Friday, August 12, 2011
mundify \MUHN-duh-fahy\, verb:
- To purge or purify.
Mundify is built from two Latin roots, mundi-, "to clean," and ficare, "to do."
Carnal Tunnel Syndrome
- A tingling or numbness or a sharp, piercing pain shooting through the wrist as a direct result of engaging in pleasuring one's self while watching excessive porn.
Leisure Suit Larry is suffering from Carnal Tunnel Syndrome ever since his divorce was final 6 months ago.
Trivia
Who was pictured on the first $5 bill authorized by the U.S. in 1861? How about the first $10 bill?
- Hamilton was on the $5 bill: Lincoln on the $10 bill—the reverse of today’s $5 and $10 bills.
History
- Chicago: the Windy City was founded with a population of 350 (1833)
- Isaac Singer: got a patent for his sewing machine (1851)
- Spanish-American War: peace protocol was signed; Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines were ceded to the US and Cuba was released from Spanish rule (1898)
- IBM-PC: IBM introduced its first personal computer, which contained an Intel chip and Microsoft's DOS operating system (1981)
- Sue: the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found was discovered in South Dakota; she now resides in Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History (1990)
- Kursk: Russian nuclear submarine sank in the Barents Sea, killing the whole of its 118-member crew (2000)
Birthdays
Linda O'Neil (38): actress and the most popular body model that you probably never heard of.- George IV (1762-1830): king of Great Britain
- Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929): poet who wrote "America the Beautiful"; plus, writers Robert Southey (1774-1843), Jacinto Benavente (1866-1954), Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) and Ann M. Martin (56)
- Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959): director of blockbusters like The Ten Commandments; plus, director John Derek (1926-1998)
- Erwin Schrödinger (1887-1961): theoretical physicist, Schrödinger's equation
- Mark Knopfler (62): composer, guitarist, rock singer; also, jazzman Pat Metheny (57)
- Peter Krause (46): Nate Fisher in Six Feet Under and Adam Braverman in Parenthood; also, actors Cantinflas (1911-1993), George Hamilton (72), Bruce Greenwood (55), Michael Ian Black (40), Rebecca Gayheart (39), Casey Affleck (36), and Maggie Lawson and Dominique Swain (both 30)
- Pete Sampras (40): tennis champ; also baseball hall-of-famer Christy Mathewson (1880-1925)
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