Saturday, July 2, 2022

evanescence \ev-uh-NES-ens\, noun:

1. A gradual dissappearance.

2. The state of becoming imperceptible.

Evanescence is from Latin evanescere, "to vanish," from e-, "from, out of" + vanescere, "to disappear," from vanus, "empty."

 

Dildough

• Money required to purchase sex toys.

I caught my girlfriend trying to put my dildough into her piggybank.

 

History

• Amistad: 53 African slaves rebelled and took control of their transport ship, La Amistad (1839)
• James A. Garfield: US president was shot by Charles J. Guiteau; he died on September 19 (1881)
• Wal-Mart: retail giant opened its first store, in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)
• Civil Rights Act: legislation that offered strong protection of minorities' rights was signed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who used over 75 pens (1964)
• Susan B. Anthony dollar: the 1st US coin to honor a woman was introduced (1979)
• artificial heart: first self-contained model was received by Robert Tools; he lived with it for 151 days (2001)
• Spirit of Freedom: Steve Fossett completed the first solo trip around the world in a balloon (2002)

Birthdays

• Hermann Hesse 1877
• Jean Rene Lacoste 1905
• Thurgood Marshall 1908
• Ken Curtis 1916
• Robert Sarnoff 1918
• Dan Rowan 1922
• Marvin Rainwater 1925
• Medgar Evers 1926
• Brock Peters 1927
  

  
• Imelda Marcos 1929
• Ahmad Jamal 1930
• Dave Thomas 1932 - Founder for Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
• Tom Springfield 1936
• Richard Petty 1937
• Polly Holliday 1937
• Paul Williams (The Primes, The Temptations) 1939
• Mike Abene 1942
• Ron Silver 1946
• Saul Rubinek 1948
• Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) 1949
• Joe Puerta (Bruce Hornsby & The Range) 1951
• Johnny Colla (Soundhole, Huey Lewis & The News) 1952
• Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats) 1954
• Jerry Hall 1956
• Jimmy McNichol 1961
• Dave Parsons 1965 - Musician (Bush)
  Amy Weber 1970 - Model
• Yancy Butler 1970
• Rebecca Mader 1979 - Actress ("All My Children", "Lost", "Justice")
• Vanessa Lee Chester 1984
• Ashley Tisdale 1985 - Singer, actress ("The Suite Life of Zack & Cody")
• Lindsay Lohan 1986
  Margot Robbie 1990 - Actress