Thursday, September 07, 2023

Thursday, September 7, 2023

aplomb \uh-PLOM\, noun:
  • Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.
Aplomb is from the French word meaning "perpendicularity, equilibrium, steadiness, assurance," from the Old French phrase a plomb, from a, "according to" (from Latin ad) + plomb, "lead weight" (from Latin plumbum, "lead").
 
Surfing the Desktop
  • To look at or browse your desktop files and documents when your internet is down, while either waiting for your internet connection to be restored or if you're just bored.
The internet has been down all day, I've been surfing the desktop in the meantime. I even found some videos I forgot I had downloaded.

History
  • Brazil: the largest country in South America declared its independence from Portugal (1822)
  • Peking Protocol: ended the Boxer Rebellion in China (1901)
  • Miss America: the first competition began, as a two-day beauty contest, in Atlantic City, New Jersey (1921)
  • Tasmanian wolf: the last known thylacine, Benjamin, died in Hobart Zoo, though there may be survivors in the wild (1936)
  • London Blitz: heavy bombing of the UK by the Nazi Luftwaffe began during WWII (1940)
  • ESPN: the popular all-sports network made its debut on cable TV (1979)
    Astroland: After decades of amazing visitors, the Brooklyn amusement park closed for the last time ever. (2008)
Birthdays
  • Elizabeth I (England) 1533
  • Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) 1860
  • J.J. Morgan 1867
  • Taylor Caldwell 1900
  • Michael DeBakey 1908
  • Elia Kazan 1909
  • David Packard 1912
  • Sir Anthony Quayle 1913
  • Al Caiola 1920
  • Arthur Ferrante 1921
  • Louise Suggs 1923
  • Peter Lawford 1923
  • Al McGuire 1928
  • Sonny Rollins 1930
  • Little Milton 1934
  • Buddy Holly 1936
  • John Phillip Law 1937
  • Richard Roundtree 1942
  • (Chic) Alfa Anderson 1946
  • Alfa Anderson (Brown Sugar) 1946
  • Gloria Gaynor 1949
  • Susan Blakely 1950
  • Julie Kavner 1951
  • Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) 1951
  • Corbin Bernsen 1954
  • Doug Bradley 1954 - Actor (Hellraiser)
  • Michael Emerson 1954 - Actor ("Lost", "Saw") 
  • Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) 1954
  • Michael Feinstein 1956
  • Margot Chapman 1957
  • Chad Sexton (311) 1970
  • Shannon Elizabeth 1973
  • Devon Sawa 1978

 
Happy birthday!

 

       

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  X 上的 Terrormaniacos 🎃:「¡Feliz cumpleaños! Hoy está cumpliendo 66 años Doug  Bradley, actor mundialmente conocido por su papel de Pinhead en la  franquicia de #Hellraiser. https://t.co/P5JwnSlktv」 / X
 
 

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