Friday, May 15, 2026
Friday, May 15, 2026
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apotheosis
- Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: Down here I'm the apotheosis of cool (Sewer Urchin from the animated series The Tick).- An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.
misnomer \mis-NO-muhr\, noun:
1. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment.2. Any misnaming of a person or thing; also, a wrong or inapplicable name or designation.
Misnomer is from Medieval French mesnommer, "to misname," from mes-, "wrongly" + nommer, "to name," from Latin nominare, "to name," from nomen, "a name."
and then I found five dollars
- a phrase used at the end of a story that had really no point to be told to someone. used at the end of boring stories to make them seem more interesting and worthwhile.
"yesterday i went to the fridge and took out a yogurt but put it back and got an apple instead.
...and then i found 5 dollars."
History
- Standard Oil Company: in a historic ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Rockefeller's mega-monopoly; several of the pieces would later be known as Exxon, Mobil, Amoco and Chevron (1911)
- nylon stockings: first went on sale in the US (1940)
- Portrait of Dr. Gachet: Van Gogh painting fetched a record high price of $82.5 million; the record stood till 2006, and Dr. Gachet is now No. 4 (1990)
Birthdays
- Lyman Frank Baum 1856 - Author of children's books ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz")
- Pierre Curie 1859 - Physicist
- Katherine Anne Porter 1890 - Journalist, essayist, short story writer
- Joseph Cotten (Joseph Cheshire Cotten) 1905 - Actor
- James Mason (James Neville Mason) 1909 - Actor
- Constance Cummings 1910 - Actress
- Max Frisch 1911 - Architect, playwright, novelist
- Eddy Arnold (Richard Edward Arnold) 1918 - Country singer
- Ellis Larkins 1923 - Musician
- Richard Avedon 1923 - Photographer
- Anthony Shaffer 1926 - Playwright, novelist, screenwriter
- Jasper Johns 1930 - Artist
- Wavy Gravy (Hugh Nanton Romney) 1936 - Entertainer, peace activist
- Paul Zindel 1936 - Playwright, author
- Anna Maria Alberghetti 1936 - Opera singer, actress
- Madeleine Albright 1937 - First woman to become a U.S. Secretary of State
- Lenny Welch 1938 - Singer
- Paul Rudd 1940 - Actor
- Lainie Kazan 1940 - Actress, singer
- K.T. Oslin (Kay Toinette Oslin) 1942 - Country singer, songwriter
- Graham Goble 1947 - Musician (Little River Band)
- Brian Eno 1948 - Musician (Roxy Music)
- Chazz Palminteri (Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri) 1951 - Actor, writer
- George Brett 1953 - Baseball player
- Mike Oldfield (Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield) 1953 - Musician, composer
- Lee Horsley 1955 - Actor
- Emmitt Smith 1969 - Football player
- Prince Be 1970 - (PM Dawn)
- David Charvet 1972 - Singer, actor
- Ahmet Rodan Zappa 1974 - Musician
- Amy Chow 1978 - Comedienne
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler 1981



Thursday, May 14, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective:
- Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
- Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
- Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.
Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus, "anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to anoint, to besmear."
- The involuntary spraying of saliva while yawning. Much like the venom spray from a cobra. In most cases the yawner doesn't realized it has happened only finding the aftermath once the yawn is over.
History
- Jamestown: America's first permanent English colony was established in Virginia (1607)
- smallpox: Edward Jenner administered the first vaccine against the highly contagious disease to an eight-year-old boy (1796)
- Lewis and Clark expedition: began its exploratory journey to the Pacific Ocean (1804)
- Olympic Games: were held in the US for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri (1904)
- Israel: the Jewish state was proclaimed independent; Egypt, Transjordan (later Jordan), Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq declared war on it almost immediately (1948)
- Skylab: America's first space station was launched into orbit (1973)
- Seinfeld: the final episode aired, with 76 million viewers watching (1998)
Birthdays
- Billie Dove 1903 - Actress
- Skip Martin (Lloyd "Skip" Martin) 1916 - Musician
- Norman Luboff 1917 - Music arranger, publisher
- Richard Deacon 1921 - Actor
- Al Porcino 1925 - Trumpet player
- Patrice Munsel 1925 - Singer
- Gump Worsley (Lorne John "Gump" Worsley) 1929 - Hockey goaltender
- Laszlo Kovacs 1933 - Sprint canoer
- Bobby Darin 1936 - Singer, actor
- Dick Howser 1936 - Baseball player
- Charlie Gracie (Charles Anthony Graci) 1936 - Musician, singer
- Tony Perez (Atanasio Pérez Rigal) 1942 - Baseball player
- Jack Bruce 1943 - Musician (Cream)
- Derek Leckenby 1943 - Musician (Herman's Hermits)
- George Lucas 1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director ("Star Wars" movie series)
- Troy Shondell 1944 - Singer
- Francesca Annis 1944 - Actress
- Gener Cornish 1945 - Musician (The Young Rascals)
- Meg Foster (Megan Foster) 1948 - Actress
- Season Hubley (Susan Hubley) 1951 - Actress
- Robert Zemeckis 1952 - Film director, producer, screenwriter
- David Byrne 1952 - Musician (Talking Heads)
- Tom Cochrane 1953 - Musician
- Tim Roth 1961 - Actor ("Resovoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction")
- Ian Astbury 1962 - Musician (The Cult)
- Mike Inez 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
- Fabrice Morvan 1966 - Singer (Milli Vanilli)
- Cate Blanchett (Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett) 1969 - Actress, theatre director
- Danny Wood 1969 - Singer (New Kids on the Block)
- Freaky Tah 1971 - Musician (Lost Boyz)
- Sophia Coppola 1971 - Director
- Shanice (Shanice Lorraine Wilson-Knox) 1973 - Singer
- Natalie Appleton 1973 - Musician (All Saints)
- Roy Halladay 1977 - Baseball player
- Amber Tamblyn 1983 - Actress ("General Hospital")
- Frank Gore 1983 - Football player
- Mark Zuckerberg 1984 - Founder of Facebook
- Miranda Cosgrove 1993 - Actress ("iCarly," "Drake and Josh")


Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
anagnorisis \ an-ag-NAWR-uh-sis, -NOHR- \ , noun;
- (in ancient Greek tragedy) the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia.
Origin: Anagnorisis comes from the Greek word anagnōrí(zein) which meant "to know again." This concept is discussed in Aristotle's Poetics.
Next level bullshit
- When the bullshit that comes out of a persons mouth reaches a point of absolute nonsense.
Trivia
What was the first male name given to an Atlantic hurricane?
- Bob, in 1979. That was the first year the World Meteorological Organization began alternating between male and female names in alphabetical order. For the previous 26 years, only female names had been used—starting with Alice.
- "blood, toil, tears and sweat": Winston Churchill famously offered these elements in his first address as prime minister; Theodore Roosevelt was the first to use the phrase 43 years earlier (1940)
- Pope John Paul II: was shot in Rome by right-wing Turkish militant Mehmet Ali Agca; the pontiff survived the assassination attempt (1981)
THE CROW: Brandon Lee's haunting final film opened in theaters (1994) - $20 bill: the Andrew Jackson was revamped and colorized to thwart counterfeiters (2003)
Birthdays
- Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist
- Arthur Sullivan 1842 - Operetta composer, worked with Sir William Gilbert
- Maxine Sullivan (Marietta Williams) 1911 - Singer
- Robert Middleton (Samuel Messer) 1911 - Actor ("Desperate Hours")
- Joe Louis (Barrow) 1914 - Boxer, "The Brown Bomber"
- Johnny Wright 1914 - Country singer
- "Red" Garland (William "Red" Garland) 1923 - Musician
- Clive Barnes 1927 - Writer, critic
- Herbert Ross 1927 - Director
- Johnny (John Junior) Roseboro 1933 - Baseball player
Beverley Owen 1937 - Actress (Marilyn on The Munsters) - Zohra Lampert 1937 - Actress ("Alan & Naomi")
- Harvey Keitel 1939 - Actor ("Pulp Fiction", "Thelma and Louise", "Taxi Driver")
- Senta Berger 1941 - Actress ("The Victors")
- Richie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela) 1941 - Singer
- "Magic" Dick Salwitz 1945 - Musician (J. Geils Band)
- Danny Klein 1946 - Musician (J. Geils Band)
- Mike Chernoff 1946 - Hockey player
- Tim Pigott-Smith 1946 - Actor (" The Jewel in the Crown")
- Overand (Peter) Watts 1947 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
- Franklin Ajaye 1949 - Actor ("Fraternity Vacation", "Convoy")
- Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris) 1950 - Musician
- Bobby Valentine 1950 - Baseball player, manager
- Paul Thompson 1951 - Musician (Roxy Music)
- Frances Barber 1957 - Actress ("A Zed & Two Noughts", "Home Sweet Home")
- Julianne Phillips 1960 - Model, actress
- Tom Verica 1964 - Actor
- Stephen Colbert 1964 - libtard
- Lorraine McIntosh 1964 - Musician (Deacon Blue)
- Lari White 1965 - Country music singer
- Darius Rucker 1966 - Musician (Hootie and the Blowfish)
- Samantha Morton 1977 - Actress
- Hunter Parrish 1978 - Actor ("Weeds")
- Sunny Leone 1971 - t3h pr0n


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