Saturday, October 22, 2022

Saturday, October 22, 2022

simony (SY-muh-nee, SIM-) noun:
  • Profiting from holy things, especially buying and selling of holy positions and pardons.
Etymology: After Simon Magus, Samaritan sorcerer in Bible, who wanted to buy spiritual powers -- the ability of transferring the "Holy Spirit" by putting hands on someone -- from Peter.
 
Cellfish
  • An individual who talks on his or her cell phone even when doing so is rude or inconsiderate of other people.
"Can't you stop talking on the phone while ordering your happy meal -- that's cellfish"
 
October 22
  • National Hug and hold hands day with yo BF or GF
Boy: it's October 22
Girl: ok
Boy: give me your hand
*holds hand*
Girl: Aww
*blushes*
*and give her a hug*
 
History
  • the Great Disappointment: adherents of Millerism found that Jesus had not returned; most left the movement, while the rest figured out that it was the beginning of investigative judgment in heaven (1844)
  • the Met: NYC's famous opera house opened with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust (1883)
  • Toastmasters International: public speaking educational organization was founded in Santa Ana, California (1924)
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: JFK imposed an air and naval blockade on Cuba after learning of Soviet missile bases there (1962)
  • Chandrayaan-1: India launched its first unmanned lunar probe (2008)
Birthdays
  • Franz Liszt 1811
  • Sarah Bernhardt 1844
  • Giovanni Martinelli 1885
  • Curly Howard 1903
  • George Beadle 1903
  • Constance Bennett 1905
  • Jimmie Foxx (MLB) 1907
  • Boots Mallory 1913
  • Harry Walker (MLB) 1916
  • Joan Fontaine 1917
  • Doris Lessing 1919
  • Mitzi Green 1920
  • Timothy Leary 1920
  • Slater Martin (NBA) 1925
  • Robert Rauschenberg 1925

  • Dory Previn 1930
  • Derek Jacobi 1938
  • Christopher Lloyd 1938
  • Tony Roberts 1939
  • Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) 1939
  • Stanley Mazor 1941
  • Annette Funicello 1942
  • Catherine Deneuve 1943
  • Bobby Fuller (Bobby Fuller Four) 1943
  • Leslie West (Mountain) 1945
  • Eddie Brigati (The [Young] Rascals) 1945
  • Butch Goring (NHL) 1949
  • Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) 1949
  • Jeff Goldblum 1952
  • Patti Davis 1953
  • Jamie Quirk (MLB) 1954
  • Todd Graff 1959
  • Cris Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) 1960
  • John Wesley Harding 1965
  • Valeria Golino 1966
  • Shaggy 1968
  • Shelby Lynne 1968
  • Tracey Lee 1970
  • Saffron Burrows 1972
  • Ichiro Suzuki 1973
  • Michael Fishman 1980
  • Zachary Hanson (Hanson) 1985
  • Jonathan Lipnicki 1990

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