Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

automaton \aw-TOM-uh-ton, -tn\, noun:
  1. a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
  2. a person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence.
  3. something capable of acting automatically or without an external motive force.
Automaton comes from the Greek autos + matos, literally meaning "self thinking." It entered English in the 1600s.
 

postmodem depression
  • The feeling you get when you haven't had access to the internet (i.e. facebook and twitter) for a long time, like several minutes.
(A family is on vacation)
Mom: Johnny, come to dinner!
Johnny: Fucking not hungry!
Mom (to dad): What the hell is wrong with him?
Dad: He's got postmodem depression; he can't update his facebook status.
Mom: But we have only been here for 15 minutes.

Holiday
  • Solstice (summer in the Northern Hemisphere; winter in the Southern)
History
  • US Constitution: went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it (1788)
  • Ellen Louks Fairclough: was sworn in as the first female member of the Canadian cabinet (1957)
  • Women's National Basketball Association: league play began (1997)
  • polio: the World Health Organization declared Europe free of the disease (2002)
  • SpaceShipOne: the first privately funded and developed spacecraft was launched over the Mojave Desert and piloted into space by Michael Melvill (2004)
  • Pluto: newly discovered moons were named Nix and Hydra (2006)
Birthdays
  • Martha Washington 1731
  • Henry Ossawa Tanner 1859
  • Al Hirshfield 1903
  • Jean-Paul Sartre 1905
  • Jane Russell 1921
  • Judy Holliday 1922
  • Maureen Stapleton 1925
  • Carl Stokes 1927
  • O.C. Smith 1932
  • Bernie Kopell 1933
  • Francoise Sagan 1935
  • Ron Ely 1938
  • Monte Markham 1938
  • Joe Flaherty 1940
  • Mariette Hartley 1940
  • Brian Sternberg 1943
  • Ray Davies (Kinks) 1944
  • Chris Britton ( The Troggs) 1945
  • Brenda Holloway 1946
  • Joey Molland 1947
  • Michael Gross 1947
  • Meredith Baxter Birney 1947
  • Leon Everette 1948
  • Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) 1950
  • Nils Lofgren (E Street Band) 1951
  • Robyn Douglas 1953
  • Robert Pastorelli 1954
  • Leigh McCloskey 1955
  • Berke Brethed 1957
  • Mark Brzezicki (Big Country) 1957
  • Kathy Mattea 1959
  • Marc Copage 1962
  • Doug Savant 1964
  • Porter Howell 1964
  • Sammi Davis-Voss 1964
  • Michael Dolan 1965
  • Allison Moorer 1972
  • Juliette Lewis 1973
  • Justin Cary (Sixpence None the Richer) 1975
  • Mike Einziger (Incubus) 1976
  • Prince William (England) 1982

  
Juliette Lewis Sexy Signed Autograph 8x10 Photo #7 | Outlaw Hobbies  Authentic Autographs
 
 
 
 

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