Sunday, November 26, 2017

procrustean \proh-KRUHS-tee-uhn\, adjective:

1. Tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means.

2. Pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.

Procrustean refers to the Greek myth of Procrustes, who was a robber who tortured his victims. According to mythology, he was killed by Theseus.

 

World's Oldest Profession

• refers to the trade that a prostitute, hooker, whore, hoe, call girl, escort, hoe-bag, fallen woman, streetwalker, scarlet woman or puss in boots engages in.

when it comes to the World's Oldest Profession, your mom is employee of the month.

History

• Kappa Alpha Society: Union College student society became the first college fraternity in the US (1825)
• Alice in Wonderland: pseudonymous author Lewis Carroll gave an illustrated manuscript of the tale to the eponymous Alice as an early Christmas gift (1864)
• King Tut: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were the first to enter the tomb of the boy king since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.E. (1922)
• Casablanca: film set in wartime Morocco premiered in New York City (1942)
• The Price is Right: TV's longest running daily game show debuted (1956)
• Diamant-A: rocket launched France's space program with the Astérix-1 satellite, which blasted off from Hammaguir, Algeria (1965)

Birthdays

• Eric Severeid 1912
  
• Eugene Ionesco 1912
• Charles M. Schulz 1922
• Robert Goulet 1933
• Marian Mercer 1935
• Rich Little 1938
• Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938
• Jean Terrell 1944
• John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1945
• Art Shell 1946
• Scott Jacoby 1955
• Jamie Rose 1959
• Linda Davis 1962
• Steve Grisaffe (Road River) 1965
• Garcelle Beauvais 1966
• Lorissa McComas 1970
• Maia Campbell 1976
• Peter Facinelli 1973 - Actor ("Twilight")
• Aurora Snow - 1981 t3h pr0n
• Natasha Bedingfield - 1981