Thursday, June 8, 2017
cater-cousin \KEY-ter-kuhz-uhn\, noun:
- An intimate friend.
Cater-cousin combines the common English cousin with Cater-, an archaic prefix meaning "to buy, or serve."
ProcrastinEating
- The consumption of food undertaken to avoid a dull or arduous task, irrespective of hunger levels or the time of day.
Mark: Man, this History paper's taking me forever...I could go for some Guacamole and Spicy Salsa dip on crackers...
John: Dude, you ate lunch half an hour ago. Quit ProcrastinEating and get back into it!
History
- desegregation: the US Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC, could not refuse black patrons (1953)
- Scott O'Grady: US Air Force pilot was rescued by Marines; he had avoided capture for six days after being shot down over Bosnia (1995)
- PHP: scripting language was publicly released by Danish-Greenlandic programmer Rasmus Lerdorf (1995)
Birthdays
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625
- Frank Lloyd Wright 1867
- Francis Crick 1916
- Robert Preston 1918
- Alexis Smith 1921
- George Kirby 1924
- Barbara Bush 1925 - Wife of President George H.W. Bush
- Jerry Stiller 1929 - Actor, comedian ("The King of Queens," "Seinfeld")
- Joan Rivers 1933 - Television personality
- Millicent Martin 1934
- James Darren 1936
- Bernie Casey 1939
- Nancy Sinatra 1940 - Singer
- Chuck Negron 1942 - Musician (Three Dog Night)
- Willie Davenport 1943
- Don Grady 1944
- Boz Scaggs 1944 - Singer
- Sara Paretsky 1947
- Mick Box 1947 - Musician (Uriah Heep)
- Sonia Braga 1950 - Actress
- Kathy Baker 1950 - Actress
- Tony Rice 1951
- Bonnie Tyler 1953
- Griffin Dunne 1955 - Actor, director
- Scott Adams 1957 - Cartoonist (Dilbert)
- Keenan Ivory Wayans 1958 - Actor, director
- Mick 'Red' Hucknall 1960 - Musician (Simply Red)
- Nick Rhodes 1962 - Musician (Duran Duran)
- Robert Pilatus 1965 - Musician (Milli Vanilli)
- Doris Pearson 1966 - Musician (Five Star)
- Dan Futterman 1967 - Actor, screenwriter
- Julianna Margulies 1967 - Actress ("The Good Wife," "ER")
- Neil Mitchell 1967 - Musician (Wet Wet Wet)
- Kelli Williams 1970 - Actress ("The Practice")
- Nicci Gilbert 1970 - Musician (Brownstone)
- Mark Feuerstein 1971 - Actor
- Lindsay Davenport 1976 - Tennis player
- Kanye Omari West 1977 - Singer, rapper
- Maria Menounos 1978 - journalist
- Derek Trucks 1979 - Musician
- Sara Watkins 1981 - Musician (Nickel Creek)Florence Faivre 1983 - actress
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