Friday, December 30, 2011

lave \leyv\, verb:

1. To wash; bathe.

2. (Of a river, sea, etc.) to flow along, against, or past; wash.

3. Obsolete. To ladle; pour or dip with a ladle.

4. Archaic. To bathe.

noun:

1. The remainder; the rest.

adjective:

1. (Of ears) large and drooping.

Lave may come from an Old English word gelafian meaning “to wash by pouring” or from the Latin word lavare meaning “to wash.”

medicine head

• Mental fogginess resulting from having taken cold/flu medicine. Common side effect of certain antihistamines.

"I took some NyQuil and now I have medicine head like you wouldn't believe. Everything feels and looks surreal -- but at least I can breathe without coughing."

Trivia

What’s unusual about Africa’s cuckoo catfish?

• The female deposits its eggs among those of a mouth-breeding fish. After the eggs are taken into the unsuspecting host’s mouth to be incubated, the cuckoo catfish eggs hatch first and the babies eat the other eggs.

History

• Gadsden Purchase: was signed, acquiring the land of southern New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico (1853)
• The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was first staged (1879)
• USSR: was established when Russia joined Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (1922)
• Arroyo Seco Parkway: aka the Pasadena Freeway, connecting Los Angeles with Pasadena, opened (1940)
• Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was executed by hanging for war crimes in the Dujail massacre (2006)

Birthdays

• John Milne (1850-1913): inventor of the seismograph
• Sandy Koufax (76): pitcher; plus, athletes Tiger Woods (36), A.J. Pierzynski (35), LeBron James (27) and Ryan Sheckler (22)
• Paul Stookey (74): folk singer, Peter, Paul and Mary; also, musicians Bo Diddley (1928-2008), Michael Nesmith (69), Davy Jones (66), Patti Smith (65), Jeff Lynne (64), Rob Hotchkiss (50), Daniel Sunjata (40) and Tyrese (33)
• James Burrows (71): sitcom director, Cheers, Will and Grace
• Meredith Vieira (58): co-host of Today, along with colleague Matt Lauer (54)
• Tracey Ullman (52): award-winning actor and comedian; also, actors Joseph Bologna and Russ Tamblyn (both 76), Fred Ward (69), Sheryl Lee Ralph (55), Patricia Kalember (54), Daniel Sunjata (40), Jason Behr (38), Eliza Dushku (31) and Kristin Kreuk (29)

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