Saturday, March 21, 2020

cockalorum \kok-uh-LAWR-uhm, -LOHR-\, noun:

• a self-important little man.

This mock Latin term is a derivative of cock, meaning "a male chicken." It came to English in the early 1700s. 

Restless Dick Syndrome

• When you try and and wake up your bed-mate in the middle of the night by poking her in the back with your burgeoning hard on.

Cathy: "I didn't get a wink of sleep last night. Fuckin' 3 a.m. and Ronnie gets a bad case of the Restless Dick Syndrome! There oughta be a pill!"

History

• Archbishop of Canterbury: Thomas Cranmer, who helped move England towards Protestantism, was burned at the stake (1556)
• Code Napoléon: the first modern legal code of France took effect; it was divided into laws of personal status, laws of property, and laws of acquiring property (1804)
• Henry Stanley: journalist began his trek in Africa to locate missing Scottish missionary/explorer David Livingstone; his quest ended with the famous and possibly fictitious words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" (1871)
• "Who shot JR?": J.R. Ewing, the character played by Larry Hagman on Dallas, was shot by an unidentified attacker; a summer of intense curiosity ensued and an advertising catchphrase was born (1980)
• Rick Hansen: set off on his Man in Motion tour to circumnavigate the world in his wheelchair (1985); he returned to Vancouver 2 years and 2 months later, having raised millions for spinal cord research

Birthdays

• Johann Sebastian Bach 1685
• Benito Juarez 1806
• James Jesse Strang 1813
• Modest Mussorgsky 1839
• Florenz Ziegfeld 1869
• Bascom Lunsford 1882
• Phyllis McGinley 1905
• Julio Gallo 1910
• Fonty Flock (Truman Fontello) 1921
• Mort Lindsey 1923
• James Coco 1929
• Joseph Silverstein 1932 - Violinist, conductor
• Al Freeman, Jr. 1934 - Actor
• Kathleen Widdoes 1939 - Actress ("As the World Turns")
• Timothy Dalton 1944 - Actor
• Marie-Christine Barrault 1944 - Actress
• Rose Stone 1945 - Musician (Sly & the Family Stone)
• Bill Plummer 1947
• Eddie Money 1949 - Singer
• Roger Hodgson 1950 - Musician (Supertramp)
• Conrad Lozano 1951 - Musician (Los Lobos)
• Russell Thompkins, Jr. 1951 - Singer (The Stylistics)
• Gary Oldman 1958 - Actor
• Sabrina LeBeauf 1958 - Actress ("The Cosby Show")
• Robert Sweet 1960 - Musician (Stryper)
• Rosie O'Donnell 1962 - hack-comedian
  

  
• Matthew Broderick 1962 - Actor ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off")
• Cynthia Geary 1966
• Maxim 1967 - MC (Prodigy)
• Jonas "Joker" Berggren 1967 - Musican (Ace of Base)
• Andrew Copeland 1968 - Musician (Sister Hazel)
• Albert Khan 1969
• DJ Premier 1969 - DJ (Gang Starr)
• Ronaldinho 1980 - Soccer player
  Sonequa Martin-Green 1985 Actress (The Walking Dead)
• Adrian Peterson 1985 - Football player