FRIDAY THE 13TH!
triskaidekaphobia \ tris-kahy-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh, tris-kuh- \ , noun;
- fear or a phobia concerning the number 13.
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
- 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
- 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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