Thursday, August 23, 2018

Thursday, August 23, 2018

laeotropic [lee-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik], adjective, 
  • oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell. 
ORIGIN: The adjective laeotropic “turning leftward” is restricted to describing snail shells. The second element, -tropic “turning (to),” is common enough in the physical sciences, e.g., geography, meteorology, chemistry. The first element laeo- is rare. It comes from the Greek adjective laiós “left, on the left” (there is one ancient lexicographical reference implying the form laiwós). Laiwós is all but identical to Latin laevus and pretty close to Slavic (Polish) lewy. Outside these three branches of the Indo-European languages (and possibly also Lithuanian, among the Baltic languages), laiwo- does not occur. Laeotropic entered English in the 19th century.

text massage 
  • When you receive a text and your phone is resting against your genitals, causing the vibration to massage your package. 
"What was that face, dude"
"I just got the nicest text massage from my Blackberry" .
  
History
  • William Wallace: Scottish nationalist who opposed British rule, and on whom Braveheart was based, was executed in London (1305)
  • Franklin: area that is now part of Tennessee seceded from North Carolina; it failed to win acceptance as one of the United States (1784)
  • Rudolph Valentino: death of the 31-year-old silent screen sex symbol known as the quintessential Latin lover caused mass hysterical mourning (1926)
  • Sacco and Vanzetti: Italian-American anarchists were executed by electric chair for murder during an armed robbery; questions about the fairness of their trial remain (1927)
Birthdays
  • Louis XVI (France) 1754
  • Oliver Hazard Perry 1785
  • Edgar Lee Masters 1869
  • Gene Kelly 1912
  • Bob Crosby (The Bob Cats) 1913
  • Tex Williams 1917
  • Jean Darling 1925
  • Peter Thompson 1929
  • Vera Miles 1930
  • Mark Russell 1932
  • Barbara Eden 1934 - Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie")
  • Sonny Jurgensen 1934
  • Rudy Lewis (Drifters) 1936
  • Ronnie Cox 1938
  • Tony Bill 1940
  • Richard Sanders 1940
  • Patricia McBride 1942
  • Antonia Novello 1944
  • Rex Allen Jr. 1947
  • Keith Moon 1947 - Musician (The Who)
  • Shelley Long 1949 - Actress
  • Rick Springfield 1949 - Actor / Singer
  • Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) 1949
  • Mark Hudson 1951
  • Jimi Jamison 1951 - Musician (Survivor)
  • Bobby G. (Bucks Fizz) 1953
  • Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) 1961
  • Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) 1962
  • River Phoenix 1970
  • Jay Mohr 1971
  • Ray Park 1974 (Darth Maul)
  • Kobe Bryant 1978 - Basketball player
  • Joanne Froggatt 1980 - Actress ("Downton Abbey") 




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