Saturday, June 11, 2011

kerf \KURF\, noun:

1. A cut or incision made by a saw or the like in a piece of wood.

2. In mining, a deep cut a few inches high, used to undermine a portion of a coal or mineral seam.

3. The act of cutting or carving.

verb:

1. To cut or carve.

Kerf comes from the Old English cyrf, "a cutting," which relates to carve.

Brosama Bin Laden

• A best friend that you never see. He's always hiding or just at home. Named after the infamous best friend you never see, Osama Bin Laden

Mike: Hey where's Joey at?

Daniel: IDK man he's being a real Brosama Bin Laden

Trivia

How did innovative techno- musician Moby come by his unusual name?

• His real name, Richard Melville Hall, gives it away. He’s a relative (a great-great-great-nephew, give or take a great) of writer Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. He was nicknamed Moby in early childhood.

History

• Great Barrier Reef: Capt. James Cook discovered the world's largest coral reef (1770)
• Triple Crown: horse racing's top honor was won by Sir Barton (1919) and Seattle Slew (1977)
• sugar: US rationing ended after five bitter years (1947)
• Stand in the Schoolhouse Door: in a bid to resist racial integration, Alabama Governor George Wallace tried to block African-Americans Vivian Malone and James Hood from attending the University of Alabama; later that day he gave in (1963)
• immolation: Buddhist monk Quang Duc set himself afire on a Saigon street to protest the South Vietnamese government led by president Ngo Dinh Diem (1963)
• E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: heartwarming sci-fi blockbuster film opened (1982)
• American Idol: the British spinoff debuted with judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson (2002)

Birthdays

• Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973): first female member of US Congress; plus, suffragist Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929)
• Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972): Nobel Prize winner in literature; and, writers Irving Howe (1920-1993) and William Styron (1925-2006)
• Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997): oceanographer who photographed underwater life
• Vince Lombardi (1913-1970): legendary football coach whose team won the first two Super Bowls; also, football greats Ernie Nevers (1903-1976) and Joe Montana (55)
• Hugh Laurie (52): the cantankerous but brilliant doctor, House; also, actors Gene Wilder (78), Chad Everett (75), Peter Bergman (58), Caroline Quentin (51), Peter Dinklage (42), Joshua Jackson (33) and Shia LaBoeuf (25)
• Mehmet Oz (51): surgeon and author with his own TV show, The Dr. Oz Show
• Frank Beard (62): drummer, the only member of ZZ Top without a beard.

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