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Provided by the compucert lackadaisical \lack-uh-DAY-zih-kuhl\, adjective:
- Lacking spirit or liveliness; showing lack of interest; languid; listless.
Lackadaisical comes from the expression lackadaisy, a variation of lackaday, itself a shortening of "alack the (or a) day!"
driving finger- Your middle finger. Usually refers to the one on the left hand so it can be displayed out the driver's side window to comment on another driver's behavior.
Trivia
How did the astronauts on the Gemini space flights in 1965 add water to the powdered Tang and freeze-dried foods they carried with them?
- They used a high-tech water pistol—called a food rehydration gun—to inject water into plastic pouches containing their food.
- Oregon Territory: was organized by an act of US Congress, consisting of all of present-day Oregon, Idaho and Washington, and parts of Montana and Wyoming (1848)
- Social Security Act: was signed into law by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, establishing pensions and unemployment insurance (1935)
- Ilich Ramírez Sánchez: the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" was captured (1994)
- Northeast Blackout of 2003: 50 million people — one-third the population of Canada plus one-seventh the population of the US — lost electricity (2003)
- Buddy Greco (82): jazz and pop singer; musicians Dash Crofts (68) and David Crosby (67) were also born today
- Danielle Steel (61): prolific writer of romance novels; authors John Galsworthy (1867-1933) and Eduardo Mallea (1903-1982) share this birth date
Gary Larson (58): creator of The Far Side - Earvin "Magic" Johnson (49): basketball star
- Steve Martin (63): wild and crazy comedian, writer and actor; also, actors Susan Saint James (62), Carl Lumbly (56), Marcia Gay Harden (49),
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Catherine Bell. One of my personal favortits.
Indeed! Very yummy!
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