Thursday, January 20, 2011

grangerize \GRYEN-juh-rahyz\, verb:

1. To add to the visual content of a book by inserting images not included in the original volume, often by mutilating other books.

2. To mutilate books in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.

Grangerize is named after James Granger (1723-1776), an English clergyman whose "Biographical History of England" (1769) included areas for additional illustrations.
It was in the news feed

• An excuse you can use after Facebook creeping and getting caught. It always works, though the suspicious individual will likely remain skeptical.

Sarah: "Are you creeping on me? How did you know I commented on that picture?"
Derek: "No, it was in the news feed!"

Sally: "Like OMG he is the best BF ever!"

Jared: "You mean Braun?"

Sally: "How did you know he was my BF?! I haven't changed my relationship status yet!!!!"

Jared: "It's been in the news feed."

Sally: "Sure."

Trivia

What was U.S. statesman Henry Kissinger’s given name at birth?

• Heinz. German-born Kissinger changed his name to Henry after his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1938, when he was 15. He served as Secretary of State under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

History

• Wannsee Conference: Nazi officials, among them Adolf Eichmann and Reinhard Heydrich, plotted the Final Solution (1942)
• JFK inaugural address: John F. Kennedy, the youngest person ever elected president, challenged his nation: "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country" (1961)
• Iran hostage crisis: the last 52 hostages were released after 444 days, just after Ronald Reagan took office (1981)
• EDSA II: nonviolent four-day revolution in the Philippines concluded, ousting President Joseph Estrada; he was succeeded by his vice president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)

Birthdays

• Stacey Dash (44) actress, hottie, Clueless
• Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter (1889-1949): blues guitarist; also, musicians Johann Schein (1586-1630), Paul Stanley (59), Gary Barlow (40) and Rob Bourdon (32)
• Buzz Aldrin (81): second man on the moon
• David Lynch (65): avant-garde filmmaker, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive; also, director Federico Fellini (1920-1993)
• Natan Sharansky (63): Israeli political leader, social activist and author; also, writer Joy Adamson (1910-1980)
• Bill Maher (55): pundit and talk-show host
• Rainn Wilson (45): Dwight Schrute on The Office; also, screen personalities George Burns (1896-1996), DeForest Kelley (1920-1999), Patricia Neal (1926-2010), Arte Johnson (82), Dorothy Provine (74), Daniel Benzali (61), Lorenzo Lamas (53), James Denton (48), Melissa Rivers (43) and Skeet Ulrich (41)