Interrogatories
Today is National Dictionary Day. Do you have any favorite words; words that you just like because of how they sound or their meaning?
When you use a dictionary, do you find the word you want and close it, or do you tend to get sidetracked by other words you see?
What place/building do you wish you could have seen that no longer exists?
Tell us about the best boss you ever had. How about the worst?
The Twitter Emitter
Remember when women dressed modestly and there was no rape? Yeah, that was the best imaginary time ever.
— Ben Blanchard (@BenSweaterVest) October 13, 2013
Mitt Romney finally got approval for his car elevator. It even has room for a dog carrier on top of the car!
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) October 13, 2013
First they came for abortion.Then they came for birth control. Then they came for condoms. Then they came for oral. Now nobody comes! #VAGov
— DC Debbie (@DCdebbie) October 15, 2013
What the House GOP predicted would be their "Braveheart" moment is far more likely to be their "Mel Gibson arrested for DUI" moment.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) October 15, 2013
1) Hill staffers screwed over. 2) Greenwald launches news site. 3) Hill staffers quit, join Greenwald, leak everything they know about Hill.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 15, 2013
First they came for the congressional staffers, and I said nothing, because I had no idea how to be a congressman.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 15, 2013
Actually, @ggreenwald hiring a bunch of journalists will make it MUCH easier for the NSA to know who to spy on.
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) October 15, 2013
"Nation's editorial cartoonists express strong support for House plan to schedule next shutdown fight week before Christmas."
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) October 15, 2013
BREAKING: Debt ceiling deal breaks down when House GOP can't decide whether to demand Ted Cruz or Paul Ryan be named Dictator-For-Life.
— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) October 15, 2013
Twitter says it will list on the NYSE, assuming there is an NYSE after Thursday
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) October 15, 2013
Proposed rule has obscure provision authorizing Members to kill & eat staff.
— David Waldman (@KagroX) October 15, 2013
Wish we had a memorial to Americans who died from poverty so there could be a televised rally at it. #EndThisNow
— Harold Itzkowitz (@HaroldItz) October 15, 2013
The GOP just lost Jennifer Rubin. I have to go now, because its hard to keep typing while pigs fly out of my ass.
— eclecticbrotha (@eclecticbrotha) October 15, 2013
On This Day
In 1834, most of Britain’s Palace of Westminster, home to Parliament, caught fire and burned to the ground
In 1923, Walt and Roy Disney founded the Walt Disney Company.
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis began after President Kennedy was shown photographic evidence of nuclear missiles on the ground in Cuba.
In 1964, China tested its first nuclear weapon.
In 1968, U.S. Olympic athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the black power salute as they received their medals. For this they were booed by the crowd and kicked off the team.
In 1991, at Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, crashed his pickup truck through the front window, and proceeded to stalk and kill 23 people using a Glock 17 pistol and a Ruger P89. Most of his victims were women.
Born on This Day
1620 – Pierre Paul Puget, French painter and sculptor (d. 1694)
1726 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
1758 – Noah Webster, American lexicographer and author (d. 1843)
1804 – Benjamin Russell, American painter (d. 1885)
1854 – Oscar Wilde, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1900)
1874 – Otto Müeller, German painter (d. 1930)
1874 – Pierre-Eugène Montézin, French Impressionist painter (d. 1946)
1877 – Frank Cadogan Cowper, English Pre-Raphaelite wannabe painter (d. 1958)
1886 – David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)
1888 – Eugene O’Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953) (Long Day’s Journey Into Night)
1890 – Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1975)
1898 – William O. Douglas, American jurist (d. 1980)
1900 – Primo Conti, Italian painter (d. 1988)
1923 – Linda Darnell, American actress (d. 1965) (also See Tipple jar)
1925 – Angela Lansbury, English-American actress and singer
1931 – Charles Colson, American lawyer and author (d. 2012)
1938 – Nico, German singer-songwriter, model, and actress (d. 1988)
1943 – Fred Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Brave Belt)
1947 – Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Grateful Dead)
1958 – Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Gary Kemp, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Spandau Ballet)
1960 – Bob Mould, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hüsker Dü and Sugar)
1962 – Flea, Australian-American bass player, songwriter, and actor (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1969 – Wendy Wilson, American singer (Wilson Phillips)
1975 – Kellie Martin, American actress
Died on This Day
1553 – Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter (b. 1472)
1591 – Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
1618 – Ambrosius Francken I, Flemish painter (b. 1544)
1638 – Jacob van Swanenburgh, Dutch painter (b. 1571)
1649 – Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
1653 – Jan Wildens, Flemish painter (b. 1586)
1822 – Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian dancer (b. 1724)
1890 – Auguste Toulmouche, French painter (b. 1829)
1925 – Christian Krohg, Norwegian painter, draftsman, and writer (b. 1852)
1959 – Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)
1972 – Leo G. Carroll, English actor (b. 1886)
1973 – Gene Krupa, American drummer and composer (b. 1909)
1981 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (b. 1915)
1989 – Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)
1990 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
1990 – Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist (b. 1914)
1992 – Shirley Booth, American actress (b. 1898)
2004 – Pierre Salinger, American politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
2007 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
2010 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
Today is
Boss’s Day
Ada Lovelace Day (International)
World Food Day (International)
National Liqueur Day
Dictionary Day
Food Engineer Day
National Fossil Day
Hagfish Day
National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
National Feral Cat Day
Department Store Day
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