Monday, September 24, 2018

Monday, September 24, 2018

heliotrope \HEE-lee-uh-trohp\, noun:
1. A light tint of purple; reddish lavender.
2. Any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
3. Any of various other plants, as the valerian or the winter heliotrope.
4. Any plant that turns toward the sun.
5. Surveying. An arrangement of mirrors for reflecting sunlight from a distant point to an observation station.
6. Bloodstone.
Heliotrope literally meant "turn towards the sun" in Greek. Flowers that turned towards the sun became associated with this word.
 
drive it like you stole it
  • Drive fast; drive as if you stole the car and the police are after you.
If you are not here in ten minutes, I'm leaving without you. So put the pedal to the metal and drive it like you stole it.

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confident turtle
  • When one sticks their neck out so far as to avoid double chins and exude the confidence of a turtle that comes out of its shell.
She used the confident turtle to replace duck face in photos.

History
  • Black Friday: Wall Street panicked as speculators tried to corner the gold market, causing a collapse (1869)
  • USS Enterprise: first nuclear aircraft carrier was launched, in Newport News, Virginia (1960)
  • 60 Minutes: investigative TV news-magazine debuted on CBS (1968)
Birthdays 
  • John Marshall 1755
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896
  • Don Porter 1912
  • Larry Gates 1915
  • Jim McKay 1921
  • Sheila MacRae 1924
  • Anthony Newley 1931
  • Jim Henson 1936
  • Barbara Allbut (The Angels) 1940
  • Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles)
  • Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels) 1942
  • Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) 1942
  • "Mean" Joe Green (NFL) 1946
  • Phil Hartman 1948
  • Gordon Clapp 1948
  • Kevin Sorbo 1958
  • Nia Vardalos 1962
  • Cedric Dent (Take 6) 1962
  • Rafael Palmeiro 1964
  • Lisa Matthews (born Lisa Reich) 1969 (PB Playmate Apr 1990)
  • Marty Mitchell (Ricochet) 1969
  • Megan Ward 1969
  • Marty Cintron (No Mercy) 1971
  • Kyle Sullivan 1988
 
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