Sunday, March 06, 2022

Sunday, March 6, 2022

masticate \MAS-tih-kayt\, transitive verb:
  1. To grind or crush with or as if with the teeth in preparation for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, "to masticate food."
  2. To crush or knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
intransitive verb:
  1. To chew food.
Masticate comes from the past participle of Late Latin masticare, "to chew," from Greek mastichan, "to gnash the teeth." The noun form is mastication.
 
yardsale
  • to fall while skiing or snowboarding and leaving a trail of gear behind them
that two-planker is having a yardsale down there

 
Trivia
How many amendments to the U.S. Constitution were proposed in the Bill of Rights passed by Congress in 1789?
  • 12. The first two proposed—dealing with the number and apportionment of the House of Representatives, and Congressional pay raises—failed to be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures. The remaining 10 were ratified and became the Bill of Rights.
History
  • Toronto: Canada's largest city, and one of the most livable cities in the world, was incorporated (1834)
  • the Alamo: fort was overrun by Mexican troops during the Texas revolution; all inside were killed (1836)
  • La Traviata: Verdi's opera premiered in Venice (1853)
  • Dred Scott case (1857): US Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens; the decision was overturned a decade later by the 14th amendment
Birthdays
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475
  • Cyrano De Bergerac 1619
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806
  • Furry Lewis 1893
  • Bob Wills 1905
  • Lou Costello 1906
  • Ed McMahon 1923
  • Alan Greenspan 1926 - Federal Reserve chairman, possible zombie
  • Wes Montgomery 1927
  • Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927
  • Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 1928 - Author ("Love in the Time of Cholera")
  • Lorin Maazel 1930
  • Marion Barry 1936
  • Sylvia Robinson 1936
  • Doug Dillard 1937
  • Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva 1937
  • Joanna Miles 1940
  • Willie Stargell 1941
  • Ben Murphy 1942
  • Mary Wilson 1944 - Singer (Supremes)
  • Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944
  • Rob Reiner 1945 - hack / meathead
  • Hugh Grundy 1945 - Musician (The Zombies)
  • Kiki Dee 1947
  • Dick Fosbury 1947
  • David Gimour 1947 - Musician (Pink Floyd)
  • Tom Arnold 1959 - Actor
  • Skip Ewing 1964
  • D.L. Hughley 1964 - Actor ("The Hughleys")
  • Connie Britton 1968 - Actress
  • Moira Kelly 1968 - Actress ("Caroline in the City")
  • Amy Pietz 1969
  • Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player
  • Chris Tomson 1984 - Musician (Vampire Weekend)
 

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