Friday, November 11, 2011

zeal \zeel\ , noun;

• Fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.

Origin: Zeal is derived from the Greek word zelos, the same root as the word zealous.

Disasterbate

• When, after unsuccessfully attempting to pick up at the bar (or elsewhere), one returns home to masturbate... Generally while sobbing.

"I was chatting up this totally hot yoga instructor all night when she decides to mention that she has a boyfriend... So I basically had no choice but to head home alone and disasterbate."

Trivia

During World War II, what was Operation Sauerkraut?

• It was the code name of a successful Office of Strategic Services project in which disaffected Germans (aka sour krauts) were recruited in prisoner-of-war camps to slip behind enemy lines to spread rumors and distribute Allied propaganda.

Holiday

• Veteran's Day

History

• Mayflower Compact: was signed by the 41 free male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, setting up the basis of the Plymouth colony government (1620)
• The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: freak temperature highs and lows were recorded across the US, many in the same cities (1911)
• Armistice Day: WWI fighting came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed a peace treaty (1918)
• Tomb of the Unknowns: the first unknown soldier in this tomb was interred in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (1921); a nameless soldier who died on the Somme during WWI was entombed in the New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior — his tomb now reads ""An Unknown New Zealand Warrior/ He Toa Matangaro No Aotearoa" (2004)
• U.S. Route 66: "the Main Street of America," stretching from Chicago to California, was established (1926)

Birthdays

• Paracelsus (1493-1541): physician and alchemist
• George Patton (1885-1945): US Army general
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007): sci-fi author, Slaughterhouse-Five; authors who share this birth date include Feodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Howard Fast (1914-2003) and Carlos Fuentes (83)
• Jonathan Winters (86): madcap comedian
• Fuzzy Zoeller (60): champion golfer
• Leonardo DiCaprio (37): actor and environmentalist, Inception; also, actors Stanley Tucci (51), Demi Moore (49), Calista Flockhart (47), Frank John Hughes (44), David DeLuise (40), Adam Beach (39)

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