Wednesday, December 17, 2014

clowder \ KLOU-der \ , noun; 

• a group or cluster of cats. 

Origin: Clowder comes from the term clodder meaning "clotted mass." It entered English in the late 1700s. 

Holiday Beard

• When a male decides not to shave for the period of his holiday, returning with a rather terrible looking collection of facial hair.

"It's too hot to shave here, I'll just grow a holiday beard" 

History

• Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasant uprising began due to heavy taxation; 37,000 were beheaded (1637)
• Kitty Hawk: the Wright brothers successfully conducted the first controlled, sustained flight of a motor-powered airplane; they had been building flying devices for less than five years (1903)
• Japanese American internment: the US army announced that it would no longer hold Japanese Americans in relocation centers, allowing "evacuees" to return home (1944)
• Harold Holt: the Australian prime minister went missing and was presumed drowned while swimming off the coast of Portsea, Victoria (1967)
• Project Blue Book: US Air Force investigation into UFOs was terminated; the conclusion was that sightings were due to mass hysteria, hoaxes, mistakes and the like (1969)
• The Simpsons: the longest-running prime-time animated series premiered on Fox (1989)
• NAFTA: trade agreement was signed by Canada, the US and Mexico (1992) 

Birthdays

• Humphry Davy 1778
• Joseph Henry 1797
• John Greenleaf Whittier 1807
• Arthur Fiedler 1896
• Erskine Caldwell 1903
• Willard Libby 1908
• Sy Oliver 1910
• Joan Woodbury 1915
• Richard Long 1927
• Julia Meade (Kunza) 1928
• William Safire 1929
• Bob Guccione 1930
  

  
• Armin Mueller-Stahl 1930
• George Lindsey 1935
• Tommy Steele (Rock with the Caveman) 1936
• Nat Stuckey 1937
• Art Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1937
• Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations) 1939
• Paul Butterfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 1942
• Dave Dee (Harmon) 1943
• Bernard Hill 1944
• Ernie Hudson 1945
• Christopher Cazenove 1945
  
• Eugene Levy 1946
• Wes Studi 1947
• Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company) 1949
• Wanda Huntchinson (The Emotions) 1951
• Bill Pullman 1953
• Sharon White 1953
• Barry Livingston 1953
• Mike Mills (R.E.M.) 1958
• Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) 1961
• Tim Chewning (Ricochet) 1962
• Duane Propes 1966
• Sean Patrick Thomas 1970
• DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) 1970
  

  
• Sarah Paulson 1974
• Marissa Ribisi 1974
• Giovanni Ribisi 1974
• Bree Sharp 1975
• Milla Jovovich 1975
• Vanessa Zima 1986

              

TGIF! Friday, December 5, 2014

cygnet \ SIG-nit \ , noun; 

• a young swan. 

Origin: Cygnet is derived from the Greek word kýknos meaning "swan." The noun suffix -et implies a diminutive force, as in the word islet. 

Salsa Fucked

• This phenomenon occurs when dining at a Mexican restaurant with a large group and the salsa is not distributed evenly throughout the table. The areas of the table that do not have ample amounts of salsa are "salsa fucked."

Jeff, all of the salsa is at the other end of the table, yo. 

I know, we got Salsa Fucked.

History

• Phi Beta Kappa: oldest collegiate honors society was founded as a secret club at the College of William and Mary (1776)
• Gold Rush: President James Polk confirmed that gold had been found in California and triggered the mass move West (1848)
• Prohibition: the 21st Amendment was passed, repealing the 18th Amendment and ending the ban on alcoholic beverages in the US (1933)
• Bermuda Triangle: US Navy squadron disappeared in the mysterious area, as did aircraft sent to search for it (1945)
• AFL-CIO: George Meany led the newly formed federation of labor unions (1955)
• "irrational exuberance": former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the market might be dangerously overvalued (1996)

Birthdays

• Martin Van Buren (U.S.) 1782
  
• Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830
• George Armstrong Custer 1839
• Walt Elias Disney 1901 - Disney movies, music and books
• Otto Preminger 1906
• Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) 1932
• Joan Didion 1934
• Calvin Trillin 1935
• J.J. Cale 1938
• Jeroen Krabbe 1944
• Jose Carreras 1947
• Jim Messina 1947 - Musician (Buffalo Springfield)
• Morgan Brittany 1951
• Brian Backer 1956
• Jack Russell 1960 - Musician (Great White)
• Ty England 1963
• Carrie Hamilton 1963
• John Rzeznick 1965 - Musician (The Goo Goo Dolls)
• Gary Allan 1967
• Margaret Cho 1968
• Amy Acker 1976
• Jessica Pare 1980
• Frankie Muniz 1985
• Ross Bagley 1988

Bill Nye & Planetary Society Launch Exploration Application

Bill Nye, The Planetary Society, and Yale University are thrilled to launch THE EXPLORATION APPLICATION in support of the Exoplanets Laser Initiative and youth exploration outside our solar system. The application will take users on a digital scavenger hunt in collaboration with several online partners including Bill Nye, The Planetary Society, Yale University,Amoeba Music, Flavorpill, Visit Norway, and Norwegian electronic/pop artist The Green Children. Over the course of a week, users will navigate the web looking for 8 exoplanets, strategically hidden on partner websites and/or social properties. The app will track user progress throughout the week, and once all exoplanets are found the individual will be automatically entered to win a trip for two to Norway.

