Monday, November 3, 2025

aureole \AWR-ee-ohl\, noun: 

1. a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
2. any encircling ring of light or color; halo.
3. Astronomy. corona.
4. Geology. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion.

Aureole comes from the Latin aureus, which is a diminutive term meaning "golden." It came to English in the late 1400s.

 

question fart

A fart which sounds as if the inflection raises toward it's end, exactly as you would do with your voice when asking a question.

Barry punctuated his statement with a tiny question fart.

History

• The Times of India: the world's most widely circulated daily newspaper was founded under the name The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1838)
• Opium War: first broke out between China and Britain (1839)
• US presidential election of 1948: the Chicago Tribune reported erroneously that "Dewey Defeats Truman"
• Sputnik II: the Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space; Laika died in orbit (1957)
• Iran-contra affair: Reagan administration scandal came to light when a Lebanese periodical revealed that the US was selling weapons to Iran (1986)

Birthdays

• John Montague 1718
• William Cullen Bryant 1794
• Bronko (Bronislaw) Nagurski 1908
• James Reston 1909
• Bob Feller 1918
• Charles Bronson 1921
  
• Wanda Hendrix 1928
• Peggy McCay 1931
• Monica Vitti 1931
• Ken Berry 1933
• Micheal Dukakis 1933
• John Barry 1934
• Briam Poole 1941 - Musician (Tremeloes)
• Steve Landesberg 1945
• Shadoe Stevens 1946
• Lulu (Marie Lawrie) 1948
• Tom Shales 1948
• Mike Evans 1949
  
• Larry Holmes 1949
• Roseanne Barr 1952
• Kate Capshaw 1953
• Dennis Miller 1953
• Adam Ant 1954 - Musician (Adam & the Ants)
• Phil Simms 1956
• Lee Montgomery 1961
• Ian McNabb 1962 - Musician (Icicle Works)
• Aria Giovanni 1977 - adult model / t3h pr0n
• Elizabeth Smart 1988