Word of the Day for Thursday, March 20, 2008

acerbic \uh-SUR-bik\, adjective:

• Sharp, biting, or acid in temper, expression, or tone.

Urban Word of the Day: bear stearned

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bear+stearned&defid=2931981

• to crash, to collapse, to plummit, to fail

1. I can't believe it, I completely bear stearned that test.
2. For the third time this week, my computer bear stearned on me.

Trivia

What was the home state of Stephen Foster, composer of "My Old Kentucky Home"?

• Pennsylvania. He never lived in Kentucky.

Today in History

• "I shall return": was spoken by Gen. Douglas MacArthur as he left the Philippines during WWII; he did return, two years later (1942)
• John Lennon: wed Yoko Ono in Gibraltar (1969)
• Libby Riddles: became the first woman to win the Iditarod (1985)
• Tokyo subway gas attack: Aum Shinrikyo group released sarin, killing 12 and injuring thousands (1995)

Today's Birthdays

• Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906): dramatist, Peer Gynt, A Doll House; authors Carl Reiner (86) and Lois Lowry (71) also share this birth date
• B.F. Skinner (1904-1990): psychologist who studied behaviorism and came up with the Skinner box
• Alfonso Garcia Robles (1911-1991): Nobel Peace Prize-winning statesman from Mexico
• Bobby Orr (60): hockey player, the Boston Bruins
• Carl Palmer (58): drummer - Asia, ELP
• William Hurt (58): actor, Body Heat, Mr. Brooks; other actors with this birthday include Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985) and Hal Linden (77)
• Spike Lee (51): indie-film director of Do the Right Thing, Inside Man; TV producer Paul Junger Witt (65) also has a birthday today
• Kathy Ireland (45): supermodel