Saturday, November 18, 2017

Saturday, November 18, 2017

omnibus \OM-nuh-buhs\, noun:
1. A volume of reprinted works of a single author or of works related in interest or theme.
2. A bus.
adjective:
1. Pertaining to, including, or dealing with numerous objects or items at once.
Omnibus means “for all” in Latin.
barside manner
  • manner or conduct of a bartender, when waiting on customers.
That bartender hasn't acknowledged me since I've sat down. What bad barside manner!

History 
  • William Tell: legendary Swiss archer shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head, his life depended on success in this challenge after he defied his canton's Austrian bailiff (1307)
  • time zones: US and Canadian railroad companies implemented a system of five standard time zones so that train travelers would be able to keep time (1883)
  • Steamboat Willie: Mickey Mouse made his big screen debut in the Walt Disney-directed feature (1928)
  • Calvin and Hobbes: comic strip about a boy and his stuffed tiger (named for the French theologian and the English political philosopher) debuted (1985)
  • Jonestown: over 900 people died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid — or through other means — in a murder/suicide pact led by preacher Jim Jones in Guyana (1978)
Birthdays 
  • Louis Daguerre 1789
  • Cesare Lombroso 1836
  • William Gilbert 1836
  • Eugene Ormandy 1899
  • Imogene Coca 1908
  • Amelita Galli-Curci 1916
  • Jocelyn Brando 1919
  • Alan Shepard, Jr. 1923
  • Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) 1926
  • Brad Sullivan 1931
  • Hank Ballard 1936
  • Brenda Vaccaro 1939
  • Margaret Atwood 1939
  • Gary Bettenhausen 1941
  • Linda Evans 1942
  • Susan Sullivan 1944
  • Jackie Ward 1946
  • Andrea Marcovicci 1948
  • Herman Rarebell (The Scorpions) 1949
  • Graham Parker 1950
  • Jameson Parker 1950
  • Kevin Nealon 1953
  • Warren Moon 1956
  • Kim Wilde 1960
  • Elizabeth Perkins 1960
  • Kirk Hammett 1962 - Musician (Metallica)
  • Tim DeLaughter (Tripping Daisy) 1965
  • Owen Wilson 1968
  • Duncan Sheik 1969
  • Peta Wilson 1970
  • Chloë Sevigny 1974 (right)
  • Aneta Smrhová (aka Anetta Keys) 1983 (bottom)


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