Tuesday, December 05, 2023

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

frondescence \fron-DES-uhns\, noun:
1. Leafage; foliage.
2. The process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
Frondescence is from the Latin root frondēre meaning “to have leaves.” It is clearly related to frond meaning “leaves.”
 
moreplay
  • The postcoital acitivities that are performed after sex but resemble foreplay, may lead to more sex.
Who needs foreplay, when you can have moreplay.
 
Trivia
What was the first war waged by the U.S. outside its national boundaries?
  • The First Barbary War (1801–05), which was fought to end piracy against U.S. ships by North Africa’s four Barbary states—Tripoli, Morocco, Algiers, and Tunis.
Holiday
  • Krampusnacht
Krampusnacht: Photos With Krampus - What's Brewing Magazine
 
History
  • Phi Beta Kappa: oldest collegiate honors society was founded as a secret club at the College of William and Mary (1776)
  • Gold Rush: President James Polk confirmed that gold had been found in California and triggered the mass move West (1848)
  • Prohibition: the 21st Amendment was passed, repealing the 18th Amendment and ending the ban on alcoholic beverages in the US (1933)
  • Bermuda Triangle: US Navy squadron disappeared in the mysterious area, as did aircraft sent to search for it (1945)
  • AFL-CIO: George Meany led the newly formed federation of labor unions (1955)
  • "irrational exuberance": former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the market might be dangerously overvalued (1996)
Birthdays
  • Martin Van Buren (U.S.) 1782
  • Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830
  • George Armstrong Custer 1839
  • Walt Elias Disney 1901 - Disney movies, music and books
  • Otto Preminger 1906
  • Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) 1932
  • Joan Didion 1934
  • Calvin Trillin 1935
  • J.J. Cale 1938
  • Jeroen Krabbe 1944
  • Jose Carreras 1947
  • Jim Messina 1947 - Musician (Buffalo Springfield)
  • Morgan Brittany 1951
  • Brian Backer 1956
  • Jack Russell 1960 - Musician (Great White)
  • Ty England 1963
  • Carrie Hamilton 1963
  • John Rzeznick 1965 - Musician (The Goo Goo Dolls)
  • Gary Allan 1967
  • Margaret Cho 1968
  • Amy Acker 1976
  • Jessica Pare 1980
  • Amara Zaragoza aka Tamara Feldman 1980
  • Frankie Muniz 1985
  • Ross Bagley 1988
 
 
Pictures & Photos of Tamara Feldman | Gorgeous hair color, Beautiful women  faces, Pretty face
 
 
 

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