Monday, July 31, 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017

ambsace \EYMZ-eys\, noun:
1. The smallest amount or distance.
2. The lowest throw at dice, the double ace (two ones.)
3. Bad luck; misfortune.
Ambsace stems from the Old French ambes as, "both aces."
 
2.0 (Read: two point oh | two point zero)
  • Marketing catchphrase/buzzword than, when attached to a name, implies an "improved" or "superior" product than it's predicesor. When used in comparisons like ' A is B 2.0" ,' it's like saying "B" is like "A" only "better."
Obama thinks he's Jesus Christ 2.0.

History
  • Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)
  • Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)
  • Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)
  • NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)
  • K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)
Birthdays
  • Maximilian II 1527 - Holy Roman Emperor
  • S.S. Kresge 1867
  • George Liberace 1911
  • Milton Friedman 1912
  • Bryan Hextall 1913
  • William Todman 1913
  • Hank Jones 1918
  • Curt Gowdy 1919
  • Hank Bauer 1922
  • Don Murray 1929
  • Kenny Burrell 1931
  • Geoffrey Lewis 1935
  • France Nuyen 1939
  • John West 1939 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
  • Lobo 1943
  • Susan Flannery 1943
  • Sherry Lansing 1944
  • Geraldine Chaplin 1944
  • Bob Welch 1946 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Gary Lewis 1946 - Musician (Gary Lewis and the Playboys)
  • Karl Green 1947 - Musician (Herman's Hermits)
  • Barry Van Dyke 1951
  • Evonne Goolagong 1951
  • Alan Autry 1952 - Actor
  • James Read 1953
  • Bill Berry 1956 - Musician (R.E.M.)
  • Daniel Ash 1957 - Musician (Bauhaus, Tones On Tail, Love and Rockets)
  • Wesley Snipes 1962
  • Norman Cook 1963 - Musician (Housemartins)
  • J.K. Rowling 1965 - Author (Harry Potter series)
  • Dean Cain 1966
  • Loren Dean 1969
  • Annie Parisse 1975
  • Robert Telfer 1977
  • Will Champion 1978 - Musician (Coldplay)
  • Evgeni Malkin 1986 - Hockey player

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