December 13, 2008

cached \kasht\, adjective:

1. stored; hidden
2. in computing, stored in a part of memory used as a cache

by 1797, from French Canadian trappers' slang, "hiding place for stores" (c.1669), from French cacher "conceal," from Vulgar Latin coacticare "store up, collect, compress," from Latin coactare "constrain," from cogere "to collect"

Overchicked

• When a not-so-good-looking guy lands a chick thats way more attractive than he is.

Tom is 5'04, overweight and severly unattractive. How Tom wound up with Jeni, who is 5'07, slender and drop dead gorgeous is a mystery. He definitely overchicked on this hook up.

Trivia

What were the only three nonhumans on ESPN's list of the top 100 North American athletes of the 20th century?

• Racehorses. Secretariat, winner of the Triple Crown in 1973, was ranked 35; Man o’ War, who won 20 of his 21 races, was ranked 84; and Citation, winner of the Triple Crown in 1948, was ranked 97.

Today in History:

• Francis Drake: British explorer set out on a three-year circumnavigation of the globe, looting Spanish ships as he sailed (1577)
• President Bush: Democratic candidate Al Gore conceded the presidency more than a month after the 2000 election
• Saddam Hussein: Iraqi dictator was captured hiding in a spider hole near Tikrit (2003)

Today's Birthdays:

• Heinrich Heine (1797-1856): lyric poet, essayist
• Ross Macdonald (1915-1983): crime fiction novelist, creator of Lew Archer
• Richard Zanuck (74): film producer; music producer Lou Adler (75) also has a birthday today
• Ferguson Jenkins (65): MLB hall-of-famer; hockey forward Sergei Fedorov (39) has a birthday today, too
• Ted Nugent (60): rock guitarist; other musicians born today include Jeff Baxter (60), Thomas Delonge (33), Amy Lee (27) and Taylor Swift (19)
• Dick Van Dyke (83): actor/singer, Mary Poppins and The Dick Van Dyke Show; also, actors Christopher Plummer (79), Robert Prosky (78), John Davidson (67), Wendie Malick (58), Steve Buscemi (51) and Jamie Foxx (41)

Quote: "Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart." — Andrés Segovia