Wednesday, August 23, 2017

theine [thee-een, -in] noun

• caffeine, especially in tea. 

ORIGIN: Theine comes from New Latin the(a) “tea” and -ine, a noun suffix used particularly in chemical terms (bromine; chlorine), and especially in names of basic substances (amine; caffeine). It entered English in the 1830s. 

blessed from behind

• Your ass is huge.

"Damn girl you are blessed from behind"
#ass

History

• William Wallace: Scottish nationalist who opposed British rule, and on whom Braveheart was based, was executed in London (1305)
• Franklin: area that is now part of Tennessee seceded from North Carolina; it failed to win acceptance as one of the United States (1784)
• Rudolph Valentino: death of the 31-year-old silent screen sex symbol known as the quintessential Latin lover caused mass hysterical mourning (1926)
• Sacco and Vanzetti: Italian-American anarchists were executed by electric chair for murder during an armed robbery; questions about the fairness of their trial remain (1927)

Birthdays

• Louis XVI (France) 1754
• Oliver Hazard Perry 1785
  
• Edgar Lee Masters 1869
• Gene Kelly 1912
• Bob Crosby (The Bob Cats) 1913
• Tex Williams 1917
• Jean Darling 1925
• Peter Thompson 1929
• Vera Miles 1930
• Mark Russell 1932
• Barbara Eden 1934 - Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie")
• Sonny Jurgensen 1934
• Rudy Lewis (Drifters) 1936
• Ronnie Cox 1938
• Tony Bill 1940
• Richard Sanders 1940
• Patricia McBride 1942
• Antonia Novello 1944
• Rex Allen Jr. 1947
• Keith Moon 1947 - Musician (The Who)
• Shelley Long 1949 - Actress
• Rick Springfield 1949 - Actor / Singer
• Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) 1949
• Mark Hudson 1951
• Jimi Jamison 1951 - Musician (Survivor)
• Bobby G. (Bucks Fizz) 1953
• Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) 1961
• Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) 1962
• River Phoenix 1970
• Jay Mohr 1971
• Ray Park 1974 (Darth Maul)
• Kobe Bryant 1978 - Basketball player
• Joanne Froggatt 1980 - Actress ("Downton Abbey")