Monday, December 18, 2023

gangrel \GANG-gruhl\, noun:

1. A lanky, loose-jointed person.

2. A wandering beggar; vagabond; vagrant.

Gangrel dates back to Middle English and is related to the word gangling. The suffix -rel has a very precise use: to denote nouns that are seen as trivial or worthless, as in mongrel or wastrel.

 

data encraption

• The process which occurs when a computer or other electronic device corrupts files.

Our server at work got hit and now none of my files will open thanks to data encraption.

 

History

• Amendment XIII: anti-slavery amendment to the US Constitution was declared ratified by Secretary of State William Seward, abolishing the practice (1865)
• Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: was abolished by both houses of Parliament (1969)
• Tokyo Wan Aqua-Line: 1.5 trillion yen, 15-kilometer bridge-tunnel opened across Tokyo Bay after 31 years of construction (1997)
  President Donald J Trump was impeached by partisan House Democrats with no evidence of high crimes or misdemeanors.  (First Lady Melania Trump pictured)

Birthdays

• Joseph Grimaldi 1778
• Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) 1870
• Paul Klee 1879
• Ty Cobb 1886 - Baseball player
• Edwin Howard Armstrong 1890
• George Stevens 1904
• Christopher Fry 1907
• Abe Burrows 1910
• Willy Brandt 1913
• Betty Grable 1916
• Lynn Bari 1917
• Ossie Davis 1917 - Actor
• Anita O’Day (Colton) 1919
• Roger Smith 1925 - Actor
• Lonnie Brooks 1933 - Blues musician
• Chas (Bryan) Chandler (Animals) 1938 - Musician and manager
• Sam Andrew 1941 - Musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
• Alan Rudolph 1943 - Writer and director
• Keith Richards 1943 - Musician (Rolling Stones) and possible zombie
• Steven Spielberg 1947 Movie producer-director
• Leonard Maltin 1950 - Movie reviewer
• Gillian Armstrong 1950 - Movie director
• Martha Johnson (Martha and the Muffins) 1950
• Elliot Easton 1953 - Musician (The Cars)
• Ray Liotta 1955 - Actor
• Brad Pitt 1963 Actor
• Robson Green 1964
• Tracy Byrd 1966 - Singer
  Victoria Pratt 1970 (actress) 
• DMX 1970 - Rapper (My Niggaz)
• Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 1971 - Tennis player
  Trish Stratus 1975
• Katie Holmes 1978 - Actress ("Dawson's Creek")
  Emily Swallow 1979 - Actress (The Armorer)
  
• Christina María Aguilera 1980 - Singer