Thursday, January 31, 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

allocution \al-uh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun:
  1. A formal speech, especially one of an incontrovertible or hortatory nature.
  2. A pronouncement delivered by the pope to a secret consistory, especially on a matter of policy or of general importance.
Allocution stems from the Latin root alloquī which meant to "to speak, address." The suffix -ion forms nouns from stems, as in the words communion and opinion.
 
appathy
  • The utter lack of interest that ensues shortly after downloading numerous, mind-numbingly worthless apps for an iPhone or similar "smart phone" device. Appathy may also apply, in a broader sense, to the same feelings that arise from the proliferation of numerous "app" stores as greedy corporations try to profit jumping on the app store bandwagon.
His appathy started shortly after downloading that light-saber for his iPhone or was it that completely inane app to calculate tips for restaurant bills.
 
Trivia
What do the prairie dog, guinea pig, and groundhog have in common?
  • They’re all rodents—misnamed rodents. There’s not a dog, pig, or hog among them.

History
  • Guy Fawkes: was hanged for his part in the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament and kill the king of England (1606)
  • first US Social Security check: the sum of $22.54 was received by Ida May Fuller, who had paid three years of payroll taxes; she lived to 100, collecting a total of $22,888.92 from Social Security (1940)
  • Great Flood of 1953: tidal surge killed thousands and affected shorelines in the UK and the Netherlands
  • Explorer I: the US launched its first Earth satellite, whose mission was to detect cosmic rays (1958)
  • McDonald's: first opened in the Soviet Union, in Moscow (1990)
Birthdays 
  • Franz Shubert 1797
  • Zane Grey 1872
  • Irving Langmuir 1881
  • Anna Pavlova 1882
  • Eddie Cantor (Iskowitz) 1892
  • Freya Stark 1893
  • Tallulah Bankhead 1902
  • Jersey Joe Walcott 1914
  • Garry Moore 1915
  • Frank Parker (Paikowski) 1916
  • Jackie Robinson 1919
  • John Agar 1921
  • Mario Lanza 1921
  • Carol Channing 1923
  • Joanne Dru (LaCock) 1923
  • Chuck Willis 1928
  • Jean Simmons 1929
  • Norman Mailer 1929
  • Ernie Banks 1931
  • James Franciscus 1934
  • Philip Glass 1937
  • Suzanne Pleshette 1937
  • Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard (Netherlands) 1938
  • Stuart Margolin 1940
  • Richard Gephardt 1941
  • Jessica Walter 1944
  • Charlie Musselwhite 1944
  • Terry Kath (Chicago) 1946
  • Nolan Ryan 1947
  • Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music) 1951
  • Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band) 1951
  • Johnny "Rotten" Lydon (The Sex Pistols) 1956 
  • Shirley Babashoff 1957
  • Kelly Lunch 1959
  • Anthony LaPaglia 1959
  • Lloyd Cole (Lloyd Cole and The Commotions) 1961
  • John Dye 1963
  • Al Jaworski (Jesus Jones) 1966
  • Minnie Driver 1971
  • Portia de Rossi 1973
  • Justin Timberlake ('N Sync) 1981

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