aplomb \uh-PLOM\, noun:
- Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.
Aplomb is from the French word meaning "perpendicularity, equilibrium, steadiness, assurance," from the Old French phrase a plomb, from a, "according to" (from Latin ad) + plomb, "lead weight" (from Latin plumbum, "lead").
email courier
- An individual who approaches someone's desk or workstation in a work environment almost immediately after sending them an email, usually to confirm that the email has been received.
Bill: I just sent you an email. Did you get it?
Mike: Probably, I haven't checked.
Bill: Can you check?
Mike: Uh yeah, looks like I got it.
Bill: Thoughts?
Mike: My immediate thoughts are you're an email courier and a douchebag.
History
- Baltimore: port town and industrial center was founded (1729)
- "La Marseillaise": the French national anthem was first sung in Paris (1792)
- In God We Trust: became the official motto of the US (1956)
- Kim Philby: the Soviet news service announced that the British intelligence officer and double agent had defected to the USSR (1963)
- Medicare: insurance program for senior citizens was signed into US law (1965)
- Jimmy Hoffa: the former Teamsters president disappeared in suburban Detroit; he has never been found, but he is presumed dead (1975)
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act: "Corporate Responsibility Act" — that tightened control of financial reporting and reduced the potential for fraud — was signed into law by President George Bush (2002)
Birthdays
- Emily Bronte 1818
- Thornstein Velben 1857
- Henry Ford 1863
- Vladimir Kosmo Zworykin 1889 - Invented the iconoscope, called the "Father of Television"
- Casey Stengel 1890
- Henry Moore 1898
- Dick Wilson 1916
- Richard Johnson 1927
- Christine McGuire (The McGuire Sisters) 1929
- Thomas Sowell 1930
- Edd "Kookie" Byrnes 1933
- Ben Piazza 1934
- Buddy Guy 1936
- Joe Nuxhall 1938
- Eleanor Smeal 1939
- Peter Bogdanovich 1939
- Paul Anka 1941
- David Sanborn 1945
- William Atherton 1947
- Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947
- Jean Reno 1948
- Frank Stallone 1950
- Ken Olin 1954
- Anita Hill 1956
- Delta Burke 1956
- Rat Scabies (Damned) 1957
- Kate Bush 1958
- Richard Burgi 1958
- Neal McCoy 1961
- Laurence Fishburne 1961
- Lisa Kudrow 1963 - Actress ("Friends")
- Vivica A. Fox 1964
- Dwayne O'Brien (Little Texas) 1964
- Christine Taylor 1971
- Hillary Swank 1974
- Jaime Pressley 1977
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