carp \kahrp\, verb:
1. To find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably.
noun:
1. A peevish complaint.
Carp comes from the Old Norse word karpa which meant "to brag or haggle."
qwerty nosedive
Falling asleep at the keyboard
I took a qwerty nosedive this morning after working through the night on that essay.
That raid took so long to finish, I kept qwerty nosediving in the middle.
History
- bank robbery: the first recorded bank heist took place in NYC; Edward Smith escaped with some $245,000, but was later caught and imprisoned (1831)
- SS Georgiana: Confederate ship was wrecked (1863); it was discovered on the same date in 1965 by underwater archeologist E. Lee Spence in his teenage years
- 25th Academy Awards: was the first televised Oscar ceremony (1953)
- Sarajevo: became a reunited city after four years when the Serbs were ousted by the Moslem-Croatians
- invasion of Iraq: began (on March 20 local time in Iraq, 2003)
- GRB 080319B: gamma-ray burst was detected, thus setting a record for farthest object that could be seen by the naked eye (2008)
Birthdays
- David Livingston 1813
- Sir Richard Burton 1821
- Albert Ryder 1847
- Wyatt Earp 1848
- William Jennings Bryan 1860
- Charles M. Russell 1864
- Edith Nourse Rogers 1881
- Earl Warren 1891
- Jackie ‘Moms’ Mabley 1894
- John Sirica 1904
- Adolph Eichmann 1906
- Patricia Morrison 1914
- Irving Wallace 1916
- Tige Andrews 1923
- Hans Kung 1928 - Theologian
- Patrick McGoohan 1928 - Actor, director
- Gene Taylor 1929
- Bill Henderson 1930
- Ornette Coleman 1930 - Jazz saxophonist
- Gay Brewer Jr. 1932
- Philip Roth 1933 - Author
- Renee Taylor 1933 - Actress
- Nancy Malone 1935
- Phyllis Newman 1935 - Actress, singer
- Ursula Andress 1936 - Actress
- Clarence "Frogman" Henry 1937 - Singer
- Paul Atkinson 1946 - Musician (The Zombies)
- Ruth Pointer 1946 - Singer (The Pointer Sisters)
- Glenn Close 1947 - Actress
- Chris Brubeck 1952
- Bruce Willis 1955 - Actor ("Die Hard", "The Sixth Sense")
- Derek Longmuir 1955 - (The Bay City Rollers)
- Terry Hall 1959 - (Specials, Fun Boy 3, Colourfield)
- Gert Bettens 1970 - Musician (K's Choice)
- Vida Guerra 1974 - bootay model
- Zach Lind 1976 - Musician (Jimmy Eat World)
- Anne V 1987 - Sports Illustrated swimsuit model
- Craig Lamar Traylor 1989 - Actor ("Malcolm in the Middle")
Caylee Cowan 1998 - Actress
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