Wednesday, December 13, 2023

cortege \kawr-TEZH\, noun:

1. A procession, especially a ceremonial one.

2. A line or train of attendants; retinue.

Cortege is related to the Old French word curt meaning “an enclosed yard.” By the 1600s, it referred to “a train of attendants.”

 

Reply All Rage

• The rage one feels when people reply all to emails instead of replying directly to the relevant parties.

Jeremy was struck by Reply All Rage when the 3rd person he didn't know hit "Reply All" and spammed him with pointless and stupid comments in response to a group invite to a friends party.

History

• Francis Drake: British explorer set out on a three-year circumnavigation of the globe, looting Spanish ships as he sailed (1577)

  
• New Zealand: was sighted for the first time by a European, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman (1642)
• Susan B. Anthony dollar: the US Mint began stamping out the first US coin to honor a woman, suffragist Susan B. Anthony (1978)
• United States presidential election of 2000: Democratic candidate Al Gore conceded the race to President Bush 36 days after Election Day
• Saddam Hussein: Iraqi dictator was captured hiding in a spider hole near Tikrit (2003)

Birthdays

• Dick Van Dyke 1925
• Christopher Plummer 1929

• Buck White 1930
• Robert Prosky 1930
• Richard Zanuck 1934
• John Davidson 1941
• Ted Nugent 1948
• Ron Getman (The Tractors) 1948
• Jeff Baxter (The Doobie Brothers) 1948
• Randy Owen (Alabama) 1949
• Tom Veralain (Television) 1949
• Wendy Malick 1950
• Robert Lindsay 1951
• Steve Forbert 1954
• John Anderson 1954
• Steve Buscemi 1957
• Marianne Gravatte 1959: Playboy Playmate of the Year 1983
• John Whitaker 1959
• Dana Strum (Slaughter) 1959
• Deborah Driggs 1963: Playboy Playmate of the Month March 1990
• Jamie Foxx 1967
• Amy Lee 1981: Singer
• Chelsea Hertford 1981
• Taylor Swift 1989