Monday, April 15, 2019

ingratiate \in-GREY-shee-eyt\, verb:

• to establish (oneself) in the favor or good graces of others, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests.

Derived from the Latin in gratiam literally meaning "into favor," ingratiate entered English in the first half of the seventeenth century.

Netaflixia

• Netaflixia; a self-diagnosed non-medical term to describe people who are addicted to the Netflix video streaming service.

Patient A was diagnosed by his friends to have a severe case of Netaflixia, in which he is unable to avoid use of the service, and may behave violently towards himself and/or others if the services continue to go unused for a long period of time. (normally one week)

IRS

• Income Removal System

The IRS folks tried to jack 5 grand off my bank account
 

Holiday (?!?!)

• Tax Day - USA - Due date for personal tax returns is usually held on April 15th. This year it's a Sunday and tomorrow is Emanciaption Day, so taxpayers get an automatic extension of two days to midnight April 17th. Don't forget, TAXATION IS THEFT!

History

• Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut (1817)
• Titanic: the "unsinkable" luxury liner sank after hitting an iceberg; over 1,500 died (1912)
• Bergen-Belsen: Nazi concentration camp was liberated by British and Canadian forces (1945)
• Jackie Robinson: made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, scoring the game-winning run (1947)
• McDonald's: Ray Kroc opened the store that launched the empire (1955)
• Botox: botulinum toxin was approved by the FDA for treatment of moderate-to-severe frown lines (2002)
• Boston Marathon Bombing: terrorists set off explosives near the finish line just before 3 PM (2013)
• Notre Dame: Catholic Cathedral burned down under curious circumstances.

Birthdays

• Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - Artist ("Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper")
  

  
• Charles Peale 1741 - Artist, portrait painter, primarily created works of colonial and American Revolutionary War figures
• Henry James 1843 - Author ("The Turn of the Screw", "The Portrait of a Lady")
• Thomas Benton 1889 - Artist
• Bessie Smith 1894 - Blues singer
• Hans Conried 1917 - Actor ("Bus Stop", "Oh! God: Book 2")
• Jim Timmens 1920 - Composer, jazz musician, musical director
• Michael Ansara 1922
• Herb Pomeroy 1930 - Musician, bandleader
  Elizabeth Montgomery 1933 - Actress
• Roy Clark 1933 - Country musician, singer
• Bob Luman 1937 - Singer
• Claudia Cardinale 1939 - Actress ("The Pink Panther")
• Reginald Smith (Marty Wilde) 1939 - Singer, father of singer Kim Wilde
• Willie (William Henry) Davis 1940 - Baseball player
• Clarence Satchell 1940 - Musician (The Ohio Plyers)
• Woody (Woodrow Thompson) Fryman 1940 - Baseball player
• Walt Hazzard 1942 - Basketball player
• Julie Sommars 1942 - Actress ("Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo")
• Allan Clarke 1942 - Musician (Hollies)
• Dave Edmunds 1944 - Musician (Rockpile)
• Ted Sizemore 1945 - Baseball player
• Amy Wright 1950 - Actress ("The Deer Hunter", "The Scarlet Letter")
• Dick (Richard Louis) Sharon 1950 - Baseball player
• Michael Tucci 1950 
  
• Heloise (Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans) 1951 - Newspaper columnist, daughter of original Heloise
• Pete Shelley 1955 - Musician (Buzzcocks)
• Evelyn Ashford 1957 - Track athlete, 4-time Olympic gold medalist
• Emma Thompson 1959 - Actress
• Samantha Fox 1966 - Singer, Page 3 Girl, monster jugs
• Graeme Clark 1966 - Musician (Wet Wet Wet)
• Ed O'Brien 1968 - Musician (Radiohead)
• Seth Rogan 1982 - Actor, writer ("Knocked Up", "Superbad")
• Emma Watson 1990 - Actress ("Harry Potter" movie series)