Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

fard \fahrd\,
verb:
1. To apply cosmetics.
noun:
1. Facial cosmetics. .
Fard comes from the Old Low Franconian word farwiđon meaning "to dye or color." In the Old French it became farder meaning "to apply makeup."
 
Vehicular Hypochondria
  • A severe mental disability in which sufferers chronically experience acute anxiety attacks related to the welfare of their vehicles. A typical vehicular hypochondriac may face bouts of depression and paranoia stemming from the false belief that his/her car is malfunctioning when it is in fact operating in perfect order.
Sane Human Being: Why are you giving away all of your earthly possessions and digging a large hole in the ground in front of a tombstone with your name on it?

Vehicular Hypochondriac: Well, my check engine light came on today. I'm going to die.

History
  • Trojan horse: traditional date of the ancient Greeks' ruse to gain entry into Troy (1184 BCE)
  • "La Marseillaise": France's national anthem was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1792)
  • Library of Congress: was established with $5,000; today it has 18 million books and 100 million other items in 470 languages (1800)
  • Hersheypark: amusement park opened in Hershey, Pennsylvania, for the exclusive use of Hershey Chocolate Company's employees; it was later opened to the public (1907)
  • Easter Uprising: unsuccessful Irish rebellion against British rule began (1916)
Birthdays
  • John Graunt 1620
  • Edmund Cartwright 1743
  • Robert Bailey Thomas 1766
  • George Bascom 1836
  • Henri Philippe Petain 1856
  • Robert Penn Warren 1905
  • Jack E. Leonard 1911
  • Aaron Bell 1922
  • J.D. Cannon 1922
  • John Griffin 1928
  • Freddy Scott 1933
  • Shirley Boone 1934
  • Shirley MacLaine 1934 - Actress
  • Jill Ireland 1936
  • Joe Henderson 1937
  • Sue Grafton 1940 - Author
  • Barbra Streisand 1942 - Singer
  • Richard Sterban 1943 - Singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
  • Bob Lunn 1945
  • Robert Knight 1945
  • Doug Clifford 1945 - Musician (Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR))
  • Glenn Cornick 1947
  • Eric Bogosian 1953 - Actor
  • Vince Ferragamo 1954
  • Michael O'Keefe 1955
  • David J. 1957 - Musician (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets)
  • Boris Williams 1958 - Musician (Cure)
  • Glenn Morshower 1959 - Actor ("24")
  • Billy Gould 1963 - Musician (Faith No More)
  • Paul Ryder 1964 - Musician (Happy Mondays)
  • Djimon Hounsou 1964 - Actor
  • Cedric the Entertainer 1964 - Actor, comedian
  • Patty Schemel 1967 - Musician (Hole)
  • Omar Vizquel 1967 - Baseball player
  • Aaron Comess 1968 - Musician (Spin Doctors)
  • Chipper Jones 1972 - Baseball player
  • Brian Aubrey Marshall 1973 - Musician (Creed)
  • Eric Balfour 1977 - Actor
  • Carlos Beltran 1977 - Baseball player
  • Kelly Clarkson (Kelly Brianne Clarkson) 1983 - Singer, first "American Idol" participant to win a Grammy Award, Who's High Pitch?

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