Wednesday, June 14, 2017

orison \AWR-uh-zuhn\, noun:

• A prayer.

Orison derives from the Late Latin oratio-, a conjugation of the Latin "plea, oration."

 

facebook wit

• The intellegent humor that nearly everyone seems to gain when they have a half an hour to contemplate a witty response. It is usually a bad comparison to a person's actually conversational skills since they can sit and contemplate the response for as long as they need.

(Facebook wit conversation)

Susie (7:12): So... supposedly the world is ending on Saturday...

Dan: (7:32): Hell yeah! (pun totally intended ;)

Susie (7:34): You think you'll still be here after the rapture?

Dan: (8:01): Oh, I'm throwing a rapture party! Devil juice and Satan cakes, with the Antichrist spinning!

Susie: (8:04): ROFL!

 

(Real conversation)

Susie (7:12): So... supposedly the world is ending on Saturday...

Dan (7:13): Oh, wow, that's really interesting...

(Crickets chirping)

Holiday

• Flag Day (US)

History

• Munich: Benedictine monks founded the Bavarian city on the banks of the Isar River (1158)
• US Army: was founded to fight the British (1775)
• Bear Flag Revolt: the California Republic was declared by Sonoma settlers while California was still ruled by Mexico (1846)
• UNIVAC I: the first commercial computer was dedicated at the US Census Bureau (1951)
• Pledge of Allegiance: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" (1954)
• Falkland Islands: military dispute ended as Argentine forces surrendered to the British (1982)

Birthdays

• Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811
• Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax 1848
• Burl Ives 1909
• Dorothy McGuire 1916
• Sam Wanamaker 1919
• Gene Barry 1921
• Pierre Salinger 1925
• Don Newcombe 1926 - Baseball player
• Cy Coleman 1928
• Che Guevarra 1928 - racist socialist
• Marla Gibbs 1931 - Actress, producer
• Jerzy Kosinski 1933
• Jack Bannon 1940
• Muff Winwood 1943 - Musician (Spencer Davis Group)
• Rod Argent 1945 - Musician (The Zombies, Argent)
• Donald Trump 1946 - Real estate developer, television personality
• Barry Melton 1947 - Musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
• Alan White 1949 - Musician (Yes)
• Eddie Mekka 1952 - Actor ("Laverne and Shirley")
• Will Patton 1954 - Actor
• Eric Heiden 1958 - Olympic gold-medal speed skater
• Boy George (George O'Dowd) 1961 - Singer (Culture Club)
• Chris DeGarmo 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
• Yasmine Bleeth 1968 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Steffi Graf 1969 - Tennis player
• Traylor Howard 1971 - Actress ("Monk," "Two Guys and a Girl")
• Diablo Cody 1978 - Screenwriter ("Juno")
• Kevin McHale 1988 - Actor ("Glee")