Saturday, May 1, 2010

omnific \om-NIF-ik\, adjective:

• Creating all things; having unlimited powers of creation.

Omnific also occurs as omnificent and ominificence, a noun.
sinlaws

• The parents of your live-in boyfriend/girlfriend.

I am having my sinlaws over for dinner...I hope I make a good impression since I have been shacking up with their son for a few weeks now and they are not down with the fact we are living in sin.
Trivia
What great Thoroughbred was honored as Horse of the Year a record five times?

• Kelso. He held the title from 1960 to 1964.

History

• Act of Union: England and Scotland joined to form Great Britain (1707)
• Marriage of Figaro: Mozart's opera premiered in Vienna (1786)
• Empire State Building: world's tallest building (at the time) opened after 410 days of construction (1931)
• Citizen Kane: Orson Welles' film masterpiece loosely depicting — and criticizing — newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst debuted in New York City (1931)
• Cheerios: General Mills introduced the first oat-based ready-to-eat breakfast cereal (1941)
• North Korea: was established with Kim Il Sung as premier; he maintained power for the next 46 years (1948)
• Iraq War: George W. Bush declared the successful end of major combat operations in Iraq (2003)

Birthdays

• Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852): general who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
• Joseph Heller (1923-1999): author, Catch-22; writers Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and José de Alencar (1829-1877) and Terry Southern (1924-1995) also share this birth date
• Scott Carpenter (85): one of the original Project Mercury astronauts, he was the second American to orbit Earth
• Judy Collins (71): folksinger and social activist; other musicians born today include Rita Coolidge (65), Ray Parker Jr. (56), Wayne Hancock (45), Tim McGraw (43) and D'Arcy (42)
• Wes Anderson (41): director and screenwriter, The Royal Tenenbaums; directors John Woo (64) and Douglas Barr (61) were also born on this date
• Julie Benz (38): actor, Dexter; also, actors Stephen Macht (68), Dann Florek (60), Maia Morgenstern (48), Charlie Schlatter (44) and Darius McCrary (34)