Thursday, March 14, 2024

dowager \DOU-uh-jer\, noun:

1. An elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position.

2. A woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, especially the widow of a king, duke, etc.

adjective:

1. Noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dowager.

Dowager stems from the Latin word dotare meaning "to endow." In the middle French, it came to mean "pertaining to a dower," or the gift/payment that a wife's family gives her husband when they are married.

 

dental swag

• the complementary stuff with which you leave your dentist's office: toothbrush, dental floss, etc.

I think the hygienist likes me; she always loads me up with dental swag.

 

Trivia

Which state is home to the Arizona Beverage Company, producer of prepackaged iced tea and energy drinks?

New York.

Holiday: 

Steak and Blowjob Day

• Celebrated on March 14th, Steak and Blowjob Day is a holiday for men, celebrated the month after Valentine's Day -- a holiday for women. The idea is simple: no cards, flowers, candy or other whimsical gifts. Ladies (and gay men), you simply bestow your partner with a steak and a blowjob. Not necessarily in that order.

Jeff: "Hey Bob, what did Stacey get you for Steak and Blowjob Day?" 

Bob: "Well Jeff, that would be a big juicy steak, and a big juicy blowjob."

Pi Time 

• The time of the day where a digital clock reads 3:14.

Dude, what time is? Dude, it's pi time.

Holiday

• Pi Day: today's date is 3:14!

History

• The Cradle of Liberty: Boston's Faneuil Hall hosted its first town meeting; the building hosted speeches by Revolutionary War figures who urged independence from Great Britain (1748)
• cotton gin: machine designed to extract seeds from cotton was patented by Eli Whitney, contributing greatly to the economic development of the South (1794)
• Ten Most Wanted: the FBI announced its top fugitives list for the first time (1950)
• Birmingham Six: Irishmen convicted in Birmingham pub bombings were freed after years in jail for pub bombings; the appeals court said police had fabricated evidence (1991)

Birthdays

• Lucy Hobbs Taylor 1833
• Paul Ehrlich 1854
• Casey Jones (John Luther) 1864
• Albert Einstein 1879
• Les Brown 1912
• Max Shulman 1919
• Hank Ketcham 1920
• Bill Rexford 1927
• Frank Borman II 1928 - Astronaut
• Bob Goalby
• Phil Phillips 1931
• Quincy Jones 1933
• Michael Caine 1933 - Actor ("Dark Knight" Trilogy)
• Shirly Scott 1934
• Eugene Cernan 1934
• Bob Charles 1936
• Raymond J. Barry 1939 - Actor
• Rita Tushingham 1942
• Clyde Lee 1944
• Michael Martin Murphey 1945
• Walt Parazaider 1945 - Musician (Chicago)
  
• Wes Unseld 1946
• Steve Kanaly 1946
• Billy Crystal 1948 - Actor, comedian
• Rick Dees 1950
• Adrian Zmed 1954
• Jann Browne 1954
• Boon Gould 1955 - Musician (Level 42)
• Tessa Sanderson 1957
• Prince Albert 1958 - Member of Monaco's royal family
• Tamara Tunie 1959 - Actress ("Law & Order: SVU")
  Louise Robey 1960 - Actress (Friday the 13th: The Series) see bottom
• Gary "Ba Ba Booey" Dell'Abate 1961 - producer of the Howard Stern Radio Show
• Kevin Williamson 1965 - Producer ("Dawson's Creek")
• Kevin Brown 1965 - Baseball player
• Megan Follows 1968
  Grace Park 1974  - Actress (Battlestar Galactica)
  Corey Stoll 1976 - Actor (The Strain)
• Jake Fogelnest 1979
• Chris Klein 1979 - Actor ("American Pie" movies)
• Kate Maberly 1982
• Taylor Hanson 1983 - Musician (Hanson)
• Marina Ann Hantzis (aka Sasha Grey) 1988 - t3h pr0n