Monday, July 26, 2021

peripatetic \pair-uh-puh-TET-ik\, adjective:

1. Of or pertaining to walking about or traveling from place to place; itinerant.

2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.

3. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.4. A follower of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.

Peripatetic derives from Greek peripatetikos, fromperipatein, "to walk about," from peri-, "around, about" +patein, "to walk."

 

business shower

• An intimate shower taken between 2 persons solely for the purpose of saving time, completely devoid of any sexual connotation.

"Oh shit, my alarm didn't go off"
"Shit... I have to be at work in 20 minutes"
"We'll just have to shower together"
"Hey man, that's gross"
"Nah its cool... It'll be a Business Shower"
"Aight dog"

 

selenology, \sel-uh-NOL-uh-jee\, noun 

• the branch of astronomy that deals with the nature and origin of the physical features of the moon.

Origin: Selenology stems from the Greek word for "moon," selḗnē. In English, the combining form seleno- means "moon"; the combining form -logy is used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge.

 

 

History

• Lionel Nathan Rothschild: became the first Jew to sit in the British Parliament — 11 years after he was elected; the House of Commons had to allow a special oath (1858)
• Unua Libro: the "First Book" of Esperanto was published, by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof (1887)
• National Security Act: was signed by US President Harry S Truman; it created the Department of Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, and Joint Chiefs of Staff (1947)
• Suez Canal: was nationalized by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, leading to an international crisis (1956)
• Jimmy Hoffa: Teamsters union head was convicted of fraud and conspiracy (1964)

Birthdays

• George Catlin 1796
• George Bernard Shaw 1856
• Carl Jung 1875
• Aldous Huxley 1894
• Gracie Allen 1906
• Vivian Vance 1912
• Erskine Hawkins 1914
• Marjorie Lord 1921
• Blake Edwards 1922
• Jason Robards, Jr. 1922
• Hoyt Wilhelm 1923
• Louie Bellson (Duke Ellington Band) 1924
• James Best 1926
• Stanley Kubrick 1928
• Bobby Lilly 1939
• Bobby Rousseau 1940
• Bobby Hebb 1941
• Dobie Gray 1943
• Peter Hyams 1943
• Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones) 1943
• Keil Martin 1944
• Mickei King 1944
• Helen Mirren 1946
• Roger Taylor (Queen) 1949
  
• Susan George 1950
• Duncan Mackey 1950
• Dorothy Hamill 1956
• Nana Visitor 1957 - Star Trek
  
• Kevin Spacey 1959
• Gary Cherone (Extreme, Van Halen) 1961
• Sandra Bullock 1964
• Jeremy Piven 1965
• Jennifer Ashe 1966
• Kate Beckinsale 1973
• Derek Jeter 1974
• Taylor Momsen 1993

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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