Friday, October 27, 2023

Friday, October 27, 2023

perdition \per-DISH-uhn\, noun:
1. A state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
2. The future state of the wicked.
3. Hell.
4. Utter destruction or ruin.
5. Obsolete. Loss.
Perdition stems from the Latin perditiōn- meaning destruction. It was the equivalent of perdit, the past participle of perdere meaning to do in, ruin or lose.
 
skeezy
  • A combination of Sketchy (dubious) and sleazy(dirty or vulgar)
That middle-aged man hanging outside the high school parking lot was majorly skeezy
 

History 
  • Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Love was founded (1682)
  • Federalist Papers: the first of a series of essays was published, calling for the ratification of the US Constitution; the essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (1787)
  • IRT: New York City's first rapid transit subway opened (1904) [Pictured below: The City’s mayor, George McClellan, opens the world-renowned New York City subway system. He actually drove the first passengers, charging them 5¢ to ride a line that, back then, only covered 9.1 miles of track with 28 stations. How things changed…]
  • nylon: chemical company DuPont announced the name of its new synthetic fiber (1938)
  • Wall Street crash: trading was halted for a cooling-off period after the Dow fell more than 500 points (1997)
NYC subway stations sizzle in the summer. Here's why | RochesterFirst
 
Birthdays
  • James Cook 1728
  • Nicola Paganini 1782
  • Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 1858
  • Emily Post 1872
  • Leif Erickson 1911
  • Dylan Thomas 1914
  • Teresa Wright 1918
  • Nanette Fabray 1920
  • Ralph Kiner (MLB) 1922
  • Roy Lichtenstein 1923
  • Ruby Dee 1924
  • Floyd Cramer 1933
  • John Cleese 1939
  • Lara Parker 1942
  • Lee (Melvin) Greenwood 1942
  • Carrie Snodgress 1946
  • Terry Anderson 1947
  • Jack Daniels (Highway 101) 1949
  • Garry Tallent (E Street Band) 1949
  • Fran Lebowitz 1950
  • Jayne Kennedy-Overton 1951
  • Roberto Benigni 1952
  • Peter Firth 1953
  • Robert Picardo 1953
  • Simon LeBon (Duran Duran) 1958
  • Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 1967 
  • Sean Holland 1968
  • Sheeri Rappaport 1977
  • Kelly Osbourne 1984


 
 
 
 
 

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