Thursday, December 22, 2022

Thursday, December 22, 2022

lagniappe \LAN-yap\, noun:
1. A small gift given with a purchase to a customer, for good measure.
2. A gratuity or tip.
3. An unexpected or indirect benefit.
Lagniappe originates chiefly in Southern Louisiana and Southeast Texas and ultimately comes from a variant of the Quechua yapa, "that which is added." 

gift card laundering
  • The act of using a gift card to purchase another gift card of equal or slightly greater value in order to hide the fact that you're just regifting the original gift card.
After I do some gift card laundering at the mall today, these gift cards I got last Christmas will be squeaky clean and ready for regifting. No one will ever catch on to my operation - muhahaHAHA! 
 
santaclaustrophobia
  • fear of too many santa clauses
He felt a bout of santaclaustrophobia coming upon him as the holiday season approached.
  Christmas in July 2016: "The Tick Loves Santa" recap podcast - YouTube
Trivia
What famous American political figure wrote and published a “letter of advice” on the subject of choosing a mistress?
  • Benjamin Franklin, in 1745.
History
  • Embargo Act: the US banned trade with foreign countries in response to interference with neutral American ships by France and Britain, which were at war with each other (1807)
  • Beethoven's Fifth: and Sixth Symphonies premiered (1808)
  • Dreyfus Affair: French Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus was wrongly convicted of treason in a trial that raised cries of anti-Semitism; he was later exonerated (1894)
  • USGA: governing body of golf was founded (1894)
  • Colo: the first gorilla bred in captivity was born in the Columbus Zoo; she is now a great-great-grandmother (1956)
  • Flight 63: American Airlines passenger Richard Reid attempted to blow up a plane with a shoe bomb; he is serving a life sentence for that plot (2001)
Birthdays
  • Giacomo Puccini 1858
  • Connie Mack 1862
  • Andre Kostelanetz 1885
  • Dame Edith Margaret 1907
  • Lady Bird Johnson 1912
  • Gene Rayburn (Rubessa) 1917
  • Frankie Darro (Johnson) 1917
  • Barbara Billingsley 1922
  • Peggy Castle (Blair) 1927
  • Hector Elizondo 1936
  • Red Steagall 1937
  • Steve Carlton (MLB) 1944
  • Barry Jenkins (Nashville Teens, Animals) 1944
  • Diane Sawyer 1945
  • Steve Garvey (MLB) 1948
  • Robin Gibb (Bee Gees) 1949
  • Maurice Gibb (Bee Gees) 1949
  • Bob Fitchner 1950
  • Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) 1950
  • Jan Stephenson 1951
  • Ian Turnbull 1953
  • Bernadette Stanis 1953
  • Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue) 1957
  • Luther Campbell 1960
  • Chuck Mead (BR5-49) 1960
  • Ralph Fiennes 1962
  • Dina Meyer 1968
  • Lauralee Bell 1968
  • Heather Donahue 1974
  • Teresa Noreen 1976
  • Josi Paula 1988
  • Jordin Sparks 1989
   
 
  
 
 

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