Friday, March 5, 2021

parry \PAR-ee\, verb, noun:

1. to ward off; turn aside (as a thrust or weapon)
2. the act of warding off

by 1639, from French parez (which commonly would have been heard in fencing lessons), from parer "ward off," from Italian parare "to ward or defend a blow," from Latin parare "make ready, prepare." Non-fencing use is from 1717.

 

I-Peeper

• eye-peeper(noun); a person, usually in the workplace, who looks at someone's IPOD screen to see what it is they are listening to and then comments on it, or uses that information later for some other purpose.

"Joe I-peeped me yesterday when I was listening to Black Sabbath, and then during lunch, joked to my boss that I listen to 'the devil's music'".

"Hey, I don't mean to be an I-Peeper but I see we have a mutual Clay Aiken thing going on."

fappable

• Something that is sexually desirable, or deemed high enough quality that it can be used for masturbation purposes.

Man, that picture is really fappable.

 

 

 

History

• Boston Massacre: five colonists were killed when British troops fired into a rowdy crowd (1770)
• Stars and Bars: first of several Confederate flags was adopted (1861)
• Iron Curtain: phrase was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech in Missouri (1946)
  Judge Joseph Dredd: the futuristic law man made his first appearance in 2000 A.D. Prog #2 (1977)
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  North Korea: held peace talks with South Korea for the first time in 25 years; the representatives met in New York (1997)
• Martha Stewart: businesswoman was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the investigation of ImClone insider trading (2004)

Birthdays

• Gerhardus Mercator 1512 - Flemis mapmaker
• William Oughtred 1574
• William Blackstone 1595 - First settler in Boston
• Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI
• Lucy Larcom 1824 - Poet
• Elisha Harris 1824
• James Merrit Ives 1824 - Lithographer: Partner of Nathaniel Currier.
• Frank Norris 1870 - Author
• Hector Villa-Lobos 1887
• Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer
• Rex Harrison 1908 - Actor
• James Noble 1922
• James B. Sikking 1934
• Dean Stockwell 1936 - Actor
• Paul Evans 1938
• Fred Williamson 1938
• Tommy Tucker 1939
• Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress
• Paul Sand 1944 - Actor
• Murray Head 1946
• Michael Warren 1946 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
• Eddie Hodges 1947
• Eddy Grant 1948 - Singer
• Eugene Fodor 1950
• Alan Clark 1952 - Musician (Dire Straits)
• Marsha Warfield 1954 - Actress ("Night Court")
• Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
• Teena Marie 1956 - Singer
• Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer
  

  
• Craig Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers)
• Charlie Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers)
• Rome 1970
• John Frusciante 1970 - Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Kevin Connolly 1974 - Actress ("Entourage")
  Jolene Blalock 1975 - Actress (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• Eva Mendes 1975 - Actress ("Hitch")
• Niki Taylor 1975 - Model
• Paul Konerko 1976 - Baseball player
• Jake Lloyd 1989