Monday, July 1st, 2019

xanthic \ZAN-thik\, adjective:

1. of or pertaining to a yellow or yellowish color.
2. Chemistry. of or derived from xanthine or xanthic acid.

Xanthic entered English in the 1800s from the Greek term xanthos meaning "yellow."

 

decafate

• The act of purging after drinking coffee, anally or otherwise.

Two lattes and I needed to decafate bad.

 

Trivia

How many feet on each side of the U.S.-Canadian border are required by law to be free of trees, brush, and other obstructions?

• 10 feet. There is supposed to be a 20-foot-wide boundary vista along the entire 5,525-mile border.

History

• Battle of San Juan Hill: future president Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in a charge up Kettle Hill during the Spanish-American War (1898)
• Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: was signed by the US, UK, USSR and others to halt spread of nuclear arms (1968)
• Walkman: portable audio player was introduced by Sony (1979)
• Hong Kong: reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years of British rule (1997)

Birthdays

• Gottfried Von Leibniz 1649
• George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant
• Cecil Rhodes 1854
• Louis Bleriot 1872 - Aviator, first to fly an airplane across the English Channel
• Susan Glapell 1882
• James M. Cain 1892
• Thomas Andrew Dorsey 1899 - Musician, "Father of Gospel Music", pianist, composed more than 1,000 gospel songs
• Charles Laughton 1899 - Actor ("Captain Kidd")
• Myron Cohen 1902 - Comedian, actor ("When Nature Calls")
• William Wyler 1902 - Director
• Estee Lauder 1908 - Cosmetics company founder
• Willie Dixon 1915 - Musician (Big Three Trio)
• Olivia DeHavilland 1916 - Actress ("The Heiress", "Gone with the Wind")
• Farley Granger (Farley Earle II) 1925 - Actor ("The Purple Heart")
• Bobby Day (Byrd) 1930 - Singer ("Rockin' Robin')
• Leslie Caron 1931 - Actress ("Lili", "Gigi", "An American in Paris")
• Jamie Farr 1934 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
• Jean Marsh 1934 - Actress ("Frenzy")
• Claude Berri 1934 - Actor, director
• Sydney Pollack 1934 - Director
• David Prowse 1935 - Actor
• James Cotton 1935 - Blues musician
• Wally Amos, Jr. 1936 - Entrepreneur, created Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies
• Delaney Bramlett 1939 - Musician, singer (Delaney & Bonnie)
• Frank Parker 1939 - Singer (Ciccio)
• Twyla Tharp 1941 - Dancer, choreographer
• Rod Gilbert 1941 - Hockey player
• Karen Black (Ziegler) 1942 - Actress ("The Great Gatsby")
• Geneviève Bujold 1942 - Actress ("Coma")
• Deborah Harry 1945 - Singer (Blondie)
• Harold McLinton 1947 - Football player
• David Earnest Duke 1950 - Former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,
• Trevor Eve 1951 - Actor
• Daryl Anderson 1951 - Actor ("Lou Grant")
• Fred Schneider 1951 - Musician (B-52's, Shake Society)
• Dan Aykroyd 1952 - Comedian, actor ("Driving Miss Daisy", "Saturday Night Live", "Ghostbusters", "The Blues Brothers")
• Pat Donovan 1953 - Football player
• Keith Whitley 1954 - Singer
• Alan Ruck 1956 - Actor
• Lorna Patterson 1956 - Actress ("Airplane!", "Private Benjamin")
• Lisa Blount 1957 - Actress
• Carl (Frederick Carlton) Lewis 1961 - Olympic Gold Medalist
• Michelle Wright 1961 - Country singer
• Princess Diana (Spencer) 1961 - Princess of Wales
• Andre Brougher 1962 - Actor
• Roddy Bottum 1963 - Musician (Faith No More)
• Pamela Denise Anderson 1967 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Mark Pirro 1970 - Musician (Tripping Daisy)
• Henry Simmons 1970 - Actor ("NYPD Blue")
• Claire Forlani 1972 - Actress ("J.F.K.: Reckless Youth", "The Rock")
• Liv Tyler 1977 - Model , Acress ("Armagedon", "Lord of the Rings")
• Andrew Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Stephen Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five")