Saturday, July 11, 2020

Saturday, July 11, 2020

boondoggle \ BOON-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl \ , verb; 
  1. to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy. 
  2. to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme . 
noun: 
  1. a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout. 
  2. work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. 
  3. a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation. 
Origin: Boondoggle is an Americanism that dates to the 1930s. The term's origin is obscure, but it was popularized during the New Deal as a pejorative word for government projects for the unemployed.

callipygian (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-en). adj.

  • Having a beautfully proportioned buttocks.
Yo! Yo! Keyra Agustina is a callipygian! DAT ASS!DAT ASS!

march of dimes 
  • A procession or gathering of attractive females. They are all "tens" making them dimes.
Guy at mall: "Damn, look at those women, it's a regular march of dimes."

History
  • Alexander Hamilton: the former secretary of the treasury was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with former vice-president Aaron Burr; Hamilton died the next day (1804)
  • Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
  • Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
  • Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)
Birthdays
  • Thomas Bowdler 1754
  • John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767
  • John Wanamaker 1838
  • E.B. White 1899
  • Harry Von Zell 1906
  • Yul Brynner 1915
  • Gene Evans 1924
  • Brett Somers 1927
  • Theodore Harold Maiman 1927
  • Paul Harney 1929
  • Tab Hunter 1931
  • Giorgio Armani 1934
  • Bobby Rice 1944
  • Beverly Todd 1946
  • Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947 - Musician
  • Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951 - Singer
  • Stephen Lang 1952
  • Leon Spinks 1953
  • Mindy Sterling 1953
  • Sela Ward 1956
  • Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) 1957 - Musician
  • Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) 1957 - Musician
  • Mark Lester 1958
  • Suzanne Vega 1959 - Musician
  • Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1960 - Musician
  • Lisa Rinna 1963
  • Debbie Dunning 1966
  • Michael Rosenbaum 1972
  • Lil' Kim 1975



     

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