Friday, October 13, 2017

TGIF? Friday, October 13, 2017


FRIDAY THE 13TH!

triskaidekaphobia \ tris-kahy-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh, tris-kuh- \ , noun;
  • fear or a phobia concerning the number 13. 
Origin: Triskaidekaphobia derives from the Greek word for thirteen, triskaídeka and the Greek word for fear, phobos . It entered English in the early 1900s.

flaxen \FLAK-suhn\, adjective:
1. Of the pale yellowish color of dressed flax or linen.
2. Resembling flax.
3. Pertaining to flax.
4. Made of flax.
Flaxen, related to flax, is probably from Proto-Germanic base fleh-, meaning "to weave, plait."
 
Diarrhea of the Mouse
  • Uncontrollable rambling via internet - email, blog, instant message, etc. Spin-off of the original phrase "diarrhea of the mouth."
The compulsive blogger, t3h Bax0jayz, suffered a severe case of diarrhea of the mouse.


History
  • White House: the cornerstone was laid for the building then known as the Executive Mansion (1792)
  • universal time: the meridian of longitude of Greenwich, England, was established as the basis of calculating the world's time (1884)
  • World Series: Boston defeated Pittsburgh in the first baseball championship games (1903)
  • Miracle of the Sun: according to reports, tens of thousands of people saw the sun cast colored lights and spin toward the earth near Fátima, Portugal (1917)
  • Italy: switched sides in WWII and declared war on Nazi Germany (1943)
  • Hosni Mubarak: the Egyptian vice president was elected president, one week after Anwar Sadat's assassination (1981); he was Egypt's longest-serving president
Birthdays
  • Mary Ludwig 1754
  • Rudolf Virchow 1821
  • Wilbur Shaw 1902
  • Herblock (Herbert Block) 1909
  • Cornel Wilde 1915
  • Burr Tillstrom 1917
  • Laraine Day 1920
  • Yves Montand 1921
  • Lou Saban (NFL) 1921
  • Nipsey Russell 1924
  • Lenny Bruce 1925
  • Frank D. Gilroy 1925
  • Margaret Thatcher (Britain) 1925
  • Eddie Yost (MLB) 1926
  • Shirley Caesar 1928
  • Eddie Mathews (MLB) 1931
  • Cliff Gorman 1936
  • Melinda Dillon 1939
  • Paul Simon 1941
  • Pamela Tiffin 1942
  • Jerry Jones 1943
  • Robert Lamm (The Big Thing, Chicago) 1944
  • Karen Akers 1945
  • Demond Wilson 1946
  • Lacy J. Dalton 1946
  • Sammy Hagar 1947
  • John Lone 1952
  • Beverly Johnson 1952
  • Marie Osmond 1959
  • John Wiggins 1962
  • Jerry Rice (NFL) 1962
  • Kelly Preston 1962
  • T'Keyah "Crystal" Keymah 1962
  • Kate Walsh 1967
  • Rhett Akins 1969
  • Nancy Kerrigan 1969
  • Tisha Campbell 1970
  • Sacha Baron Cohen 1971
  • Jan Van Sichem Jr. (K's Choice) 1972
  • Katia Winter 1983
  • Tiffany Trump 1993

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