Tuesday, September 14, 2010

ambrosial \am-BROH-zhuhl\, adjective:

1. Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant.

2. Worthy of the gods; divine.

Ambrosial comes from the Greek ambrosios, "of the Gods." Ambrosia refers to the food or drink consumed by the Greek pantheon.

dead text

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  a text that is recieved too long after is sent so you are no longer obligated to reply to it.

I recieved a message from my friend the morning after it was sent asking if I was still up, so I decided not to reply because it was a dead text.

Trivia

What does Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, represent on California’s state seal?

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  The fact that California achieved statehood without going through a territorial period, just as Minerva sprang to life full-grown.

History

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  "The Star Spangled Banner": US anthem was written by attorney Francis Scott Key during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore (1814)
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  Selective Service Act: Congress authorized the first peacetime draft in US history (1940)
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  Luna 2: the spherical Soviet spacecraft became the first man-made object to reach the Moon; it crashed onto the lunar surface (1959)
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  Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: widow who founded the American Sisters of Charity was canonized by Pope Paul VI, becoming the first US-born saint (1975)
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  1994 Major League Baseball season: was officially canceled by acting commissioner Bud Selig, 34 days after the players' strike began (1994)

Birthdays

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  Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842): composer, especially of operas
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  Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936): physiologist/ psychologist who researched conditioned response; also, naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
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  Margaret Sanger (1879?-1966): birth control activist; plus, feminist Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950)
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  Larry Brown (70): NBA hall-of-famer and coach
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  Sam Neill (63): actor, Jurassic Park; Zoe Caldwell (77), Harve Presnell (1933-2009), Walter Koenig (74), Nicol Williamson (72), Mary Crosby (51), Melissa Leo (50), Faith Ford (46) and Kimberly Williams-Paisley (39)
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  Tyler Perry (41): filmmaker, writer, actor
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  Nas (37): rapper/songwriter; other singers born on this date include Joey Heatherton (66), Jon "Bowser" Bauman (63), Ed King (61), Craig Montoya (40) and Amy Winehouse (27)