Thursday, September 26, 2019

bauble \BAW-buhl\, noun:

1. a showy, usually cheap, ornament; trinket; gewgaw.
2. a jester's scepter.

Bauble is related to the Old French word bibelot, meaning "a small object of curiosity, beauty or rarity."

 
crosstext

• Sending the wrong text to someone when engaging in multiple text based conversations (i.e. simultexting).

Oh shit! I just crosstexted my boss thinking it was my girlfriend.

History

• Sir Francis Drake: arrived in Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind, completing his circumnavigation of the globe (1580)
• Thomas Jefferson: was named America's first secretary of state; John Jay was the first chief justice (1789)
• Federal Trade Commission: agency whose aim is to protect consumers and guard against harmful business practices was founded (1914)
• Abbey Road: the last Beatles album to be recorded was released in the UK (1969); Let It Be was the last of the Fab Four's albums to be released (1970)
• Biosphere 2: eight people, four men and four women, entered a sealed complex in Oracle, Arizona, for an experiment in self-sustained living; they exited two hungry years later on the same date (1991)

Birthdays

• John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) 1774
• T.S. Eliot 1888
• George Raft 1895
• George Gershwin 1898
• Ted Weems 1901

• Jack LaLanne 1914
• Barbara Britton 1919
• Bobby Shantz 1925
• Marty Robbins 1925
• Julie London 1926
• Patrick O'Neal 1927
• Philip Bosco 1930
• Joyce Jameson 1932
• Winnie Mandela 1934
• Donna Douglas 1939
• George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers) 1931
• David Frizzell 1941
• Joe Bauer (The Youngbloods) 1941
• Kent McCord 1942
• Anne Robinson 1944
• Bryan Ferry 1945
• Christine Todd Whitman 1946
• Lynn Anderson 1947
• Mary Beth Hurt 1948
• Olivia Newton-John 1948
• James Keane 1952
• Gary Howatt 1952
• Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) 1954
• Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Starship) 1954
• Carlene Carter 1955
• Linda Hamilton 1956
• Doug Supernaw 1960
• Tracy Thorn 1962
• Patrick Bristow 1962
• Melissa Sue Anderson 1962
• Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) 1962
• Cindy Herron (En Vogue) 1965
• David Schelzel (Ocean Blue) 1967
• Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon) 1967
• Jim Caviezel 1968
• Sheri Moon Zombie 1970
• Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) 1972
• Nicholas Payton 1973
• Mark Famiglietti 1979
• Serena Williams 1981
• Shamu 1985