Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thursday, April 28, 2016

pellucid \puh-LOO-sid\, adjective: 
1. Transparent; clear; not opaque.
2. Easily understandable.
Pellucid comes from Latin pellucidus, "shining, transparent," from pellucere, "to shine through," from per-, "through" + lucere, "to shine."
 
Urban farmer
  • A person who constantly plays Farmville and acts like they know everything about a real farm -- but all they do is live in the city, sit at a computer, and at a certain time, need to stop what they are doing to farm their imaginary crops.
Carly won't shut up about her stupid farm and throwing sheep. What an urban farmer.




Fapulous
  1. Orgasmic, amazing, awesome.
  2. Really, really hot.
"Did you see that ass?" 
'Yeah. It was Fapulous!"
(shown: Adrianne Curry)
 

History
  • mutiny on the Bounty: mutineers led by Fletcher Christian took over the HMS Bounty and set Capt. William Bligh and other sailors adrift (1789)
  • Benito Mussolini: Italy's Fascist dictator was executed (1945)
  • Kon-Tiki: Thor Heyerdahl and 5 others set sail from Peru across the Pacific on a raft to prove that pre-Columbian South Americans could have settled Polynesia (1947)
  • Muhammad Ali: refused induction into the US army; his heavyweight title was stripped and he was later convicted of draft dodging (1967)
  • food pyramid: suggested eating plan was adopted by the US Department of Agriculture (1992); it has since been modified
  • Aldrich Ames: CIA officer pleaded guilty to spying for the Soviet Union (1994)
Birthdays
  • James Monroe 1758 - 5th U.S. President, nickname: The Last Cocked Hat
  • Charles Stuart 1795
  • Mifflin Gibbs 1828
  • Louise Homer 1871 - Opera singer
  • Sidney Toler 1874 - Actor ("Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum", "The Jade Mask")
  • Lionel Barrymore 1878 - Actor ("Captains Courageous", "It’s a Wonderful Life")
  • Red (Charles Frederick) Lucas 1902 - Baseball player, "The Nashvilled Narcissus"
  • Odette Hallowes 1912
  • Robert Anderson 1917 - Playwright ("Tea and Sympathy", "The Nun’s Story")
  • Rowland Evans 1921
  • (Nelle) Harper Lee 1926 - Author ("To Kill A Mockingbird")
  • Blossom Dearie 1926 - Musician (Blue Stars)
  • Carolyn Jones 1933
  • Jackie (John George) Brandt 1934 - Baseball player
  • Saddam Hussein 1937 - Iraqi leader
  • Madge Sinclair 1938 - Actress ("Trapper John M.D.", "Coming to America")
  • Ann-Margret (Olsson) 1941 - Singer, actress ("Viva Las Vegas", "Grumpy Old Men")
  • John Walters 1945 - Musician (Dr. Hook)
  • Marcia Strassman 1948 - Actress ("Welcome Back Kotter", "Another Stakeout"), singer
  • Pablo (Arnoldo) Torrealba 1948 - Baseball player
  • Bruno Kirby 1949 - Actor ("The Basketball Diaries", "When Harry Met Sally")
  • Paul Guilfoyle 1955 - Actor ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation")
  • Jay Leno 1950 - Hack-Comedian, television talk show host ("The Tonight Show")
  • Jim Wiley 1950 - Hockey player
  • Mary McDonnell 1953 - Actress
  • imagebam.comTony Peters 1953 - Football player
  • Kim Gordon 1953 - Musician (Sonic Youth)
  • Barry Larkin 1964 - Baseball player
  • Too Short 1966 - Rapper
  • Chris Young 1971 - Actor ("Falcon Crest", "The Great Outdoors")
  • Simba Khali 1971 - Actress
  • Big Gipp 1973 - Rapper
  • Elisabeth Rohm 1973 - Actress
  • Jorge Garcia 1973 - Actor ("Becker", "Lost")
  • Penelope Cruz 1974 - Actress
  • Nate Richert 1978 - Actor
  • Jessica Alba 1981 - Actress ("Dark Angel")
 
    


 
    
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