Friday, September 17, 2010

burlesque \ber-LESK\, adjective:

1. Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.

noun:

1. Any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature.

2. A humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.

Burlesque comes from the Italian burlesco, "to jest."

Nap mouth

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  The bad taste in your mouth just after waking up from a nap.

"*Yawn* Man I just woke up and now I have nap mouth, god damn."
Trivia

When it comes to animals, what are the addax, bongo, puku, and lizard?

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  Antelopes.

History

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  United States Constitution: the supreme law of the land was signed at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787)
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  Norton I: Joshua Abraham Norton, a native Englishman who ended up in San Francisco, declared himself emperor of the United States (1859)
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  Battle of Antietam: bloody day — 23,000 killed — of carnage during the American Civil War (1862)
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  Lt. Thomas Selfridge: became the first person to die in an airplane crash, in a plane piloted by Orville Wright (1908)
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  M*A*S*H: the TV show whose final episode remains the top-viewed program on American TV debuted (1972)

Birthdays

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  Cassandra Peterson (61): actress best known as Elvira
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  William Carlos Williams (1883-1963): physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author; plus, author Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
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  Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988): choreographer, director of the Royal Ballet
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  David Oistrakh (1908 [OS]-1974): violin virtuoso; also, musicians Hank Williams (1923-1953), LaMonte McLemore (71), Anastacia (42) and Chuck Comeau (31)
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  David Souter (71): US Supreme Court justice; plus, Chief Justice Warren Burger (1907-1995)
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  Matthew Settle (41): Gossip Girl's Rufus Humphrey; also, actors Anne Bancroft (1931-2005), John Ritter (1948-2003) and Kyle Chandler (45) and directors Baz Luhrmann (48) and Bryan Singer (45)
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  Mark Brunell (40): NFL quarterback; plus, team players Rube Foster (1879-1930), George Blanda (83), Phil Jackson (65) and Dan Haren (30)
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  Douglas E. Davis (44): rapper and beat box also known as Doug E. Fresh