Saturday, August 22, 2020

grok \ grok \ , verb; 

1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively. 
2. to communicate sympathetically. 

Origin: Grok was coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.

 

gitgo

• from the very start, or from the beginning

I never believed that boy's BS story from the gitgo.

History 

• English wars: War of the Roses ended (1485), Civil War began (1642)
• America's Cup: international yachting competition was first won, by the America, thus providing the trophy with its name (1851)
• Michael Collins: Irish national leader was shot dead in an ambush (1922)
• Texas Rangers: set an MLB record by wiping out the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 (2007)

Birthdays

• Samuel Langley 1834
• Archibald Willard 1836
• Melville Stone 1848
  
• Claude Debussy 1862
• Gene Herriman 1880
• Dorothy Parker 1893
• Leni Riefenstahl 1902
• Deng Xiaoping 1904
• John Lee Hooker 1917
• Ray Bradbury 1920
• Dr. Denton Cooley 1920
• Bob Flanigan 1926 - Musician (The Four Freshmen)
• Honor Blackman 1929
• Diana Sands 1934
• Sylvia Koscina 1934
• Norman Schwarzkopf 1934
• Morton Dean 1935
• Carl Yastrzemski 1939
• Valerie Harper 1940
• Bill Parcells 1941
• Joe Chambers 1942 - Musician (The Chambers)
• Tom Mitchell 1944
• Cindy Williams 1947
• Sam Neely 1950
• Paul Molitor 1956
• Holly Dunn 1957
• Vernon Reid 1958 - Musician (Living Colour)
• Collin Raye 1960
• Debbie Peterson 1960 - Musician (The Bangles)
• Roland Orzabal 1961 - Musician (Tears For Fears)
• Jay Aston 1961 - Musician (Gene Loves Jezabel)
• Michael Aston 1961 - Musician (Gene Loves Jezabel)
• Gary Lee Connor 1962 - Musician (Screaming Trees)
• Tori Amos 1963
• Mila Mason 1963
• James DeBarge 1963
• Mats Wilander 1964
• Layne Staley 1967 - Musician (Alice in Chains) 
• Kristen Wiig 1973
• Howie Dorough 1973 - Musician (Backstreet Boys)