Saturday, January 31, 2009

canine \KEY-nahyn\, adjective:

1. of or like a dog or member of the dog family
2. any animal belonging to a group of meat-eaters including dogs, foxes, and wolves
3. pertaining to a canine tooth
4. one of the four teeth next to the incisors; cuspid

by 1398 as "pointed teeth," from Latin caninus "of the dog," from canis "dog," from Proto Indo-European base *kwon- "dog." The adjective is attested from 1613 and the noun meaning "dog" is first recorded 1869.

fornicating fido

• fucking the dog, to do nothing productive

What were you up to today?
Oh you know, fornicating fido.
Trivia
In rap slang, what’s the meaning of “be geese”?

• To leave—or fly away—like geese.

Today in History:

• Guy Fawkes: was hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament and kill the king of England (1606)
• Great Flood of 1953: tidal surge killed thousands and affected shorelines in the UK and the Netherlands
• Explorer I: the US launched its first Earth satellite, whose mission was to detect cosmic rays (1958)
• McDonald's: first opened in the Soviet Union, in Moscow (1990)

Today's Birthdays:

• Franz Schubert (1797-1828): composer, Trout Quintet
• Benjamin Hooks (1925): civil rights leader
• Ernie Banks (78): MLB hall-of-famer; pitcher Nolan Ryan (62) shares this birth date
• Kenzaburo Oe (74): Nobel Prize-winning author; also, writers Zane Grey (1872-1939), John O'Hara (1905-1970), Thomas Merton (1915-1968) and Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
• Beatrix (71): queen of the Netherlands
• Jessica Walter (68): Lucille Bluth on Arrested Development; also, actors Anthony LaPaglia (50), Minnie Driver (39) and Portia de Rossi (36)
• Justin Timberlake (28): Grammy-winning pop singer; also, musicians Philip Glass (72), Charlie Musselwhite (65) and Johnny Rotten (53)

Quote:

• "I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being." — Jackie Robinson