Thursday, January 13, 2022

Thursday, January 13, 2022

lapidary \LAP-uh-dair-ee\, adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones or engraving on them.
2. Engraved in stone.
3. Of or pertaining to the refined or terse style associated with inscriptions on monumental stone.
noun:
1. One who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
2. A dealer in precious stones.

Origin: Lapidary is from Latin lapidarius, "pertaining to stone," from lapis, lapid-, "stone."
 
FMTPO
  • Abbreviation of "For me to poop on." Popularised by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog of "Late Night with Conan O'Brian" fame.
"Yeah, Kirk. That was great acting, Kirk, really great acting...FMTPO!!!" - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog to William Shatner on the occasion of his visit to the "Late Night with Conan O'Brian" show, regarding Shatner's acting in the original television series "Star Trek."
 
History
  • J'accuse: French journalist Emile Zola published his defense of Alfred Dreyfus, the army captain falsely convicted of treason because he was Jewish (1898)
  • Henry Ford: patented his plastic car, which ran on ethanol; the plastic was soybean-based, and the car was unsuccessful (1942)
  • L. Douglas Wilder: became the first African American elected governor of a US state — Virginia (1990)
  • The Fantasticks: the world's longest-running musical ended its off-Broadway run after 17,162 shows and nearly 42 years (2002)
Birthdays
  • Horatio Alger 1834
  • Sophie Tucker 1884
  • Alfred Fuller 1885
  • Earle Wheeler 1908
  • Butter (Quentin) Jackson 1909
  • Jeff Morrow 1913
  • Robert Stack 1919
  • Gwen Verdon 1926
  • Liz Anderson 1930
  • Frances Sternhagen 1930
  • Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester (The Chi-Lites) 1930
  • Charles Nelson Reilly 1931
    Rip Taylor 1934
  • Billy Gray 1938
  • Richard Moll 1943
  • Trevor Rabin (Yes) 1954
  • Kevin Anderson 1960
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus 1961
  • Graham McPherson (Madness) 1961
  • Penelope Ann Miller 1964
  • Patrick Dempsey 1966
  • Tim Kelly (Slaughter) 1967
  • Anna Marie Goddard 1970 (actress / playmate)
  • Nicole Eggert 1972
    Orlando Bloom 1977 
    Liam Hemsworth 1990 (Thor)



 
 

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