Thursday, December 1, 2022

palingenesis \pal-in-JEN-uh-sis\, noun:

1. Rebirth; regeneration.

2. In biology, embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.

3. Baptism in the Christian faith.

4. The doctrine of transmigration of souls.

Palingenesis is the combination of two Greek roots: palin, "again," and genesis, "source."

 

gut muscle

• a euphemism for the weight gained as a result of Thanksgiving feast.

Oh you know, a lot of 10 oz curls and some gut muscle toning.

 

Freeboobing

• The act of not wearing a bra under a shirt. Analogous to freeballing, which is not wearing underwear for men.

Kate is not wearing a bra under her shirt, therefore, she is freeboobing.

Kate was freeboobing and her shirted tit almost poked out my eye.

Holiday

• World AIDS Day

History

• electoral college: the US House of Representatives met to determine a new president when none of the candidates received an electoral majority; John Quincy Adams was chosen over Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay (1824)
• A Study in Scarlet: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story appeared in print (1887)
• Rosa Parks: was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott (1955)
• Antarctic Treaty: was opened for signature; it said Antarctica "shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes" (1959)

Birthdays

• Cyril Ritchard 1897
• Mary Martin 1913
• Stansfield Turner 1923
• David Doyle 1925
  
• Robert Symonds 1926
• Billy Paul 1934
• Woody Allen 1935
• Lou Rawls 1935
• Sandy Nelson 1938
• Lee Trevino 1939
• Dianne Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) 1939
• Richard Pryor 1940
• Federico Faggin 1941
• Casey Van Beek 1942
• John Densmore (Doors) 1944
• Bette Midler 1945
• Gilbert O'Sullivan 1946
• Treat Williams 1951
• Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult) 1951
• Kim Richey 1956
• Charlene Tilton 1958

• Carol Alt 1960
• Jeremy Northam 1961
• Nestor Cabonell 1967 - Actor ("Lost", "Cold Case") 
• Julie Condra 1970
• Sarah Silverman 1970
• Ron Melendez 1972
• Sarah Masen 1975
• Bradford Phillip Delson 1977 - Guitarist (Linkin Park)
• Ashley Monique Clark 1988
• Mila Azul 1997 - model