Tuesday, July 07, 2020

Monday, July 7, 2014

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leviathan \ li-VAHY-uh-thuhn \ , noun; 
  1. anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship. 
  2. ( often initial capital letter ) Bible . a sea monster. 
  3. any huge marine animal, as the whale. 
  4. ( initial capital letter, italics ) a philosophical work (1651) by Thomas Hobbes dealing with the political organization of society. 
Origin: Leviathan entered English in the late 1300s as a word for a giant sea monster. It finds its roots in the Hebrew liwyāthān .
Double-Chipping
  • When a house guest reaches into a bag of chips and eats some. Then licks all over their hands, then reaches into the bag and eats some more chips, Double-Chipping.
Me and a buddy were eating Hot Cheetos but he kept "Double-Chipping"


History
  • California: was annexed to the US after a Mexican garrison surrendered; Hawaii was annexed 52 years later (1846, 1898)
  • sliced bread: first commercially produced loaf was sold in Chillicothe, Missouri (1928)
  • Hoover Dam: work began on the Colorado River project, then known as Boulder Dam (1930)
  • Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini: was canonized as the first American saint (1946)
  • London bombings: explosions on a bus and in three Underground stations killed 52 (2005)
Birthdays
  • Gustav Mahler 1860 - Composer
  • Marc Chagall 1887
  • Hanns Eisler 1898
  • George Cukor 1899
  • Satchel Paige 1906
  • Robert Heinlein 1907 - author
  • Gian Carlo Menotti 1911
  • Pinetop Perkins 1913 - Musician
  • Ruth Ford 1915
  • William Kunstler 1919
  • Ezzard Charles 1921
  • Pierre Cardin 1922
  • Mary Ford 1924
  • Charlie Louvin 1927
  • Doc Severinsen 1927 - Bandleader
  • Vincent Edwards 1928
  • David McCullough 1933 - Author
  • Ringo Starr 1940 - Musician (Beatles)
  • Warren Entner 1944 - Musician (The Grass Roots)
  • Joe Spano 1946 - Actor
  • Linda Williams 1947 - Country singer
  • Shelley Duvall 1949 - Actress ("The Shining")
  • David Hodo 1950 - Musician (The Village People)
  • Cherry Boone 1954
  • Jessica Hahn 1959
  • Billy Campbell 1959 - Actor
  • imagebam.comMark White 1962 - Musician (Spin Doctors)
  • Vonda Shepard 1963 - Singer, songwriter ("Ally McBeal")
  • Ricky Kinchen 1966 - Musician (Mint Condition)
  • Jim Gaffigan 1966 - Actor, comedian
  • Jorja Fox 1968 - Actress ("C.S.I.")
  • Cree Summer 1970
  • Lisa Leslie 1972 - Basketball player
  • Kirsten Vangsness 1972 - Actress ("Criminal Minds")
  • Michelle Kwan 1980 - Figure skater


 

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