Monday, September 25, 2017

Monday, September 25, 2017

tchotchke \CHOCH-kuh\, noun:
  • A trinket; a knickknack.
Tchotchke is from Yiddish tshatshke, "trinket," ultimately of Slavic origin. It is also spelled tsatske.
 
Joined at the Dick
  • At least two heterosexual men or 'bros' who cannot be mentioned without the other because they never leave each other's side.
"Hey! Did you see Jim today?"
"You mean Jim and Tony, right?"
"Oh yeah, I forget they're joined at the dick"

History 
  • Pacific Ocean: was first seen by Europeans when Vasco Núñez de Balboa and his Spanish crew crossed the Isthmus of Panama (1513)
  • polygamy: Mormon practice was renounced by Wilford Woodruff, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1890)
  • Little Rock Nine: in a step for racial integration, black students entered a segregated Arkansas high school, protected by federal troops and over the protests of the state's governor (1957)
  • Sandra Day O'Connor: became the first woman to be sworn into the US Supreme Court (1981)
Birthdays
  • William Faulkner 1897
  • Red Smith 1905
  • Johnny Sain 1917
  • Phil Rizzuto 1918
  • Aldo Ray (daRe) 1926
  • Barbara Walters 1931
  • Glenn Gould 1932
  • Ian Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) 1933
  • Erik Darling (The Tarriers, Rooftop Singers) 1933
  • Juliet Prowse 1936
  • Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes 1936
  • Joe Russel (The Persuasions) 1939
  • Oscar Bonavena 1942
  • Robert Walden 1943
  • Gary Alexander (The Association) 1943
  • Michael Douglas 1944
  • Onnie McIntyre (Average White Band) 1945
  • Chery Tiegs 1947
  • Mimi Kennedy 1949
  • Anson Williams 1949
  • Mark Hamill 1951
  • Colin Friels 1952
  • Christopher Reeve 1952
  • John Locke (Spirit) 1953
  • Steve Severin (Siouxsie & The Banshees) 1955
  • Michael Madsen 1958
  • Heather Locklear 1961
  • Aida Turturro 1962
  • Scottie Pippen 1965
  • Will Smith (Fresh Prince) 1968
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones 1969
  • Bridgette Wilson 1973
  • Chris Owen 1980
  • Diana Ortiz 1985
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