Word of the Day for Wednesday, January 2, 2008

faineant \fay-nay-AWN\, adjective:

1. Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy.
2. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
   

Urban Word of the Day

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January 02, 2008: Monthiversary

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Monthiversary&defid=1486980

• Similar to anniversary, but occuring every month. For people who are overzealous about a new relationship.

Cara and Sloopy's monthiversary is January 5, 2008.

Trivia

What Hollywood star named a son Kal-el, after Superman’s birth name on the planet Krypton?

• Nicolas Cage—and wife, Alice Kim Cage—in 2005. Cage is a big comic book fan and had been scheduled to play the superhero in a Tim Burton film until the project was scrapped.

Today in History

• Granada: last Moorish stronghold in Spain surrendered to Roman Catholic monarchs Ferdinand II and Isabella I (1492)
• Peach State: James Oglethorpe's debtors' refuge, Georgia, became the fourth US state (1788)
• Vulcan: "discovery" of planet closest to the Sun was announced (1860)
• 55 mph limit: Congress and President Richard Nixon set a national speed limit of 55 mph to conserve gasoline following the 1973 oil crisis (1974)

Today's Birthdays

• Isaac Asimov (1920-1992): prolific sci-fi writer of the Foundation Series and I, Robot
• Dennis Hastert (66): US congressman who held post as Speaker of the House for eight years — longer than any other Republican
• Paz Vega (32): actress, hotty
• Jack Hanna (61): zoologist and TV personality
• Taye Diggs (36): singing/dancing star of stage (Rent, Wicked) and screen (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Chicago, Kevin Hill, Private Practice)
• Kate Bosworth (25): actress, hotty
• Christy Turlington (39): Calvin Klein, Maybelline model who has written a book, Living Yoga
• Cuba Gooding Jr. (40): actor, former backup dancer for Paula Abdul
• Kate Hodge (42): actress, She-Wolf of London
• David Cone (45): pitcher
• Tia Carrere (41): actress