Friday, June 10, 2011

umbra \UHM-bruh\, noun:

1. The invariable or characteristic accompaniment or companion of a person or thing.

2. Shade; shadow.3. In astronomy, the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the direct light from the source of illumination is completely cut off.4. A phantom or shadowy apparition, as of someone or something not physically present; ghost; spectral image.

Umbra is borrowed from the same word in Latin, meaning "shadow."

sorry, autocorrect

• A phrase often used when a private or dirty text is sent to the wrong person in an attempt to lessen the awkwardness or dismiss the conversation

Girl: Jeff's cock is so big

Guy: This is your boyfriend. I think we need to break up

Girl: Sorry, autocorrect!! I meant clock!

Trivia

What is unusual about the thumbs on a koala’s front paws?

• There are two thumbs on each front paw—along with three fingers.

History

• US Mint: John Hull broke English colonial law to establish America's first mint (1652)
• University Boat Race: Oxford bested Cambridge in the first of what is now an annual rowing race (1829)
• Alcoholics Anonymous: was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill W., on the date of Smith's first full "dry" day (1935)
• Rape of Lidice: Nazis murdered all the men of Lidice and deported the women and children (1942)
• ballpoint pen: Lásló Bíró got a patent for a pen he had been developing for nearly a decade (1943)
• Affirmed: the thoroughbred became the eleventh and most recent winner of the Triple Crown (1978)

Berfdays, yo!

• Gustave Courbet (1819-1877): leading Realist painter; plus, artist André Derain (1880-1954
• Prince Philip (90): Duke of Edinburgh and royal consort to Queen Elizabeth II
• Maurice Sendak (83): author and illustrator of children's books, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen; and, novelist Saul Bellow (1915-2005)
• Kate Flannery (47): Meredith Palmer on The Office; also, actors Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), Judy Garland (1922-1969), Lionel Jeffries (1926-2010), Jürgen Prochnow (70), Gina Gershon (49), Jeanne Tripplehorn (48), Elizabeth Hurley (46), Shane West (33) and Leelee Sobieski (29)
• Tara Lipinski (29): Olympic gold medal-winner in figure skating
• Sasha Obama (9): America's younger First Daughter

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