Monday, June 12, 2023

arroyo \uh-ROI-oh\, noun:

• A small steep-sided gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.

Arroyo is an Americanism, adopted from the Spanish term; akin to Latin arrūgia, "mine shaft."

 

pseudointellectual

• A bunch of academic quacks who have substantial abilities in faking their exaggerated reasoning abilities, and resent doing "real work" because they consider it "beneath them".

1. They question, or do not believe in the existence of God, because being an atheist makes them feel rebellious, distinctive, and "smart".

2. They sponge up much needed financial aid that would have been better invested in technical fields like engineering or medical research.

3. They are no valuable use to society. Their theory about the "Ambitions of Man" will not stop the emerging SuperAIDS epidemic from wiping out those who can't afford the state-of-the-art prescriptions. Same goes for SARS and the bird flu.

4. They congregate at StarBucks because without a adequate shot of caffeine, which is what their blood is mostly composed of, their heart rate would slow down and they will literally "freeze" to death.

• Pseudointellectuals believe in God and his Son's birth only during the Christmas season, so they can upgrade their cell phone plans and state their own independence from "mainstream" society by buying overpriced shirts from the Abercrombie captioned "Fuck Bush".
• In short, they are self-important assholes with a strong vocabulary.

Examples:

1-

Jon: Hi Janet! We didn't disturb you, did we?

Janet: No, I was merely reading the Sunday New York Times.

Bax: ***koff*** pseudointellectual

2-

Con: Did you hear Martin's brilliant analysis of all that's wrong with the United States?

Bob: No. Lemme guess, it ties out with why he can't get a decent paying job?

Con: He's not a cog in the capitalist machine.

Bob: No, he's a pseudointellectual.

Holidays

• Russia Day (Russia) (June 12, annually)

History

• Virginia: became the first state to adopt a bill of rights — the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
• perfect game: John Lee Richmond pitched the first MLB game in which no batter reached base during the entire nine innings (1880)
• Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: shrine to the US national pastime was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York (1939)
• Loving v. Virginia: US Supreme Court struck down all bans on interracial marriages (1967)
• Gossamer Albatross: human-powered aircraft was flown by Bryan Allen across the English Channel (1979)
• "Tear down this wall": challenge was issued by US President Ronald Reagan to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; the Berlin Wall did indeed come down two years later (1987)
• $50 bill: new and improved design was unveiled by the US Treasury to help the elderly and hinder counterfeiters (1997)

  

Birthdays

• David Rockefeller 1915 - Banker
• Irwin Allen 1916 - Television and film producer, nicknamed "The Master of Disaster"
• Samuel Z. Arkoff 1918 - Movie producer
• Uta Hagen 1919 - Actress
• George H.W. Bush 1924 - 41st President of the United States, father of President George W. Bush
• Vic Damone 1928 - Singer
• Anne Frank (Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank) 1929 - Known for her diary which documented her experiences during World War II
• Jim Nabors 1930 - Actor, singer ("Gomer Pyle, USMC")
• Rona Jaffe 1932 - Novelist
• Robert Bower 1936 - Attorney
• Chick Corea 1941 - Musician
• Marv Albert 1941 - Sportscaster
• Reg Presley 1944 - Musician (The Troggs)
• Brad Delp 1951 - Musician (Boston)
• Bun E. Carlos 1951 - Musician (Cheap Trick)
• Junior Brown 1952 - Musician, singer
• Rocky Burnette (Jonathan Burnette) 1953 - Musician
• Timothy Busfield 1957 - Actor ("The West Wing," "thirtysomething")
• Jenilee Harrison 1959 - Actress (Threes Company)
  
• John Linnell 1959 - Musician (They Might Be Giants)
• Grandmaster Dee 1962 - Musician (Whodini)
• Paula Marshall 1964 - Actress ("Gary Unmarried")
• Frances O'Commor 1967 - Actress
  Bobby Sheehan 1968 - Musician (Blues Traveler)
  
• Hideki Matsui - Baseball player
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd 1977 - Musician
• Robyn (Robin Miriam Carlsson) 1979 - Singer, songwriter
• Wil Horneff 1979 - Actor
• Dallas Clark 1979 - Football player
• Adriana Lima 1981 - hot Brazilian supermodel
• Kendra Wilkinson 1985 - former Girl Next Door
  Abby Lee [Kershaw] 1987 - model, actress: Lovecraft Country