Sunday, January 30, 2011

vulpine \VUHL-pahyn\, adjective:

1. Cunning or crafty.

2. Of or resembling a fox.

Vulpine derives from the Latin word for "fox," vulpinus.

sugar honey iced tea

Sugar - S

Honey - H

Iced - I

Tea - T

It means "SHIT", you just say Sugar Honey Iced Tea when you can't openly swear.

"OH! Sugar Honey Iced Tea!!!"

Trivia

With what famous oddball artist did fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli collaborate to create a shoe-shaped hat?

• Surrealist Salvador Dali, for Schiaparelli’s fall-winter collection of 1937–38. The black felt hat looked like an upside-down high-heeled shoe when it was worn.

History

• Charles I: monarch of Great Britain and Ireland was beheaded for treason (1649)
• Mahatma Gandhi: nonviolent Indian political and spiritual leader was assassinated in Delhi by a Hindu extremist; Gandhi had been working to promote Hindu-Muslim unity (1948)
• Tet Offensive: the Vietcong launched a series of surprise attacks (1968)
• The Beatles: performed as a group for the last time in public; they played for 45 minutes on the roof of their Apple Records studio (1969)
• Bloody Sunday: 14 civil rights protesters were shot to death by British troops in Derry, Northern Ireland (1972)
• Iraq: held its first free election in 50 years (2005)

Birthdays

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945): the only POTUS elected to four terms; also, heads of state Félix Faure (1841-1899), Dick Cheney (70) and Abdullah II (49)
• Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989): Pulitzer Prize-winning author, The Guns of August; writers Edward Martyn (1859-1923), Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) and Michael Dorris (1945-1997) share this birth date
• Douglas Englebart (86): inventor of the mouse
• Gene Hackman (81): two-time Oscar-winner, for The French Connection and The Unforgiven; also, actors Dorothy Malone (86), Tammy Grimes (77), Vanessa Redgrave (74), Charles S. Dutton (60), Brett Butler (53), Norbert Leo Butz (44), Christian Bale (37) and Wilmer Valderrama (31)
• Boris Spassky (74): chess master
• Phil Collins (60): drummer/singer, for Genesis and solo; musician Marty Balin (69) also celebrates a birthday today