Sunday, November 18, 2018

Sunday, November 18, 2018

armistice \AHR-muh-stis\, noun:
  • A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties.
Armistice is a Latin compound created by 17th century scholars. The Latin arma-, "arms," combines with sistere, "to be still."
 
iFatigue
  • The endless cycle of Apple products that are released at the pace of a rampaging water buffalo and have little to no practical advancements over the previous versions.
Bob: Did you hear about that new iPhone 5s that is shipping early next year?
Tim: Dude, already? I just bought an iPhone 5...I think I have iFatigue. Would buying a Windows Phone be like, therapy?
 
History 
  • William Tell: legendary Swiss archer shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head, his life depended on success in this challenge after he defied his canton's Austrian bailiff (1307)
  • time zones: US and Canadian railroad companies implemented a system of five standard time zones so that train travelers would be able to keep time (1883)
  • Steamboat Willie: Mickey Mouse made his big screen debut in the Walt Disney-directed feature (1928)
  • Calvin and Hobbes: comic strip about a boy and his stuffed tiger (named for the French theologian and the English political philosopher) debuted (1985)
  • Jonestown: over 900 people died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid — or through other means — in a murder/suicide pact led by preacher Jim Jones in Guyana (1978)
Birthdays 
  • Louis Daguerre 1789
  • Cesare Lombroso 1836
  • William Gilbert 1836
  • Eugene Ormandy 1899
  • Imogene Coca 1908
  • Amelita Galli-Curci 1916
  • Jocelyn Brando 1919
  • Alan Shepard, Jr. 1923
  • Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler) 1926
  • Brad Sullivan 1931
  • Hank Ballard 1936
  • Brenda Vaccaro 1939
  • Margaret Atwood 1939
  • Gary Bettenhausen 1941
  • Linda Evans 1942
  • Susan Sullivan 1944
  • Jackie Ward 1946
  • Andrea Marcovicci 1948
  • Herman Rarebell (The Scorpions) 1949
  • Graham Parker 1950
  • Jameson Parker 1950
  • Kevin Nealon 1953
  • Warren Moon 1956
  • Kim Wilde 1960
  • Elizabeth Perkins 1960
  • Kirk Hammett 1962 - Musician (Metallica)
  • Tim DeLaughter (Tripping Daisy) 1965
  • Owen Wilson 1968
  • Duncan Sheik 1969
  • Peta Wilson 1970
  • Chloë Sevigny 1974 (right)
  • Aneta Smrhová (aka Anetta Keys) 1983 (bottom)

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