Monday, April 15, 2024

palladium \puh-LEY-dee-uhm\, noun:

1. Anything believed to provide protection or safety; safeguard.

2. A statue of Athena, especially one on the citadel of Troy on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend.

3. A rare metallic element of the platinum group, silver-white, ductile and malleable, harder and fusing more readily than platinum; used chiefly as a catalyst and in dental and other alloys. Symbol: Pd; atomic weight: 106.4; atomic number: 46; specific gravity: 12 at 20°C.

Palladium is related to the Greek word pallas meaning "little maiden." The sense of a protective talisman comes from the name of a statue of Athena that guarded the city of Troy. 

 
niege

1. a liege (only black).

2. a person of african descent, whose presence demands great respect.

3. a lord of the african-american persuasion

Negrodamus: I've had a vision! fetch me a quill!

peasant: yes my niege!!

 

Pimp: now you bitches be sure to bring me that cash money!

hoes: yes my niege.

 

Trivia

What is taxonomy?

• The field of biology devoted to naming, describing, and classifying organisms.

IRS

• Income Removal System

The IRS folks tried to jack 5 grand off my bank account

 

Holiday (?!?!)

• Tax Day - USA - Due date for personal tax returns is usually held on April 15th. This year, thanks to EMANCIPATION DAY falling over a weekend  taxpayers get an automatic extension until April 18th. Don't forget, TAXATION IS THEFT!!!

History

• Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut (1817)
• Titanic: the "unsinkable" luxury liner sank after hitting an iceberg; over 1,500 died (1912)
• Bergen-Belsen: Nazi concentration camp was liberated by British and Canadian forces (1945)
• Jackie Robinson: made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, scoring the game-winning run (1947)
• McDonald's: Ray Kroc opened the store that launched the empire (1955)
• Botox: botulinum toxin was approved by the FDA for treatment of moderate-to-severe frown lines (2002)
• Boston Marathon Bombing: terrorists set off explosives near the finish line just before 3 PM (2013) 

Birthdays

• Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - Artist ("Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper")
  

  
• Charles Peale 1741 - Artist, portrait painter, primarily created works of colonial and American Revolutionary War figures
• Henry James 1843 - Author ("The Turn of the Screw", "The Portrait of a Lady")
• Thomas Benton 1889 - Artist
• Bessie Smith 1894 - Blues singer
• Hans Conried 1917 - Actor ("Bus Stop", "Oh! God: Book 2")
• Jim Timmens 1920 - Composer, jazz musician, musical director
• Michael Ansara 1922
• Herb Pomeroy 1930 - Musician, bandleader
  Elizabeth Montgomery 1933 - Actress
• Roy Clark 1933 - Country musician, singer
• Bob Luman 1937 - Singer
• Claudia Cardinale 1939 - Actress ("The Pink Panther")
• Reginald Smith (Marty Wilde) 1939 - Singer, father of singer Kim Wilde
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  Willie (William Henry) Davis 1940 - Baseball player
• Clarence Satchell 1940 - Musician (The Ohio Plyers)
• Woody (Woodrow Thompson) Fryman 1940 - Baseball player
• Walt Hazzard 1942 - Basketball player
• Julie Sommars 1942 - Actress ("Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo")
• Allan Clarke 1942 - Musician (Hollies)
• Dave Edmunds 1944 - Musician (Rockpile)
• Ted Sizemore 1945 - Baseball player
• Amy Wright 1950 - Actress ("The Deer Hunter", "The Scarlet Letter")
• Dick (Richard Louis) Sharon 1950 - Baseball player
• Michael Tucci 1950 
  
• Heloise (Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans) 1951 - Newspaper columnist, daughter of original Heloise
• Pete Shelley 1955 - Musician (Buzzcocks)
• Evelyn Ashford 1957 - Track athlete, 4-time Olympic gold medalist
• Emma Thompson 1959 - Actress
• Samantha Fox 1966 - Singer, Page 3 Girl, monster jugs
• Graeme Clark 1966 - Musician (Wet Wet Wet)
• Ed O'Brien 1968 - Musician (Radiohead)
• Seth Rogan 1982 - Actor, writer ("Knocked Up", "Superbad")
• Emma Watson 1990 - Actress ("Harry Potter" movie series)
  

  
  

  
  

  

 

 

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