Word of the Day for Saturday, December 8, 2007

mendicant \MEN-dih-kunt\, noun:

1. A beggar; especially, one who makes a business of begging.
2. A member of an order of friars forbidden to acquire landed property and required to be supported by alms.
3. Practicing beggary; begging; living on alms; as, mendicant friars.

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December 08, 2007: One-upper
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• A one-upper who always has to be bigger or better than you. If your uncle has 20 ft. boat, his uncle or cousin has 21 ft. boat. A one-upper never loses in the world of story-telling.

Chris is a nice guy, but he's a big one-upper. He always follows my stories with a better one!

Trivia

What president was in office for all six of the U.S.’s manned moon landings?

• Richard M. Nixon.

Today in History

• Immaculate Conception: was defined as a dogma by Pope Pius IX (1854)
• John Lennon: Beatle, rock icon, peacenik was shot to death outside his apartment in NYC by a schizophrenic fan (1980)
• CIS: the Commonwealth of Independent States was established instead of the USSR by Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (1991)

Today's Birthdays

• Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587): Catholic Scot whose life began in royalty (she was queen from age 6 days) and ended in captivity and beheading
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990): singer, comedian, musician and all-around entertainer
• David Carradine (71): star of Kung Fu and Kill Bill
• Jim Morrison (1943-1971): lead singer of The Doors
• Kim Basinger (54): Oscar-winning actress, L.A. Confidential Teri Hatcher (43): actress who played a desperate housewife and Superman's love interest (in Desperate Housewives and Lois & Clark, respectively)
• Sinead O'Connor (41): singer/songwriter