4 October 2012 – slumgullion

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Today’s WOTD – 4 October 2012

slumgullion

[sluhm-guhl-yuhn, sluhm-guhl-]

noun

1. a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
2. a beverage made weak or thin, as watery tea, coffee, or the like.
3. the refuse from processing whale carcasses.
4. a reddish, muddy deposit in mining sluices.
For example:
I expected to be brought a cup of strong, black coffee, not a slumgullion that more closely resembled warm cordial than a brew.

Today’s aphorism

‘Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got’.

– Janis Joplin.

On this day

4 October 1669 – death of Rembrandt, famous Dutch painter.

4 October 1927 – commencement of Mt Rushmore sculptures near Keystone, South Dakota. It is a sculpture carved into the granite face of the mountain. The sculpture features the faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.  Construction finished on 31 October 1941 because funding ran out. It was the brainchild of Doane Robinson. The carvings are 18m (60′) high and were carved by Gutzon Borglum and a team of 400 workers.

4 October 1931 – The comic strip, Dick Tracy, makes its debut in the Detroit Mirror and is distibuted by the Chicago Tribune New York News syndicate. The cartoon was created by Chester Gould who continued to draw it until 1977.


4 October 1970 – death of Janis Joplin. American singer-songwriter. She was 27.

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