Saturday, January 20, 2018

lacuna \luh-KYOO-nuh\, noun;plural lacunae \luh-KYOO-nee\ or lacunas Lacuna is from the Latin lacuna, "a cavity, a hollow," from lacus, "a hollow.": 

1. A blank space; a missing part; a gap.
2. (Biology) A small opening, depression, or cavity in an anatomical structure.

Origin: Lacuna is from the Latin lacuna, "a cavity, a hollow," from lacus, "a hollow."

  Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil

 
deucedly \DOO-sid-lee\, adverb:

• Devilishly; damnably.

Deucedly is related to the word deuce which refers to the face of a die with one dot, as in "to roll deuces." It comes from the Latin word for two, duos. In the mid-1600s, it became associated with bad luck, probably because it was the lowest score you could get when playing dice.
 

Facility Fishing

• Facility Fishing is the act of searching for a restroom. Facility Fishing may be done simply to find a rest room in an unknown location. However, Facility Fishing is also performed when one seeks to find a rest room that is located off the beaten path where there will be more privacy and likely little to no interuption from others coming in while defecating. This is most often performed in large buildings and locations where there are lots of people.

Leroy was at the convention center and there were hundreds of people at a trade show. He went Facility Fishing to find a bathroom near the loading dock where he was able to take a dump in privacy without a stampede of other people in and out.
 
TriviaHow many shades of red are there in Crayola’s box of 120 crayons?

• 23—more than any other color. The closest is green, with 20 shades, followed by blue with 19.

 

History

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  1958 - Elvis Presley got his orders to report to duty from the U.S. Army. He was allowed a 60-day deferment so he could finish the film "King Creole".
• 1964 - The album "Meet the Beatles" was released in the U.S. on Capitol Records. It was their U.S. debut LP.
• 1982 - Ozzy Osborne bit the head off of a bat in Des Moines, IA, and was hospitalized to undertake a series of rabies shots.
• 2000 - Greece and Turkey signed five accords aimed to build confidence between the two nations.
• 2002 - Michael Jordan (Washington Wizards) played his first game in Chicago as a visiting player. The Wizards beat the Bulls 77-69.

Birthdays

• Theobald Wolfe Tone 1763
• Leadbelly (Huddie William Ledbetter) 1889
• George Burns 1896
• Aristotle Onassis 1906
• Joy Adamson 1910
• Lawrence Dobkin 1919
• DeForest Kelley 1920
• Federico Fellini 1920
• Ray Anthony (Antonini) 1922
• Slim Whitman 1924
• David Tudor 1926
• Patricia Neal 1926
• Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin 1930
• Edward "Fireball" Roberts 1931
• Arte Johnson 1934
• Camilo Pascual 1934
• Tom baker 1934 (Dr Who)
• Dorothy Provine 1937
• Carol Heise 1940
• Ron Townson (The 5th Dimension) 1941
• Eric Stewart (Mindbenders) 1945
• David Lynch 1946
• Malcolm McLaren 1946
• George Grantham (Poco) 1947
• Paul Stanley 1950 - Musician (KISS) 
• Ian Hill 1952 - Musician (Judas Priest)
• Bill Maher 1956 (douche)
• Lorenzo Lamas 1958
• John Michael Montgomery 1965
• Stacy Dash 1967
• Xavier 1968
• Melissa Rivers 1968
• Skeet Ulrich 1969
• Mark Trojanowski (Sister Hazel) 1970
• Gary Barlow 1971
• Rob Bourdon 1979 drummer (Linkin Park)

And

The Commander

WIL HARRISON