namaste \NUHM-uh-stey\, noun:
1. A conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.2. A conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, frequently a part of yoga practice.
Namaste has become popular in English as a result of yoga. The Hindi word derives from Sanskrit, namas, "bowing," and te, "to you."
Concierge
- A fancy name for a person that has access to Google and who's job is to search hotels, restaurants, airlines, etc. in order to book reservations for people that are too lazy and/or rich to do it themselves.
Concierge: Thank you for calling concierge services, how can I help you?
Mr. Smith: I'm flying into NYC this weekend and need to book the best hotel and booty bar please.
Concierge: Sure (googles "best hotel in NYC" then "best strip club in NYC" and proceeds to book reservations). Mr. Smith, your reservations have been made.
History
- Strait of Magellan: the ships of explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific from the Atlantic by sailing through the strait that later took his name (1520)
- Royal Society: long-lived UK scientific society was founded by learned men (1660)
- Lady Nancy Astor: became the first woman member of the British Parliament (1919)
- Mariner 4: spacecraft that sent the first pictures of the Martian surface was launched (1964)
Birthdays
- John Bunyan 1628
- Jean Baptiste Lully 1932
- William Blake 1757
- William Stanley 1858
- Brooks Atkinson 1894
- José Iturbi 1895
- Charles Alston 1907
- Dick Vance 1915
- Wes Westrum (MLB) 1922
- Gloria Grahame (Hallward) 1923
- Berry Gordy, Jr. 1929
- Hope Lange 1933
- Ethel Ennis 1934
- Gary Hart (Hartpence) 1936
- Michael Ritchie 1938
- Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods) 1939
- Bruce Channel 1940
- Norm Beaudin (NHL) 1941
- Paul Warfield (NFL) 1942
- Randy Newman 1943
- R.B. Greaves 1945
- Joe Dante 1946
- Susan Spencer 1946
- Vern Den Herder (NFL) 1948
- Beeb Birtles (The Little River Band) 1948
- Paul Shaffer 1949
- Alexander Godunov 1949
- Ed Harris 1950
- Judd Nelson 1959
- Jon Stewart 1965
- Anna Nicole Smith 1967
- Matt Cameron (Soundgarden) 1962
- Roy Tarpley (NBA) 1964
- apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo) 1974 - Singer (Black Eyed Peas)
- Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) 1968
- Francesca Lé 1970 - t3h pr0n
- Aimee Garcia 1978
- Scarlett Pomers 1988
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