Sunday, February 25, 2024

bandy \BAN-dee\, verb:

1. To pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take.

2. To throw or strike to and fro or from side to side, as a ball in tennis.

3. To circulate freely.

adjective:

• 1. (Of legs) having a bend or crook outward; bowed.

noun:

1. An early form of tennis.

2. Chiefly British. (Formerly) hockey or shinny.

3. Obsolete. A hockey or shinny stick.

Though the origin of bandy is uncertain, it came into common usage in French during the rise of tennis in the 1500s, as in to bandy the ball.

 

malapoopism

• an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that illustrate that you are full of crap.

"All human beings begin their life as feces," is one of Bush's most famous malapoopisms.

History

• Regnans in Excelsis: Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth I of England in support of the Roman Catholic rebellion; it did not go well (1570)
• Hiram Rhoades Revels: became the first African-American senator, filling the unexpired term of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis (1870)
• hockey: was first televised; the Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2 at Madison Square Garden (1940)
• Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston: the boxer later known as Muhammad Ali won the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston at age 22; he lost it and rewon it twice more (1964)

Birthdays

• Pierre Auguste Renoir 1841 - Impressionist artist
• Adelle Davis 1904
  

  
• Zeppo Marx 1909 - Comedian (Marx Brothers)
• Millicent Fenwick 1910 - Human rights activists
• Jim Backus 1913 - Actor (voice of Mr. Magoo, "Gilligan's Island", "Rebel Without a Cause")
• Ralph Baldwin 1916 - Horse trainer
• Anthony Burgess 1917 - Author ("A Clockwork Orange")
• Bobby Riggs 1918 - Tennis player
• Monte Irvin 1919 - Baseball player
• 'Texas Rose' Bascom 1922 - Trick roper
• (Elsie) Lisa Kirk 1925 - Singer, actress ("The Producers")
• Bert Remsen 1925 - Actor ("Dick Tracy")
• Ralph Stanley 1927 - Musician (Stanley Brothers)
• René Thomas 1927 - Musician, jazz guitarist
• Ralph Stanley 1927
• Larry Gelbart 1928 - Producer, writer
• Tommy Newsom 1929 - Musician, arranger, composer, back-up conductor (NBC's Tonight Show band)
• John Astin 1930
• Faron Young 1932 - singer, actor, founder of Music City News magazine
• Linda Cristal (Marta Victoria Moya Burges) 1934 - Actress
• Tony Lema 1934 - Golfer
• Sally Jessy Raphael (Sally Lowenthal) 1935 - TV talk show host
• Tom Courtenay 1937 - Actor ("Doctor Zhivago", "The Last Butterfly")
• Bob Schieffer 1937 - Report
• Diane Baker 1938
• Denny Lemaster 1939 - Baseball player
• Ron Santo 1940 - Baseball player
• Carl Eller 1942 - Football player
• Karen Grassle 1944 - Actress ("Little House on the Prairie")
• Matt Guokas 1944 - Basketball player
• Jack Handey 1961 - Author, TV writer ("Saturday Night Live")
• Cesar Cedeno 1951 - Baseball player
• Lee Evans 1947 - Track and field athlete
• Dennis Diken 1957 - Musician (Smithereens)
• Stuart Wood 1957 - Musician (Bay City Rollers)
• Mike Peters 1959 - Musician (Alarm)
  
• Veronica Webb 1965 - Actress
• Téa Leoni 1966 - Actress ("Jurassic Park III", "Deep Impact")
• Carrot Top 1967 - Comedian
• Sean Astin 1971 - Actor ("The Goonies", "The War of the Roses", "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring")
• Julio Iglesias Jr. 1973 - Singer
• Chelsea Handler 1975 - hack comedian
• Rashida Jones 1976 - Actress ("The Office", "Parks and Recreation")
  Michelle Lewin 1986 - Fitness Model
  Isabelle Fuhrman 1997 - Orphan