Tuesday, March 20, 2018

vernal \VUR-nl\, adjective:

1. Appearing or occurring in spring.

2. Of or pertaining to spring.

3. Appropriate to or suggesting spring; springlike.

4. Belonging to or characteristic of youth.

Vernal stems from the Latin word vernus meaning "pertaining to spring." It is related to the word "verdant."

 

ambisextrous

• Having the ability to masturbate successfully with both hands.

Brad is a world class wanker, he's ambisextrous!

History

• Dutch East Indies Company: megacorporation was formed; it grew to control most of the European trade with Asia before expiring, bankrupt, after 200 years (1602)
• Uncle Tom's Cabin: antislavery novel was published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, whom Lincoln called "the little woman who started this big war" (1852)
• "I shall return": was spoken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as he left the Philippines during WWII; he did return, two years later (1942)
• John Lennon: wed Yoko Ono in Gibraltar (1969)
• Tokyo subway gas attack: Aum Shinrikyo group released sarin, killing 12 and injuring thousands (1995)

Birthdays

• George Bingham 1811
• Henrik Ibsen 1828
  

  
• Frederick Winslow Taylor 1856
• Lauritz Melchior 1890
• B.F. Skinner 1904
• Ozzie Nelson 1906
• Sir Michael Redgrave 1908
• Wendell Cory 1914
• Dame Vera Lynn 1917
• Marian McPartland 1920
• Carl Reiner 1922 - Director, producer
• Ray Goulding 1922
• Larry Elgart 1922
• Jack Kruschen 1922
• Fred "Mr." Rogers 1928
• Sonny (Santo) Russo 1929
• Hal Linden 1931 - Actor ("Barney Miller")
• George Altman 1933
• Ted Bessell 1935 - Actor
• Jerry Reed 1937 - Singer, actor ("Smokey and the Bandit")
• Don Edwards 1939 - Country singer
• Brian Mulroney 1939 - Canadian prime minister
  

  
• Paul Junger Witt 1943 - TV producer
• Pat Riley 1945
• Ranger Doug 1946 - Country musician (Riders in the Sky)
• Bobby Orr 1948 - Hockey player
• Marcia Ball 1954 - Blues singer, musician
• William Hurt 1950 - Actor
• Jimmy Vaughn 1951 - Musician (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• Carl Palmer 1950 - Musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Asia)
• Jimmy Seales 1954 - Country musician (Shenandoah)
• Spike Lee 1957 - Movie director
• Theresa Russell 1957 - Actress
  

  
• Vanessa Bell Calloway 1957 - Actress
• Holly Hunter 1958 - Actress
• John Clark Gable 1961 - Actor, auto racer
• Slim Jim Phantom 1961 - Musician (The Stray Cats)
• Kathy Ireland 1963 - Model
• Tracy Chapman 1964 - Musician
• Adrian Oxxal 1965 - Musician (James)
• Liza Snyder 1968 - Actress ("Yes, Dear")
• Michael Rapaport 1970 - Actor ("Boston Public")
• Alexander Chaplin 1971 - Actor
• Chester Bennington 1976 - Singer (Linkin Park)
• Michael Genadry 1978 - Actor ("Ed")
• Bianca Lawson 1979 - Actress