Tuesday, September 24, 2019

chambray \SHAM-brey\, noun:

• a fine cloth of cotton, silk, or linen, commonly of plain weave with a colored warp and white weft.

Chambray is an Americanism that arose in the early 1800s. It's a variant of the word cambric, which is named for the city in Northern France, Cambrai via the Dutch word Kameryk. 

 

generation xerox

1. People who follow the same path/live up to the same expectations as their parents
2. People who fall into the expected stereotypes of a previous generation

They've just bought a house in the suburbs, with space for an au pair, and he's just been headhunted to the city. Total generation xerox.

confident turtle

• When one sticks their neck out so far as to avoid double chins and exude the confidence of a turtle that comes out of its shell.

She used the confident turtle to replace duck face in photos.

 

Trivia

What did science writer and sci-fi novelist Isaac Asimov say is “the most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries”?

• “That’s funny.”

History

• Black Friday: Wall Street panicked as speculators tried to corner the gold market, causing a collapse (1869)
• USS Enterprise: first nuclear aircraft carrier was launched, in Newport News, Virginia (1960)
• 60 Minutes: investigative TV news-magazine debuted on CBS (1968)

Birthdays 

• John Marshall 1755
• F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896
• Don Porter 1912
• Larry Gates 1915
• Jim McKay 1921
• Sheila MacRae 1924
• Anthony Newley 1931
• Jim Henson 1936
• Barbara Allbut (The Angels) 1940
• Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles)
• Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels) 1942
• Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) 1942
• "Mean" Joe Green (NFL) 1946
• Phil Hartman 1948
• Gordon Clapp 1948

• Kevin Sorbo 1958
• Nia Vardalos 1962
• Cedric Dent (Take 6) 1962
• Rafael Palmeiro 1964
• Lisa Matthews (born Lisa Reich) 1969 (PB Playmate Apr 1990)
• Marty Mitchell (Ricochet) 1969
• Megan Ward 1969
• Marty Cintron (No Mercy) 1971
• Kyle Sullivan 1988