Friday, April 21, 2023

mumbo jumbo \MUHM-boh JUHM-boh\, noun:

1. Senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to obscure an issue, confuse a listener, or the like.

2. Meaningless incantation or ritual.

3. An object of superstitious awe or reverence.

Though the popular impression is that mumbo jumbo derives from an African language of the Niger region, this supposition is unproven, and the term's origin is uncertain.

 

Googleheimer's

• The condition where you think of something you want to Google, but by the time you get to your computer, you have forgotten what it was. Very prevalent in the 420 community.

I've got Googleheimer's so bad that between the garage and the office, I forgot what I was going to look up.

History

• Tiradentes: Brazilian hero nicknamed the "tooth puller" was executed in Rio de Janeiro for conspiring against Portuguese rule (1792)
• The Red Baron: German ace aviator Baron Manfred von Richthofen was shot down for the second time — this time, fatally (1918)
• Brasilia: became the capital of Brazil, instead of Rio de Janeiro (1960)
• Tiananmen Square: anti-communist protest grew to 100,000 in Beijing; troops suppressed it six weeks later, killing thousands (1989).

Birthdays

• Friedrich Froebel 1782 - Teacher, author, toy maker, invented kindergarten in 1837
• Charlotte Bronte 1816 - Author ("Jane Eyre", "The Professor")
• John Muir 1838 - Conservationist, influential in the creation of the U.S. National Parks System and U.S. foreset conservation, the Muir Woods National Monument in California is named after him
• Oskar Herwig 1849
• Joe McCarthy 1887 - Baseball manager
• Anthony Quinn 1915 - Actor ("Viva Zapata! [1952]", "The Guns of Navarone")
• Don Cornell (Louis Varlaro) 1924 - Singer
• Clara Ward 1924 - Singer (Clara Ward Gospel Troupe)
• Elizabeth II (Elisabeth Mary) 1926 - Queen of the United Kingdom
• Silvana Mangano 1930
• Carl Belew 1931 - Country singer
• Elaine May 1932 - Actress, comedienne
• Charles Grodin 1935 - Actor ("Clifford", "Beethoven I", "Beethoven II")
• Reg Fleming 1935 - Hockey player
• Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterburg) 1947 - Singer, songwriter (Psychedelic Stooges)
• John Weider 1947 - Musician (Family)
• Al Bumbry (Alonza Benjamin Bumbrey) 1947 - Baseball player
• Paul Davis 1948
• Patti LuPone 1949 - Actress ("Evita", "Driving Miss Daisy")
• Tony Danza 1951 - Actor ("Who’s the Boss", "Taxi", "Angels in the Outfield")
• Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Mike and the Mechanics, Noise to Go, Ace)
• Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson) 1958 - Actress ("Groundhog Day", "St. Elmo’s Fire", "Four Weddings and a Funeral")
• Robert Smith 1959 - Musician (The Cure)
• Michael Timmins 1959 - Musician (Cowboy Junkies)
• John Cameron Mitchell 1963 - Actor, director ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch")
• Michael Franti 1968 - Musician (Spearhead)
• Nicole Sullivan 1969 - Actress, comedian ("MadTV", "King of Queens")
• James McAvoy 1979 - Actor
• Tony Romo 1980 - Football player
• Cadillac Williams 1982 - Football player