Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

nepenthe \ni-PEN-thee\, noun:
1. A drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble.
2. Anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, esp. of sorrow or trouble.
Nepenthe is comprised of the Greek roots ne-, "not," and penthos, "grief.
 
tongue typo
  • What happens when you know perfectly well what you want to say but it comes out wrong. 
It's a tongue typo when you trip over your words and accidentally call your friend Mike instead of by his actual name, Mark.
 
History 
  • Daughters of the American Revolution: lineage-based, conservative patriotic society was founded (1890)
  • Vatican II: ecumenical council that led to liberalization and modernization of the church was convened by Pope John XXIII(1962)
  • Saturday Night Live: late-night comedy-variety show debuted on NBC; George Carlin hosted (1975) 
Birthdays
  • Parson Mason Weems 1759 - He was responsible for the story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree.
  • Henry Heinz 1884
  • Eleanor Roosevelt 1884
  • Willie Hoppe 1887
  • Charles Revson 1906
  • Joseph Alsop 1910
  • Jerome Robbins 1918
  • Art Blakey 1919
  • Linda Stirling 1921
  • Knobby (Grant) Warwick 1921
  • Elmore Leonard 1925
  • James Morrison 1931
  • Dottie West 1932
  • Ron Leibman 1937
  • Maria Bueno 1939
  • Gene Watson 1943
  • Robert Gale 1945
  • Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates) 1948
  • Catlin Adams 1950
  • Andre Woolfolk (Earth, Wind and Fire) 1950
  • David Morse 1953
  • Paulette Carlson 1953
  • Lindy Boone (The Boone Family) 1955
  • Steve Young (NFL) 1961
  • Joan Cusack 1962
  • Sean Patrick Flanery 1965
  • Luke Perry 1966
  • Jane Kradowski 1968
  • MC Lyte 1971
    Claudia Black 1972
  • NeeNa Lee 1975
  • Michelle Trachtenberg 1985
    
      

                  

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