Monday, March 25, 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013 @ Automotive World

madcap \MAD-kap\, adjective:
1. wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
noun:
1. a madcap person.
Madcap is a portmanteau dated back to the late 1500s. The first part of this word comes from the Old High German gimeit, literally meaning "foolish" or "vain," and the second part takes a metaphorical spin on the the Late Latin cappa meaning "a hooded cloak."
lololol
  1. Laughing Out Loud Obnoxiously Lengthily On-Line
  2. A lengthier version of LOL.
I want to emphasise how much I'm laughing out loud, by typing too many letters in a three-letter acronym! LOLOLOL
Trivia
What famous mystery writer claimed she got her best story ideas while sitting in a bathtub munching on green apples?
  • Agatha Christie.
Holiday
  • Passover (begins at sundown)
History
  • Robert the Bruce: became king of not-yet-independent Scotland; in 1328, after many battles, England's King Edward III finally recognized Scotland's independence and Bruce as its king (1306)
  • Maryland: was founded by settlers sent by Lord Baltimore (1634)
  • Coxey's Army: the first popular protest march on Washington left Massillon, Ohio, led by Jacob Coxey; the men sought legislation to create jobs in a depression year (1894)
  • Bed-In for Peace: John Lennon and Yoko Ono celebrated their marriage with their first weeklong stay in bed, in an Amsterdam hotel with the press onlooking (1969)
  • "How long, not long": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers a speech on the steps of Alabama's state capitol, at the end of the Selma to Montgomery march (1965)
  • European Economic Community: was established with the Treaty of Rome; it comprised W. Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg (1957)
Birthdays
  • William Bell Wait 1839
  • Arturo Toscanini 1867
  • John Gutzon Borglum 1871
  • Bela Bartok 1881
  • Ed Begley, Sr. 1901
  • Frankie Carle 1903
  • David Lean 1908
  • Jeanne Cagney 1919
  • Howard Cosell 1920
  • Nancy Kelly 1921
  • Simone Signoret 1921
  • Eileen Ford 1922
  • Jim Lovell 1928 - Astronaut
  • Flannery O’Connor 1925
  • Gene Shalit 1932 - Movie critic
  • Bonnie Guitar 1934
  • Gloria Steinem 1934 - Feminist author
  • Johnny Burnette 1935
  • Hoyt Axton 1938
  • Anita Bryant 1940 - Singer
  • Aretha Franklin 1942 - Singer
  • Paul Michael Glaser 1943 - Actor ("Third Watch", "Starsky and Hutch")
  • Bonnie Bedelia 1948 - Actress ("Parenthood")
  • Nick Lowe 1949 - Singer
  • Elton John 1947 - Singer, musician
  • Kelly Garrett 1948
  • Neil Jones 1949 - Musician (Amen Corner)
  • Maisie Williams 1951 - (Boney M)
  • Mary Gross 1953 - Actress, comedian
  • James McDaniel 1958 - Actor ("NYPD Blue")
  • Brenda Song 1960 - Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
  • John Stockwell 1961 - Actor, writer, director
  • Marcia Cross 1962 - Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
  • Lisa Gay Hamilton 1964 - Actress ("The Practice")
  • Sarah Jessica Parker 1965 - Actress ("Sex and the City", "Failure to Launch")
  • imagebam.comTom Glavin 1966 - Baseball player
  • Jeff Healey 1966 - Musician
  • Debi Thomas 1967 - Olympic bronze medal figure skater
  • Sheryl Swoops 1971 - Basketball player
  • Melanie Blatt 1975 - Singer (All Saints)
  • Lee Pace 1979 - Actor ("Pushing Daisies")
  • Danica Patrick 1982 - Auto racer
  • Katherine McPhee 1984 - Singer ("American Idol")
  • Jason Castro 1987 - Singer ("American Idol")
  • Aly Michalka 1989 - Actress, singer ("Aly and AJ")

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