Tuesday, March 2, 2021

sanguine \SANG-gwin\, adjective, noun;
Also used as a noun, red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings: 

1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident
2. reddish; ruddy
3. (in old physiology) having blood as the predominating humor and consequently being ruddy-faced, cheerful, etc.
4. blood-red; red
5. Heraldry. a reddish-purple tincture.
6. a red iron-oxide crayon used in making drawings

by 1319, "type of red cloth," from Old French sanguin (feminine form, sanguine), from Latin sanguineus "of blood," also "bloody, bloodthirsty," from sanguis "blood." Meaning "blood-red" is recorded from 1382. Meaning "cheerful, hopeful, confident" first attested 1509, since these qualities were thought in medieval physiology to spring from an excess of blood as one of the four humors.

It was a double line for several miles. no one could even attempt to pass the parade maker.

 

bowl searching

• The process of searching a building for an empty bathroom. A successful bowl search typically relieves the frustration of uncomfortably defecating around others, although in less frequent cases the desire to urinate alone is a factor. Bowl searching can be done anywhere although it is most prevalent on college campuses.

"In college I did a lot of bowl searching."

"Sam went to the bathroom like 20 minutes ago. Jeez, what's taking so long?"

"He's probably bowl searching."

History

• Puerto Rico: became a US territory; its residents gained US citizenship (1917)
• Time: the newsweekly debuted (1923)
• Bill of Rights: the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution were finally ratified by Massachusetts, 147 years after having gone into effect (1939)
• B-50 Superfortress: became the first aircraft to fly around the world nonstop, landing in Fort Worth, Texas, after a flight time of 94:01 (1949)
• Morocco: gained independence from France (1956)
• 100-point game: Wilt Chamberlain set the NBA's single-game scoring record in a Philadelphia Warriors-New York Knicks game; he had not slept and had a hangover (1962)

Birthdays

• Sam Houston 1793 - First President of the Republic of Texas
• Dr. Suess 1904
• Desi Arnaz 1917
• Jennifer Jones 1919 - Actress
• John Cullum 1930 - Actor ("Northern Exposure")
• Tom Wolfe 1931 - Author
• Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 - Former Soviet President
• Al Waxman 1934
• Doug Watkins 1934
• Paul Dino 1939
• Barbara Luna 1939 - Actress
• Jon Finch 1941 - Actor
• John Irving 1942 - Author
• Lou Reed 1942 - Musician (Velvet Underground)
• Eddie Money 1949 - Musician
• Karen Carpenter 1950 - Singer (The Carpenters)
• Cassie Yates 1951 - Actress
• Laraine Newman 1952 - Actress ("Saturday Night Live")
  William Hope 1955 - Actor (ALIENS)
• Jay Osmond 1955 - Singer (The Osmond Brothers)
• Mark Evans 1956 - Musician (AC/DC)
• John Cowsill 1956 - Musician (The Cowsills)
• Kevin Curren 1958
• Larry Stewart 1959 - Musician (Restless Heart)
• Jon Bon Jovi 1962 - Musician (Bon Jovi)
• Daniel Craig 1968 - Actor
• Casey 1976 - Musician (Jimmie's Chicken Shack)
• Heather McComb 1977 - Actress ("Party of Five")
• Chris Martin 1977 - Musician (Coldplay)
• Bryce Dallas Howard 1981 - Actress
• Ben Roethlisberger 1982 - Football player
• Robert Iler 1985 - Actor ("The Sopranos")
• Reggie Bush 1985 - Football player