Sunday, May 7, 2023

lollygag (LOL-ee-gag)

verb intr., also lallygag

1. To fool around, waste time, or spend time lazily.

2. To neck.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.

 

misinfotainment

• A class of media propaganda where entertainment combined with journalism developed for 24-hour television news networks is designed to instill emotional responses from viewers instead of providing facts.

That wasn't news, it was misinfotainment.

History

• Hagia Sophia: earthquakes destroyed the dome of Emperor Justinian's church in Constantinople (558)
• George Washington: the first POTUS was honored in the first inaugural ball (1789)
• Beethoven's Ninth: the Choral Symphony premiered in Vienna (1824)
• AMA: was founded in Philadelphia (1847)
• Rheims: was the site of Germany's unconditional surrender to the Allies (1945)

Birthdays

• Robert Browning 1812 - Poet, married to poet Elizabeth Barrett
• Johannes Brahms 1833 - Composer
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - Composer
• Gabby (George Francis) Hayes 1885 - Actor
• Josip Broz Tito 1892
• Archibald MacLeish 1892 - Poet
• Gary (Frank James) Cooper 1901 - Actor ("Sergeant York [1941]", "The Virginian")
• Eva (Evita) Peron 1919 - Actress, wife of Argentina President Juan Peron, subject of the Broadway musical and film "Evita"
• Darren McGavin 1922 - Actor ("Billy Madison", "Airport ’77")
• Anne Baxter 1923 - Actress ("All About Eve")
• Gale Robbins 1924 - Actress, singer
• Jim Lowe 1927 - Singer, songwriter
• Dick Williams (Dick Richard Hirschfeld Williams) 1929 - Baseball player
• Totie Fields (Sophie Feldman) 1930 - Entertainer, comedienne
• Babe (Vito) Parilli 1930 - Football player
• Teresa Brewer 1931 - Singer
• Johnny Unitas 1933 - Football player
• Jimmy Ruffin 1939 - Singer
• Johnny Maestro 1939
• Lorrie (Lawrencine May) Collins 1942 - Country singer (The Collins Kids)
• Ricky West 1943 - Musician (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
• Robin Strasser 1945
• Bill Danoff 1946 - Musician (Starland Vocal Band)
• Thelma Houston 1946 - Singer
• Marv Hubbard 1947 - Football player
• Dave Hampton 1946 - Football player
• Bill Kreutzmann 1946 - Musician (Grateful Dead)
• Kathy Ahern 1949 - Golfer
• Tim Russert 1950 - TV host ("Meet the Press")
• Janis Ian (Janis Eddy Fink) 1951 - Singer
• Robert Hegyes 1951 - Actor ("Welcome Back, Kotter")
• Terry Richardson 1953 - Hockey player
• Amy Heckerling 1954 - Director, writer
• Anne Dudley 1956 - Musician (Art of Noise)
• Michael E. Knight 1959 - Actor ("All My Children")

  
• Phil Campbell 1961 - Musician (Motorhead)
• Chris O'Connor 1965 - Musician (Primitive Radio Gods)
• Traci Lords 1969 - Actress
• Eagle-Eye Cherry 1972 - Singer
• Breckin Meyer 1974 - Actor
• Alex Smith 1984 - Football player
• Taylor Abrahamse 1991 - Actor