The Green Children, The Planetary Society, and Bill Nye have joined forces not only to excite and educate people about exploration of worlds outside our solar system, but also in hopes to raise awareness and funds for The Exoplanets Laser Initiative. Professor of astronomy Dr. Debra Fischer and her team from Yale are among the best "planet hunters" in the world, and have already built an Exoplanets Laser prototype. The goal is to upgrade to a professional-grade laser, which will be used in support of Yale's 100 Earths project - a quest to find and characterize 100 Earth-like exoplanets. Donations can be made to the project HERE.

The application has launched in conjunction with the release of The Green Children's music video "Outline," which is similarly focused on exploration and discovery, and ties in directly with the application.

More information on The Exploration Application can be found HERE.

Exploration Application: http://www.arewealone.net/?exoplanet=flutr4uw

Donate to the Exoplanet Laser Initiative: https://secure.planetary.org/site/Donation2?3600.donation=form1&df_id=3600&s_src=gc201412

Sunday, November 2, 2014

early day for me today...

odontoid \ oh-DON-toid \ , adjective; 

• of or resembling a tooth; toothlike. 

Origin: Odontoid entered English in the early 1700s from the Greek word odontoeidḗs meaning "toothlike." 

Columbusing

• When white people claim they have invented/discovered something that has been around for years, decades, even centuries.

Miley Cyrus is totally Columbusing with this twerking shit.

Holiday

• Dia De los Muertos (Mexico) 

History

• North Dakota : became the 39th state; South Dakota became No. 40 on the same day (1889)
• Balfour Declaration: British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declared support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" (1917)
• Spruce Goose: made of birch, not spruce, the largest flying boat was flown on its first and only flight by its designer, billionaire Howard Hughes (1947)
• Levelland UFO sighting: several separate witnesses in Texas claimed to have seen, late at night, a bright egg-shaped object near which their car engines died (1957)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover: in Britain, publisher Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity for printing the D.H. Lawrence novel (1960)

Birthdays

• Daniel Boone 1734
• James Knox Polk (U.S.) 1795
• Warren G. Harding (U.S.) 1865
• Paul Ford 1901
• Burt Lancaster 1913
• Ray Walston 1914
• Ann Rutherford 1920
• Charlie Walker 1926
• Earl "Speedo" Carroll (The Coasters) 1937
• Patrick J. Buchanan 1938
• Jay Black (Jay and The Americans) 1938
• David Stockton 1941
• Shere Hite 1942
• Stefanie Powers 1942
• Keith Emmerson (ELP) 1944
• Maxine Nightingale 1953
• Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses) 1960
• k.d. lang 1961
• Bobby Dall (Poison) 1961
• Ron McGovney 1962 - Musician (Metallica)
• David Schwimmer 1966 - Actor ("Friends")
• Alvin Chea (Take 6) 1967
• Charlie 'Steele' Pennachio (Linear) 1967
• Brandi Brandt (Playboy Centerfold 10/87) 1968
• Nelly 1974 - Pop-rapper
  

WTF is that?

Merry Merry!

The X-Mas

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

suppletory \SUHP-li-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee\, adjective: 

• supplying a deficiency.

Suppletory comes from the Latin word supplēre meaning "to make complete." 

ride or die

• to be down with your husband/wife no matter what, through it all the good and the bad.

Thats my ride or die husband 4 life
Trivia

What minimum height and width has the National Football League set for numbers on the front and back of each player’s jersey?

• Height, at least 8 inches; width, at least 4 inches. The NFL also mandates that smaller numbers appear on the upper arm or shoulder of each jersey.

History

• Shimabara Rebellion: Japanese peasant uprising began due to heavy taxation; 37,000 were beheaded (1637)
• Kitty Hawk: the Wright brothers successfully conducted the first controlled, sustained flight of a motor-powered airplane; they had been building flying devices for less than five years (1903)
• Japanese American internment: the US army announced that it would no longer hold Japanese Americans in relocation centers, allowing "evacuees" to return home (1944)
• Harold Holt: the Australian prime minister went missing and was presumed drowned while swimming off the coast of Portsea, Victoria (1967)
• Project Blue Book: US Air Force investigation into UFOs was terminated; the conclusion was that sightings were due to mass hysteria, hoaxes, mistakes and the like (1969)
• The Simpsons: the longest-running prime-time animated series premiered on Fox (1989)
• NAFTA: trade agreement was signed by Canada, the US and Mexico (1992) 

Birthdays

• Humphry Davy 1778
• Joseph Henry 1797
• John Greenleaf Whittier 1807
• Arthur Fiedler 1896
• Erskine Caldwell 1903
• Willard Libby 1908
• Sy Oliver 1910
• Joan Woodbury 1915
• Richard Long 1927
• Julia Meade (Kunza) 1928
• William Safire 1929
• Bob Guccione 1930
  

  
• Armin Mueller-Stahl 1930
• George Lindsey 1935
• Tommy Steele (Rock with the Caveman) 1936
• Nat Stuckey 1937
• Art Neville (The Neville Brothers) 1937
• Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations) 1939
• Paul Butterfield (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 1942
• Dave Dee (Harmon) 1943
• Bernard Hill 1944
• Ernie Hudson 1945
• Christopher Cazenove 1945
  
• Eugene Levy 1946
• Wes Studi 1947
• Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company) 1949
• Wanda Huntchinson (The Emotions) 1951
• Bill Pullman 1953
• Sharon White 1953
• Barry Livingston 1953
• Mike Mills (R.E.M.) 1958
• Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) 1961
• Tim Chewning (Ricochet) 1962
• Duane Propes 1966
• Sean Patrick Thomas 1970
• DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) 1970
  

  
• Sarah Paulson 1974
• Marissa Ribisi 1974
• Giovanni Ribisi 1974
• Bree Sharp 1975
• Milla Jovovich 1975
• Vanessa Zima 1986