Saturday, February 11, 2023

Saturday, February 11, 2023

imbroglio \im-BROHL-yoh\, noun:
1. A complicated and embarrassing state of things.
2. A confused or complicated disagreement or misunderstanding.
3. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
4. A confused mass; a tangle.
Imbroglio derives from Italian, from Old Italian imbrogliare, "to tangle, to confuse," from in-, "in" + brogliare, "to mix, to stir." It is related to embroil, "to entangle in conflict or argument."
 
If you will
1. An phrase overused by those trying to sound sophisticated and/or intelligent.
2. A phrase used frequently by Tobias Bluth from Arrested Development.
Tobias: You could say I'm, if you will, 'buy curious'
Man: I can "sprinkle the pudding" if you will.
 
History
  • gerrymandering: Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting law that favored his party, the Democratic-Republicans (known now as the Democrat party that still uses this same cheating tactic to steal elections) (1812)
  • Bernadette Soubirous: as a teenager, St. Bernadette saw her first vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes (1858)
  • Lateran Treaty: pact between Italy and the Vatican was signed, in which Roman Catholicism was declared the state religion of Italy and Italy recognized Vatican City as independent and sovereign (1929)
  • Yalta Agreement: plan signed by FDR, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, dealing with attacks on Germany and the establishment of the UN (1945)
  • Natan Sharansky: Soviet dissident was released after 10 years in prison (1986)
  • Nelson Mandela: political prisoner was freed after 27 years in detention; he went on to dismantle apartheid and become South Africa's first black president (1990)
Birthdays
  • Lydia Child 1802
  • Thomas Alva Edison 1847 - Inventor and businessman. His inventions included the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb
  • John Mills (The Mills Brothers) 1889
  • imagebam.comJosh White 1908
  • Joseph Mankiewicz 1909
  • Matt Dennis 1914
  • Sidney Sheldon 1917
  • Eva Gabor 1921 - Actress
  • Lloyd Bentsen 1921
  • Kim Stanley 1925
  • Dr. Virginia Johnson 1925
  • Leslie Nielson 1926 - Actor
  • Conrad Janis 1928 - Actor ("Mork and Mindy")
  • Larry Merchant 1931
  • Mary Quant 1934
  • Tina Louise 1934 - Actress ("Gilligan's Island")
  • Gerry Goffin 1935 - Songwriter
  • Gene Vincent 1935
  • Sergio Mendes 1935 - Band leader
  • Burt Reynolds 1936 - Actor ("Smokey and the Bandit")
  • Bobby "Boris" Pickett 1938
  • Otis Clay 1942
  • Jeb Bush 1953 - Governor of Florida, brother of U.S. President George W. Bush
  • Phillip Anglim 1953
  • Catherin Hickland 1956
  • Carey Lowell 1961 - Actress ("Law and Order")
  • Sheryl Crow 1962 - Singer, musician
  • Sarah Palin 1964 - Governor of Alaska
  • Jennifer Aniston 1969 - Actress ("Friends")
  • Damian Lewis 1971 - Actor ("Band of Brothers")
  • D'Angelo 1974
  • Brice Beckham 1976
  • Michael Kenji "Mike" Shinoda 1977 - Musician (Linkin Park)
  • Brandy (Norwood) 1979 - Singer
  • Matthew Lawrence 1980 - Actor
  • Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
  • Taylor Lautner 1992 - Actor ("Twilight", "New Moon")
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