Sunday, June 18, 2023

eisegesis \ahy-si-JEE-sis\, noun:

• An interpretation that expresses the interpreter's own ideas, bias, or the like, rather than the meaning of the text.

Eisegesis enters English in the 1900s in reference to Biblical studies as the opposite of exegesis, "critical interpretation of a text, especially of the Bible."

 

bisexual

• The ability to reach down someone's pants and be satisfied with whatever you find.

Jane is bisexual

John is heteroexual

Jane had a bisexual affair with John and Jill

Holiday

• • Father's Day: Father's Day is a secular celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and parenting by males, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities. The gifts given often have slogans such as "World's Best Dad".

History

• War of 1812: US President James Madison declared war on Great Britain (1812)
• Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington (1815)
• Susan B. Anthony: was fined $100 for her attempt to vote in the 1872 US presidential election; she did not, however, pay it (1873)
• Amelia Earhart: became the first woman to fly trans-Atlantically; she went from Newfoundland to Wales (1928)
• "This was their finest hour": address delivered by PM Winston Churchill to the House of Commons to inspire his embattled nation during WWII (1940)
• International Declaration of Human Rights: was adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1948)
• Columbia Records: unveiled its new long-playing 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record (1948)
• Egypt: republic was declared; monarchy abolished (1953)
• Sally Ride: became the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger (1983)

Birthdays

• Sir Thomas Overbury 1581 - Poet, essayist
• Viscount Castlereagh (Robert Stewart) 1769 - British statesman known as Lord Castlereagh
• Edouard Daladier 1884 - French politician
• George Mallory 1886 - Mountaineer
• M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) 1898 - Graphic artist
• Jeanette MacDonald 1901 - Singer, actress
• Keye Luke 1904 - Actor
• Kay Kyser (James Kern "Kay" Kyser) 1906 - Bandleader
• Bud Collyer 1908 - Radio announcer/actor
• E.G. Marshall 1910 - Actor ("The Defenders")
• Ray McKinley 1910 - Drummer, singer, bandleader
• Samuel Cahn (Samuel Cohen) 1913 - Lyricist, songwriter, musician
• Sylvia Porter 1913 - Economist, journalist
• Richard Boone (Richard Allen Boone) 1917 - Actor
• Ian Carmichael 1920 - Actor
• Robert Arthur (Robert Arthaud) 1925 - Actor
• Tom Wicker (Thomas Grey "Tom" Wicker) 1926 - Journalist
  

  
• Maggie McNamara (Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara) 1928 - Actress
• Eva Bartok 1929 - Actress
• Lou Brock (Louis Clark "Lou" Brock) 1939 - Baseball player
• Paul McCartney 1942 - Musician (Beatles, Wings)
• Roger Ebert 1942 - Film critic, screenwriter
• Linda Thorson (Linda Robinson) 1947 - Actress
• Carol Kane (Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane) 1952 - Actress
• Isabella Rossellini (Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini) 1952 - Actress
• Jerome Smith (KC & The Sunshine Band) 1953 - Musician
• Tom Bailey (The Thompson Twins) 1957 - Musician
• Alison Moyet (Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet) 1961 - Singer (Yazoo or Yaz in the US)
• Nathan Morris 1971 - Singer (Boyz II Men)
• Alana de la Garza 1976- actress