Sunday, September 29, 2019

Sunday, September 29, 2019

anfractuous \an-FRAK-choo-uhs\, adjective:
  • characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path.
Anfractuous is a back formation of the word anfractuosity meaning "a winding bend."
 
Social Terrorism
  • When someone you know comes to visit unexpectedly and inconveniently, often staying for a long time, and you can't tell them to leave without being rude.
Yesterday, I was just about to go out, and then the doorbell rang. It was Sally, and she invited herself in and stayed for an hour! It was social terrorism!
 
Trivia
What’s the difference between hay and straw?
  • Hay is cut and dried grass, clover, alfalfa, oats, and other grasses and legumes used as feed for farm animals; straw is the hollow stalks of wheat and other grains left over after harvesting and used for livestock bedding and mulch, as well as for weaving hats and baskets.
History
  • Richard II: became the first English king to abdicate his throne; he was forced to do so by his successor, Henry IV, and died shortly thereafter (1399)
  • bobbies: Sir Robert Peel's police force went on duty at Scotland Yard (1829)
  • Tylenol scare: began with the first of seven deaths in the Chicago area from ingestion of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules (1982)
  • Dow Jones: had its steepest one-day drop in history, 778 points (2008)
Birthdays
  • Miguel de Cervantes 1547
  • Horatio Nelson (England) 1758
  • Gene Autry 1907
  • Richard Harkness 1907
  • Greer Garson 1908
  • Michelangelo Antonioni 1912
  • Stanley Kramer 1913
  • Trevor Howard 1916
  • Lizabeth Scott 1922
  • Bum Phillips 1923
  • Steve Forrest 1924
  • Anita Ekberg 1931
  • Jerry Lee Lewis 1935 - Musician
  • Larry Linville 1939
  • Jean-Luc Ponty 1942
  • Madeline Kahn 1942
  • Ian McShane 1942
  • Lech Walesa 1943
  • Mike Post 1944
  • Patricia Hodge 1946
  • Bryant Gumbel 1948
  • Mike Pinera (Iron Butterfly) 1948
  • Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad) 1948
  • Alvin Crow 1950
  • Sebastian Coe 1956
  • Suzzy Roche (The Roches) 1956
  • Andrew "Dice" Clay 1958
  • Les Claypool (Primus) 1963
  • Devante Swing 1969
  • Emily Lloyd 1970
  • Natasha Gregson Wagner 1970  

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