Friday, March 16, 2018

Friday, March 16, 2018

gasser \GAS-er\, noun:
1. Something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
2. A person or thing that gasses.
Gasser is an Americanism that arose in the late 1800s.
 
skinny fat

  • This is when you look skinny but you have an untoned body. a.k.a. the stomach area
J: Yo that girl is hot! 
Moe: Guy what are you talkin' bout, that girl is skinny fat!


History
  • Samoset: Native American man made a sudden appearance among the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony, greeting them in English (1622)
  • West Point: the US Military Academy was established; graduates include US presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1802)
  • The Scarlet Letter: Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about adultery, loyalty and labeling was published (1850)
  • Robert Goddard: physicist launched the first liquid fuel rocket, in Auburn, Massachusetts; "Nell" the rocket traveled 2.5 seconds and landed in a cabbage field (1926)
  • My Lai massacre: US soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Vietnam village of My Lai (1968)
Birthdays
  • James Madison 1751 - Fourth president of the United States. Born in Port Conway, VA.
  • George S. Ohm 1787
  • Rosa Bonheur 1822
  • Andrew S. Hallidie 1836
  • Maxim Gorkei 1861
  • Conrad Nagel 1896
  • Henny Youngman 1906
  • Josef Mengele 1911
  • Leo McKern 1920
  • Jerry Lewis 1926 - Actor, comedian
  • Carl Smith 1927
  • Ruby (Rueben) Braff 1927
  • Tommy Flanagan 1930
  • Betty Johnson 1932
  • R. Walter Cunningham 1932
  • Bernardo Bertolucci 1940 - Director
  • Chuck Woolery 1941 - Game show host ("Love Connection", "Lingo")
  • Jerry Jeff Walker 1942 - Singer, songwriter
  • Robin Williams 1947 - Country singer
  • Erik Estrada 1949 - Actor ("CHiPs")
  • Victor Garber 1949 - Actor
  • Kate Nelligan 1951 - Actress
  • Ray Benson 1951 - Country singer (Asleep at the Wheel)
  • Hollis Stacy 1954 - Golfer
  • Nancy Wilson 1954 - Musician (Heart)
  • Isabelle Huppert 1955
  • Ozzie Newsome 1956 - Football player
  • Flava Flav 1959 - Rapper (Public Enemy)
  • Jimmy DeGrasso 1963 - Musician (Megadeth)
  • Patty Griffin 1964 - Folk singer
  • Rodney Peete 1966 - Football player
  • Lauren Graham 1967 - Actress ("Gilmore Girls")
  • Brooke Burns 1978 - Actress ("Baywatch"), game show host ("Dog Eat Dog")

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