Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

palinode \PAL-un-nohd\, noun:
  1. a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
  2. a recantation.
Palinode entered English in the 1600s, and comes from the Greek palinoidia meaning "poetic retraction." It shares the root palin with the word palindrome.
Designated Imbiber
  • An individual who is assigned the task of drinking for other people because they are driving, pregnant, or have to get up early the next morning.
Guy 1: Wanna play some beer pong?
Guy 2: I wish, but I have to be at work at 8AM tomorrow.
Guy 1: It's fine, I'll be the designated imbiber.
Trivia

Where in the U.S. is there a city that produces 60 percent of the world’s horseradish?
  • In southern Illinois, in the city of Collinsville, which calls itself the Horseradish Capital of the World.
History
  • Quebec: city was founded by Samuel de Champlain (1608)
  • great auks: the last pair of the extinct species, found incubating an egg, was killed (1844)
  • Battle of Gettysburg: the bloodiest battle in America's Civil War ended with Union forces beating back Confederate troops (1863)
  • Algeria: became independent after 132 years of French rule (1962)
  • Jackie Robinson: became the first African American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (1962)
Birthdays
  • Edward Young 1683
  • George M. Cohan 1878
  • Franz Kafka 1883 - author
  • George Sanders 1906
  • Jerry Gray 1915
  • John Kundla 1916 - Basketball player
  • Susan Peters 1921
  • Ken Russell 1927
  • Pete Fountain 1930 - Musician
  • Tom Stoppard 1937 - Playwright
  • Jay Tarses 1939 - Writer, producer
  • Fontella Bass 1940
  • Kurtwood Smith 1943 - Actor ("That 70's Show")
  • Michael Cole 1945 - Actor ("The Mod Squad")
  • Johnny Lee 1946
  • Betty Buckley 1947 - Actress ("Eight is Enough," "Cats")
  • Dave Barry 1947 - Humor writer
  • Paul Barrere 1948 - Musician (Little Feat)
  • Jan Smithers 1949 - Actress ("WKRP In Ciradincinatti")
  • Jean-Claude Duvalier (Haiti) 1951
    Laura Branigan 1952
  • Neil Clark 1955 - Musician (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
  • Montel Williams 1956 - Talk show host
  • Aaron Tippin 1958
  • Vince Clarke 1960 - Musician (Erasure, Depeche Mode)
  • Liz Stewart 1961 - actress, Playmate
  • Pía Reyes 1961 - actress, Playmate
  • Tom Cruise 1962 - Actor
  • Thomas Gibson 1962 - Actor ("Dharma and Greg")
  • Hunter Tylo 1962 - Actress ("The Bold and the Beautiful")
  • Yeardley Smith 1964 - Actress ("The Simpsons")
  • Moises Alou 1966 - Baseball player
  • Kevin Hearn 1969 - Musician (Barenaked Ladies)
  • Audra McDonald 1970 - Singer, actress
  • Patrick Wilson 1973 - Actor
  • Olivia Munn 1980



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