#HappyBirthday to #LeslieJones @Lesdoggg & @ShannonElizab-eth & ... you? (the #September7 #BirthdayCohort) on #Salami Day @NationalToday | @HolidaysCalendr @BirthdayMates #TheFamousPeople @YourTango @MySundayMass
National Today explains the deli-favorite in a report linked through 'that word' below; but first I want to understand that word better. And I find you understand words better if you look at 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum)
The word “Salami” is built on the Italian for Salt (it's actually the plural; the singular is salame).
I sometimes get a little 'thrill' from realizing that I have the same birthday as several famous people, and enough other people get that thrill from seeing their birthday-cohort (both the currently-famous & the probably-not-yet famous) that I figure it's worth doing 'one of these entries for every birthday' ...
Today's Birthday-Cohort
Astrologically, their sign is Virgo ... no matter WHICH stars they were born under: comedian Leslie Jones, philanthropist John Paul Getty Jr., Gloria Gaynor, Grandma Moses, computer-scientist David Packard, Queen Elizabeth I (of England), Jonathan Majors (He Who Remains (Kang the Conqueror?) in the MARVEL Cinematic Universe), Buddy Holly, Corbin Bernsen, banker J.P. Morgan Jr., Shannon Elizabeth, U.S. President Thomas Hendricks (I know ... I've never heard of him either) ... and lots more I don't recognize (maybe you do recognize some ... you can find the date at the birthday-cohort link)
(and--if you or someone you know about has a birthday today
--please mention them (and how you know them or -know
about them) in the comments, thanks)
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