Tuesday, March 5, 2013 @ Automotive World

zakuska \zuh-KOOS-kuh\, noun:

• an hors d'oeuvre.

This Russian word for a snack, zakuska, entered the lexicon in the mid 1880s as a derivative of kusát meaning "to bite."

eCock-block

• When the new porn you're downloading is 5% from completion and the download speed drops considerably or stops completely.

It was just about beat time when my shitty service provider totally eCock-blocked my Jenna Haze download.

Trivia
Before hitting the big time, what entertainer played the piano in a pretzel commercial featuring Chubby Checker singing a jingle based on “The Twist”?

• Billy Joel, in 1970. The ad was for Bachman pretzels.

History

• Boston Massacre: five colonists were killed when British troops fired into a rowdy crowd (1770)
• Stars and Bars: first of several Confederate flags was adopted (1861)
• Iron Curtain: phrase was coined by Winston Churchill in a speech in Missouri (1946)
• North Korea: held peace talks with South Korea for the first time in 25 years; the representatives met in New York (1997)
• Martha Stewart: businesswoman was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the investigation of ImClone insider trading (2004)

Birthdays

• Gerhardus Mercator 1512 - Flemis mapmaker
• William Oughtred 1574
• William Blackstone 1595 - First settler in Boston
• Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI
• Lucy Larcom 1824 - Poet
• Elisha Harris 1824
• James Merrit Ives 1824 - Lithographer: Partner of Nathaniel Currier.
• Frank Norris 1870 - Author
• Hector Villa-Lobos 1887
• Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer
• Rex Harrison 1908 - Actor
• James Noble 1922
• James B. Sikking 1934
• Dean Stockwell 1936 - Actor
• Paul Evans 1938
• Fred Williamson 1938
• Tommy Tucker 1939
• Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress
• Paul Sand 1944 - Actor
• Murray Head 1946
• Michael Warren 1946 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
• Eddie Hodges 1947
• Eddy Grant 1948 - Singer
• Eugene Fodor 1950
• Alan Clark 1952 - Musician (Dire Straits)
• Marsha Warfield 1954 - Actress ("Night Court")
• Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
• Teena Marie 1956 - Singer
• Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer
• Craig Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers)
• Charlie Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers)
• Rome 1970
• John Frusciante 1970 - Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• Kevin Connolly 1974 - Actress ("Entourage")
• Eva Mendes 1975 - Actress ("Hitch")
• Niki Taylor 1975 - Model
• Paul Konerko 1976 - Baseball player
• Jake Lloyd 1989

 

Eva Mendes