Tuesday, September 12, 2023

dilatory \DIL-uh-tor-ee\, adjective:

1. Tending to put off what ought to be done at once; given to procrastination.
2. Marked by procrastination or delay; intended to cause delay; -- said of actions or measures.

Dilatory is from Latin dilatorius, from dilator, "a dilatory person, a loiterer," from dilatus, past participle of differre, "to delay, to put off," from dis-, "apart, in different directions" + ferre, "to carry."

 

epic fail

• Complete and total failure when success should have been reasonably easy to attain.

***after getting pwn3d in a video game***

Player1: Dude, we just got reamed

Player2: Yeah, Epic Fail

History

• Henry Hudson: began exploring the Hudson River (1609)
• Elizabeth Barrett: eloped with fellow poet Robert Browning (1846)
• Jacqueline Bouvier: married John F. Kennedy in an enormous wedding (1953)
• Bonanza: Ben Cartwright and his sons rode onto the screen in America's first TV series taped in color (1959)
• Haile Selassie: Ethiopia's emperor was deposed in a military coup after a 58-year reign (1974); he died a year later, while under arrest
• Steven Biko: black civil rights leader died in police custody in South Africa; international protests and a UN arms embargo ensued (1977)

Birthdays

• Richard Gatlin 1818
• H.L. Mencken 1880
• Maurice Chevalier 1888
• Ben Blue 1901
• Margaret Hamilton 1902
• Jesse Owens 1913
• Tony Bettenhausen 1916
  
• Irene Dailey 1920
• Yma Sumac 1924
• Ella Mae Morse 1924
• Dickie Moore 1925
• Freddie Jones 1927
• Ian Holm 1931
• George Jones 1931
• Glenn Davis 1934
• Linda Gray 1940
• Tony Bellamy (The Tornados) 1940
• Maria Muldaur 1943
• Barry White 1944
• Joe Pantoliano 1951
• Neil Peart (Rush) 1952
• Gerry Beckley (America) 1952
• Peter Scolari 1954
• Barry Andrews (King Crimson, XTC) 1956
• Brian Robertson (Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy) 1956
• Rachel Ward 1957
• Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) 1965
• Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) 1966
  
• Darren E. Burrows 1966
• Larry "Ler" LaLonde (Primus) 1968
• Paul Walker 1973
• Yao Ming (1980)
• Emmy Rossum 1986
• Nany Tovar (aka Karla "Spice" Lopez) 1986 model from Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela
• Alexia Fast 1992

  

 

 

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