Wednesday, January 20, 2010

lacuna \luh-KYOO-nuh\, noun;plural lacunae \luh-KYOO-nee\ or lacunas Lacuna is from the Latin lacuna, "a cavity, a hollow," from lacus, "a hollow.":

1. A blank space; a missing part; a gap.
2. (Biology) A small opening, depression, or cavity in an anatomical structure.

Lacuna is from the Latin lacuna, "a cavity, a hollow," from lacus, "a hollow."
Seduciary Responsibility

• The responsibilities of a boyfriend/husband to his girlfriend/wife to make attempts and succeed at seducing his mate.

Lucy: Ricky, you need to satisfy your seduciary responsibility in this relationship, I'm not feeling the romance.

Ricky: Yes dear.

Trivia
Which is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant?

• Montpelier, Vermont.

History

• Wannsee Conference: Nazi officials, among them Adolf Eichmann and Reinhard Heydrich, plotted the Final Solution (1942)
• JFK inaugural address: John F. Kennedy, the youngest person ever elected president, challenged his nation: "Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country" (1961)
• Iran hostage crisis: the last 52 hostages were released after 444 days, just afterRonald Reagan took office (1981)
• EDSA II: nonviolent four-day revolution in the Philippines concluded, ousting President Joseph Estrada; he was succeeded by his vice president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (2001)

Berfdays!

• Stacey Dash (43) actress, hottie, Clueless
• David Lynch (64): avant-garde filmmaker, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive; also, director Federico Fellini(1920-1993)
• Natan Sharansky (62): Israeli political leader, social activist and author; also, writer Joy Adamson(1910- 1980)
• Bill Maher (54): pundit, talk-show host, self important douche, possible zombie
• Rainn Wilson (44): Dwight Schrute on The Office; also, screen personalities George Burns (1896-1996), DeForest Kelley (1920-1999), Patricia Neal (84), Arte Johnson (81), Dorothy Provine (73), Daniel Benzali (60), Lorenzo Lamas (52), James Denton (47) and Skeet Ulrich (40)