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Provided by the compucert ratiocination \rash-ee-ah-suh-NAY-shun; rash-ee-oh-\, noun:
- The process of logical reasoning.
Ratiocination is from Latin rationcinatio, from ratiocinari, "to compute, to calculate, to reason," from ratio, "reckoning, calculation, reason," from reri, "to reckon, to think."
- A site where users attempt to mock and explain everyone and thing in life, under the guise of cynical quasi-intellectualism. It should be both noted and ignored, embraced and dismissed, laughed at and revered.
Urban Dictionary shows us we're all just a type, no matter how hard we try to escape or deny it.
Trivia
Who were the last U.S. presidential candidates to run against each other twice—in consecutive elections?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson, in 1952 and 1956. Eisenhower won both contests.
Today in History
- John Birch Society: the ultraconservative anticommunist organization was founded under the banner "Less Government, More Responsibility, and With God's Help, A Better World" (1958)
- Coronation Street: the longest-running British soap opera first aired (1960)
Today's Birthdays
- Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786): chemist who discovered several elements; plus, chemist Comte Claude-Louis Berthollet (1748-1822)
- Emmett Kelly (1898-1979): sad-faced circus clown
- Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976): author of Spartacus, Johnny Got His Gun; other writers born on this date include John Milton (1608-1674), Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908), Jean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) and Buck Henry (79)
Beau Bridges (68): character actor, The Fabulous Baker Boys, My Name is Earl; also, actors Dina Merrill (84), Dick Van Patten (81), John Cassavetes (1929-1989), Judi Dench (75), John Malkovich(56), Felicity Huffman (47) and Jesse Metcalfe (31)- Donny Osmond (52): singer and game show host who won this year's Dancing With the Stars; also, musicians Dan Hicks (68), Joan Armatrading (59), Kara DioGuardi (39), Tré Cool (37) and Imogen Heap (32)
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