Saturday, May 20, 2023

foofaraw \FOO-fuh-raw\, noun:

1. Excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration.

2. A fuss over a matter of little importance.

Foofaraw is perhaps from Spanish fanfarrón, "a braggart."

 

Antisocial Networking

• Using a social networking web site or service to connect to other people but never communicating with those people once they have been established as a connection.

I can't believe it... we haven't spoken to Randy since high school. He added us as friends on Facebook but never responds to any of our messages. He has over 100 friends but we've never even seen him post a comment. Talk about antisocial networking!

 

Holiday

• Armed Forces Day
  

History

• First Council of Nicaea: opened in present-day Turkey; it dealt with the relationship of Jesus to God the Father, and the date of Easter, among other issues (325) 
  

  
• Charles Lindbergh: began the first solo flight across the Atlantic, in The Spirit of St. Louis; he flew from Long Island to Paris in about 11 1/2 hours (1927)
• Amelia Earhart: began her flight from Newfoundland to Ireland, becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (1932)
• Hamburger Hill: US and South Vietnamese forces captured Apbia Mountain after one of the Vietnam War's bloodiest battles (1969)
• Cheers: the final episode of the TV sitcom was seen by 93 million viewers (1993)
• East Timor: became an independent nation and the first new sovereign state of the 21st century (2002)
• Kingda Ka: the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster opened in New Jersey; it reaches 128 mph, and New York City, Atlantic City and Philadelphia are visible from the top of the tower (2005)

Birthdays

• William Thornton 1759 - Inventor, painter, designed the United States Capitol, first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office
• Dolley Payne Madison 1768 - U.S. First Lady, wife of 4th President James Madison
• Honore de Balzac 1799 - Novelist
• John Stuart Mill 1806 - Editor, philosopher
• William George Fargo 1818 - Organizer of Wells, Fargo & Company
• Henri Julien Felix Rousseau 1844 - French painter
• Wladyslaw Sikorski 1888 - Polish military and political leader
• Jimmy Stewart 1908 - Actor (Philadelphia Story [1940]; The Glenn Miller Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington)
• William R. Hewlett 1913 - Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP)
• Patrick Ellis (Leftwich) 1916 - Actress
• George Goble 1919 - Comedian, Actor (Harper Valley P.T.A.)
• Vic Ames (Urick) 1920 - Singer (The Ames Brothers)
• Edith Fellows 1923 - Actress (The Grace Kelly Story, In the Mood)
• Bob Sweikert 1926 - Auto racer, won Indianapolis 500 in 1955
• Bud (Henry) Grant 1927 - Football player and coach
• David Hedison (Ara David Heditsian) 1928 - Actor (Licence to Kill, Live and Let Die)
• James McEachin 1930 - Actor (The Dead Don’t Die, Double Exposure)
• Kenton Boyer 1931 - Baseball player
• Constance Towers 1933 - Actress (On Wings of Eagles)
• Anthony Zerbe 1936 - Actor (North and South, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs, Cool Hand Luke)
• Dave Hill 1937 - Golfer
• Teddy Randazzo 1937 - Songwriter, producer, singer, actor
  

  
• Stan Mikita 1940 - Hockey player
• Joe Cocker 1944 - Singer, songwriter
• Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre) 1946 - Singer (Sonny & Cher), actress (Moonstruck [1987]; The Witches of Eastwick, Silkwood, Mask), Mrs Bax0jayz doppleganger
• Bobby (Ray) Murcer 1946 - Baseball player
• Dave Thomas 1949 - Comedian, actor
• Cullen Bryant 1951 - Football player
• Warren Cann 1952 - Musician (Ultravox)
• Dean Butler 1956 - Actor
• Ronald Prescott Reagan 1958 - Dancer, talk show host, son of U.S. President Ronald Reagan
• Jane Wiedlin 1958 - Singer (Go-Go's, Frosted)
• Bronson Pinchot 1959 - Actor (Courage Under Fire, Beverly Hills Cop series, Risky Business)
• Tony Goldwyn 1960 - Actor (The Pelican Brief, Ghost, Gaby: A True Story)
• Susan Cowsill 1960 - Singer (The Cowsills, Continental Drifters, Psycho Sisters)
• Nick Heyward 1961 - Musician (Haircut 100)
• Brian Nash 1963 - Musician (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
• Mindy Cohn 1966 - Actress
• Tom Gorman 1966 - Musician (Belly)
• Timothy Olyphant 1968 - Actor
• Busta Rhymes 1972 - Musician
  Alexa Mansour 1996 - Actress
  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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