Monday, January 14, 2019

Monday, January 14, 2019

exordium \ig-ZAWR-dee-uhm\, noun:
  1. The beginning of anything.
  2. The introductory part of an oration, treatise, etc.
Exordium stems from the Latin root ōrd meaning "to begin." The prefix ex- in this case means "utterly," and the suffix -ium which is often found on nouns borrowed from Latin, such as delirium and tedium.
 
Broscience
  • Broscience is the predominant brand of reasoning in bodybuilding circles where the anecdotal reports of jacked dudes are considered more credible than scientific research.
Broscience in action:
"Bro, you gotta slam 40-60 grams of waxy maize plus 20 grams of BCAA within 7 seconds of finishing your last set of squat rack curls. Otherwise, you'll go straight catabolic."

History
  • Marilyn Monroe: blonde bombshell wed legendary Yankee Joe DiMaggio; the marriage lasted less than a year, but DiMaggio remained devoted long after that (1954)
  • Human Be-In: counterculture event took place in San Francisco, preceding the Summer of Love (1967)
  • Margrethe II: ascended the throne of Denmark as its first reigning queen since the early 1400s, thanks to a constitutional amendment that allowed female succession (1972)
  • Miami Dolphins: beat the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, becoming the first, and so far only, NFL team to have an undefeated season (1973)
Birthdays
  • Benedict Arnold 1741
  • Henri Fantin-Latour 1836
  • Albert Schweitzer 1875
  • Cecil Beaton 1904
  • William Bendix 1906
  • Russ Columbo 1908
  • Mark Goodson 1915
  • Billy Butterfield (World’s Greatest Jazz Band) 1917
  • Andy Rooney 1919
  • Tom Tryon 1926
  • Billy Walker 1929
  • Caterina Valente 1931
  • Clarence Carter 1936
  • Sonny Siebert 1937
  • Billy Jo Spears 1937
  • Jack Jones 1938
  • Allen Toussaint 1938
  • Julian Bond 1940
  • Faye Dunaway 1941
  • Gibby Gilbert 1941
  • Holland Taylor 1943
  • Shannon Lucid
  • Graham Marsh 1944
  • Gene Washington
  • Carl Weathers 1948
  • T-Bone Burnett 1948
  • Lawrence Kasdan 1948
  • Geoff Tate (Queensryche) 1959
  • Steven Soderbergh 1963
  • Mark Addy 1964
  • Slick Rick 1965
  • Dan Scheider 1966
  • Tom Rhodes 1967
  • Emily Watson 1967
  • L.L. Cool J (James Todd Smith) 1968
  • Jason Bateman 1969
  • Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) 1969
  • Jordan Ladd 1975

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