Word of the Day for Saturday, February 2, 2008

subterfuge \SUB-tur-fyooj\, noun:

• A deceptive device or stratagem.

February 02, 2008: Billary
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Billary&defid=2336727

• The political union of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The Billary machine should beat Judyani in 2008.

Trivia
How many flowers are in the design stamped on every Oreo cookie?

• 24. There are 12 on each side.

Today's Holiday

• Groundhog Day (US)

Today in History

• Buenos Aires: was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain (1536)
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: agreement ended the Mexican-American War, with Mexico ceding much of the US West and Southwest (1848)
• Cardiff Giant: 10-foot-tall "petrified man" was revealed as a hoax; the figure was made of gypsum (1870)
• F.W. de Klerk: lifted the 30-year ban on the ANC and promised to free Nelson Mandela (1990)

Today's Birthdays

• James Joyce (1882-1941): the Picasso of modern literature; author of Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
• Ayn Rand (1905-1982): author whose 1943 novel The Fountainhead remains an icon of individual freedom and the will to live and create
• Farrah Fawcett (61): one of the original Charlie's Angels
• Shakira (31): Latin singer, "Hips Don't Lie"