7 March 2013

polylemma

noun

– a multiple dilemma or one with many equally unacceptable alternatives; a difficult predicament.

Example sentence:

The captain was confronted with a polylemma of solutions to the difficult problem.

Today’s aphorism

“And don’t try to enchant me with your manner of dress
‘Cause a monkey in silk is a monkey no less”

– Rodriguez, from the song, Like Janis

On this day

7 March 1876 – Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.

7 March 1988 – Cyclone Bola strikes Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne/East Cape region of north-eastern New Zealand. It is one of the costliest cyclones to hit N.Z. Three people were killed and thousands were evacuated.

7 March 1999 – death of Stanley Kubrick, legendary movie producer. Some of his movies include ’2001 – A Space Odyssey’, ‘The Shining’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’.

7 March 2011 – Charlie Sheen fired from U.S. sitcom, ‘Two and a Half Men’ after allegations of drug abuse.