Tuesday, March 29, 2016

neophyte \NEE-uh-fyt\, noun: 

1. A new convert or proselyte.
2. A novice; a beginner in anything.

Neophyte comes from Late Latin neophytus, from Greek neophutos, "newly planted," from neo-, "new" + phutos, "planted," from phuein, "to grow, to bring forth."  
 

college morning

• (noun) 1. Afternoon.

College Student A: "I don't have the money right now, can I pay you back tomorrow?"
College Student B: "Sure, just come by tomorrow morning."
College Student A: "Okay!"
THE NEXT DAY, 9 AM
College Student A: "Hey, I have your money!"
College Student B: (waking up) "Goddamn it, I meant COLLEGE MORNING." 

History

• Niagara Falls: ceased falling due to an ice jam upstream (1848)
• North America Act: the British parliament created the Dominion of Canada (1867)
• Royal Albert Hall: was opened by Queen Victoria, dedicated to her husband and consort, Prince Albert (1871)
• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: the Ringling Brothers joined P.T. Barnum and James A. Bailey to form "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1919)
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg: US Communist couple were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage about the atomic bomb on behalf of the Soviet Union (1951)
• Vietnam War: the last US soldiers left South Vietnam (1973)
• Ireland: became the first country to ban smoking in all public places (2004)

Birthdays

• John Tyler (U.S.) 1790
• Cy Young 1867
• Howard Lindsay 1888
• Phillip Ahn 1905
• Edward Biggs 1906
• Phil Foster 1914
• Eugene McCarthy 1916
• Sam Walton 1918 - Founder of Wal-Mart
• Pearl Mae Bailey 1918
• Eileen Heckart 1919
• John McLaughlin 1927 - TV host ("The McLaughlin Group")
• Judith Guest 1936 - Author
• Vangelis 1943 - Composer ("Chariots of Fire")
• Eric Idle 1943 - Comedian ("Monty Python")
• John Major 1943 - Former British prime minister
• Billy Vukovich 1944
• Walt "Clyde" Frazier 1945 - Basketball player
• Bobby Kimball 1947 - Singer (Toto)
• Michael Brecker 1949 - Musician (The Brecker Brothers)
• Bud Cort 1950
  Marina Sirtis 1955 - Actress (Star Trek TNG)
• Earl Campbell 1955 - Football player (Houston Oilers)
• Chris Lawford 1955 - Actor
• Terry Jacks 1956
• Kurt Thomas 1956 - Olympic gymnast
• Christopher Lambert 1957 - Actor
• Perry Farrell 1958 - Singer (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
• Amy Sedaris 1961 - Comedian, actress ("Strangers with Candy")
• Elle MacPherson 1964 - Model
• John Popper 1967 - Musician (Blues Traveler)
• Regina Leigh 1968 - Country singer (Regina Regina)
• Lucy Lawless 1968 - Actress ("Xena: Warrior Princess")
• Brady Seals 1969 - Country singer
• Jennifer Capriati 1976 - Tennis player

     

                               

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

vittate \ VIT-eyt \ , adjective; 

1. striped longitudinally. 
2. provided with or having a vitta or vittae. 

Origin: Vittate is derived from the Latin word vittātus which meant approximately "fillet-like." It entered English in the early 1800s.

carbon cockprint

• The amount of CO2 and greenhouse gases released by a man in search of sexual gratification

"You're going all the way to Manchester to shag that bird? Your carbon cockprint will be massive!"

Holiday

• Earth Day - The one day everyone is supposed to be a little more conscious of treating the planet better. 

 History 

• Pedro Alvares Cabral: landed on the coast of Brazil, claiming the land for Portugal (1500)
• Henry VIII: much-married king of England ascended to the throne (1509)
• "In God We Trust": US Congress mandated that all minted coins bear this inscription (1864)
• Oklahoma Land Rush: began officially at noon with thousands of homesteaders staking their claims (1889)
• Earth Day: first observed (1970)

Birthdays

• Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451
• Henry Fielding 1707 - Author ("The History of Tom Jones")
• Immanuel Kant 1724 - Philosopher
• Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924)
• Nicola Sacco 1891 - Convicted of robbery and executed along with Bartolomeo Vanzetti after a controversial trial in Massachusetts.
• Vladimir Nabokov 1899 - Russian novelist
• J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
• Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger) 1908 - Actor ("Green Acres")
• Yehudi Menuhin 1916 - Violinist, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at age ten
• Robert Wadlow Alton 1918 - At the time of his death on July 15, 1940 he was the tallest man in the world according to Guinness World Records. He was 8 ft 11.1 in.
• Mickey (James Barton) Vernon 1918 - Baseball
• Hal March (Mendelson) 1920 - Television emcee ("The $64,000 Question"), actor ("The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show")
• Candid Camero 1921 - Musician
• Charles Mingus 1922 - Musician
• Richard Diebenkorn 1922 - Musician, singer, bandleader, composer
• Aaron Spelling 1923 - Exectuive producer ("Fantasy Island", "Beverly Hills 90210")
• Bettie Page 1923 - invented sexy

  
• George Cole 1925 - Actor ("Minder", "Flash Harry")
• Charlotte Rae 1926 - Actress ("Facts of Life")
• Estelle Harris 1932 - Actess ("Seinfeld")
• Mark Damon (Alan Harris) 1933 - Actor ("The Fall of the House of Usher")
• Glen Campbell 1936 - Singer, actor
• Jack Nitzsche 1937 - Arranger, producer, songwriter
• Jack Nicholson (John Joseph) 1937 - Actor ("The Shining", "Batman", "The Witches of Eastwicke", "A Few Good Men")
• Deane Beman 1938 - Golfer
• Jason Miller 1939 - Actor ("Toy Soldiers", "The Exorcist" series)
• Mel Carter 1943 - Singer, actor
• Cleve Francis 1945 - Country singer
• John Waters 1946 - Director
• Larry Groce 1948 - Singer, songwriter
• Spencer Haywood 1949 - Basketball player
• Peter Frampton 1950 - Musician (Humble Pie)
• Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics)
• Tom Lysiak 1953 - Hockey player
• Joseph Bottoms 1954 - Actor ("Surfacing", "Inner Sanctum")
• Ryan Stiles 1959 - Actor ("Whose Line is It Anyway")
• Byron Allen 1961 - Comedian, television host, actor ("Real People")
• Chris Makepiece 1964 - Actor ("My Bodyguard", "Captive Hearts")
• Jeffrey Dan Morgan 1966 - Actor ("Grey's Anatomy")
• Sheryl Lee 1967 - Actress ("Twin Peaks")
• Sherri Shepherd 1967 - Talk show host, actress
• Heath Wright 1967 - Musician (Ricochet)
• Ingo Rademacher 1971 - Actor ("General Hospital")
• Eric Mabius 1971 - Actor ("Ugly Betty")
• Anna Falchi 1972 - actress, hottie (below)
• Daniel Johns 1979 - Musician (Silverchair)
• Amber Heard 1986 - Actress (right)