus, from usus et fructus (use and enjoyment). Earliest documented use: 1646.

Safe Sexting

• The act of using a password or other safety feature to prevent your friends, parents, girlfriends, etc from discovering your assortment of hot or racy pictures on your cell, computer, email or other encrypt-able devices.

Girl : I dunno, should I send john this pic?

Girl two : It's fine, John practices Safe Sexting!

Girl : That's good, no way that this pic will get into the wrong hands if he is Safe Sexting.

History

• Archbishop of Canterbury: Thomas Cranmer, who helped move England towards Protestantism, was burned at the stake (1556)
• Code Napoléon: the first modern legal code of France took effect; it was divided into laws of personal status, laws of property, and laws of acquiring property (1804)
• Henry Stanley: journalist began his trek in Africa to locate missing Scottish missionary/explorer David Livingstone; his quest ended with the famous and possibly fictitious words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871)
• "Who shot JR?": J.R. Ewing, the character played by Larry Hagman on Dallas, was shot by an unidentified attacker; a summer of intense curiosity ensued and an advertising catchphrase was born (1980)
• Rick Hansen: set off on his Man in Motion tour to circumnavigate the world in his wheelchair (1985); he returned to Vancouver 2 years and 2 months later, having raised millions for spinal cord research

Birthdays

• Johann Sebastian Bach 1685
• Benito Juarez 1806
• James Jesse Strang 1813
• Modest Mussorgsky 1839
• Florenz Ziegfeld 1869
• Bascom Lunsford 1882
• Phyllis McGinley 1905
• Julio Gallo 1910
• Fonty Flock (Truman Fontello) 1921
• Mort Lindsey 1923
• James Coco 1929
• Joseph Silverstein 1932 - Violinist, conductor
• Al Freeman, Jr. 1934 - Actor
• Kathleen Widdoes 1939 - Actress ("As the World Turns")
• Timothy Dalton 1944 - Actor
• Marie-Christine Barrault 1944 - Actress
• Rose Stone 1945 - Musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
• Bill Plummer 1947
• Eddie Money 1949 - Singer
• Roger Hodgson 1950 - Musician (Supertramp)
• Conrad Lozano 1951 - Musician (Los Lobos)
• Russell Thompkins, Jr. 1951 - Singer (The Stylistics)
• Gary Oldman 1958 - Actor
• Sabrina LeBeauf 1958 - Actress ("The Cosby Show")
• Robert Sweet 1960 - Musician (Stryper)
• Rosie O'Donnell 1962 - Comedian
  

  
• Matthew Broderick 1962 - Actor ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
• Cynthia Geary 1966
• Maxim 1967 - MC (Prodigy)
• Jonas "Joker" Berggren 1967 - Musican (Ace of Base)
• Andrew Copeland 1968 - Musician (Sister Hazel)
• Albert Khan 1969
• DJ Premier 1969 - DJ (Gang Starr)
• Ronaldinho 1980 - Soccer player
  Sonequa Martin-Green 1985 Actress (The Walking Dead)
• Adrian Peterson 1985 - Football player