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
- Laughing Out Loud Obnoxiously Lengthily On-Line
- 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?
What famous mystery writer claimed she got her best story ideas while sitting in a bathtub munching on green apples?
- Agatha Christie.
- 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")
Tom 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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