Saturday January 8, 2022

gesticulate \juh-STIK-yuh-layt\, intransitive verb:

• To make gestures or motions, especially while speaking or instead of speaking.

transitive verb:

• To indicate or express by gestures.

Origin: Gesticulate is from Latin gesticulatus, past participle of gesticulari, "to gesticulate," from gesticulus, diminutive of gestus, "gesture, action." 
 
Nearsighted Date

• As opposed to a blind date, where you have no idea what the other person looks like, a nearsighted date is one where you've seen a photo or chatted via web cam before meeting in person. This can often lead to disappointment if one person or the other has supplied misleading documentation.

"Well, I saw her profile pics on Facebook, so it was more of a nearsighted date than a blind date."

"That's the last nearsighted date I ever go on...her profile pic must have been 5 years, 3 hair colors and 2 kids ago."

"Went on a nearsighted date last night. The picture he emailed me must have been from before he quit the gym."

History

• Battle of New Orleans: the US defeated the British in the final battle of the War of 1812; a peace treaty had already been signed, but the news hadn't yet reached New Orleans (1815)
• 14 Points: US President Woodrow Wilson presented his plan for post-WWI peace in Europe; it held the Allies together for the remainder of the war and established him as their moral leader (1918)
• Charles de Gaulle: became the first president of France's Fifth Republic (1959)
• Music City Miracle: controversial pass won an NFL post-season game for the Tennessee Titans; the team subsequently made it to the Super Bowl (2000)

Birthdays

• James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general

  
• Wilkie Collins 1824
• Jose Ferrer 1909 - Actor, director
• Larry Storch 1923 - Actor ("F Troop")
• Ron Moody 1924 - Actor ("Oliver Twist")
• Soupy Sales (Milton Hines) 1926 - Comedian (Host: The Soupy Sales Show)
• Walter Hergesheimer 1927 - Hockey player
• Sander Vanocur 1928 - Broadcast journalist (ABC News)
• Doreen Wilbur 1930 - Archery
• Charles Osgood 1933 - Broadcast journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning)
• Gene Freese 1934 - Baseball
• Elvis Presley 1935 - Musician, known as "the King of rock 'n' roll"
• Shirley Bassey 1937 - Singer
• Christy Lane 1940 Country-gospel singer
• Anthony Gourdine 1940 Singer (Little Anthony and The Imperials)
• Yvette Mimieux 1941 - Actress ("The Time Machine", "The Most Deadly Game")
• Stephen Hawking 1942 - Theoretical physicist, writer (A Brief History of Time)
• Ron Ellis 1945 - Hockey player
• Robby Krieger 1946 - Musician (The Doors)
• David Bowie (David Robert Jones) 1947 Singer, movies
• Terry Sylvester 1947 (Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans)
• Joe Reed 1948 - Football player
• Wilbur Howard 1949 - Baseball player

  
• John McTiernan 1951 - Director
• Calvin Smith 1961
• Maria Patillo 1965 - Actress
• R. Kelly 1969
• Ami Dolenz 1969 - Actress
• Jeff Abercrombie - Musician (Fuel)
• Jenny Lewis 1976 - Actress
  Genevieve Nicole Cortese Padalecki 1981- Actress ("Supernatural")
• Gaby Hoffman 1982 - Actress
• Anais Zanotti 1986
  Rachel Cook 1995 - model 
  Roy Batty 2016 - Replicant (Bladerunner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)