Wednesday, August 11, 2021

cynosure \SY-nuh-shoor; SIN-uh-shoor\, noun:

1. An object that serves as a focal point of attention and admiration.
2. That which serves to guide or direct.
3. [Capitalized]. The northern constellation Ursa Minor, which contains the North Star; also, the North Star itself.

Cynosure derives from Latin cynosura, from Greek kunosoura, "dog's tail, the constellation Ursa Minor," from kuon, kun-, "dog" + oura, "tail."

 

go primitive

• Instead of keyboarding or texting a long and detailed story someone suggests a phone call as a more direct way to have the conversation.

Dude, I'm good with texting but this is giving me carpel tunnel, let's "go primitive" I'll call you tomorrow at 8.

 

MILF 

• Mother I'd Like to Fuck
• Mom I'd Like to Fuck
• Mother I'd Like to Frick

Julie Clarke is a MILF!

History

• SOS: Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the distress signal (1909)
• Alcatraz: island prison in San Francisco Bay received its first civilian inmates (1934)
• Hussein ibn Talal: 16-year-old was proclaimed king of Jordan after his father was declared mentally unfit (1952)
• Watts riots: civil disturbances in Los Angeles left 34 dead (1965)
• The Mall of America: the most-visited mall in the world opened on the site of Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota (1992)

Birthdays

• Robert Ingersoll 1833
• Carrie Bond 1862
• Lloyd Nolan 1902
• Jean Parker 1912
• Alex Haley 1921
• Carl Rowan 1925
• Mike Douglas 1925
• Arlene Dahl 1928
• Jerry Falwell 1933
• Virna Lisi 1937
• Anne Massey 1937
  
  
• Mike Hugg 1942
• Guy Villari 1943
• Jim Kale (The Guess Who) 1943
• Ian McDiarmid (The Senate) 1944
• John Conlee 1946
• Ian Charleson 1949
• Eric Carmen (Raspberries) 1949
• Steve Wozniak 1950
• Eric Braun (Iron Butterfly) 1950
• Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea 1953
• Joe Jackson 1955
• Richard Reinhardt (The Ramones) 1957
• Diana Woei 1965
• John Mitchell 1965
• Charlie Sexton 1968
• Chris Dave (Mint Condition) 1968
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad 1970
• Julia Anne Clarke 1972: aka Julie Clarke, Playmate 03/91, actress, model, hardbody, nurse
• Will Friedle 1976
• Chris Kelly (Kriss Kross) 1978