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Provided by the compucert discursive \dis-KUR-siv\, adjective:
- Passing from one topic to another; ranging over a wide field; digressive; rambling.
- Utilizing, marked by, or based on analytical reasoning -- contrasted with intuitive.
Urban Word of the Day
December 19, 2007: holidazehttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=holidaze&defid=1531830
- term that defines the feelings of confusion and excitement people have between thanksgiving and christmas; the blur one feels after/during shopping for gifts in crowded retail stores with heavy holiday traffic
Trivia
When it comes to Greek mythology, who was Harpocrates?
- The god of silence and secrecy—and possibly the inspiration for the name of the silent Marx brother, Harpo.
- Benjamin Franklin: began publishing his Poor Richard's Almanack (1732)
- A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens' classic Yuletide tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge was first published in England (1843)
- Titanic: movie with the highest box office earnings (and largest budget to date) opened in the US, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (1997)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982): Soviet leader who was first to head both the party and the state
- Edith Piaf (1915-1963): French cabaret singer called "the little sparrow"
- Jake Gyllenhaal (27): star of Brokeback Mountain
- Robert Urich (61): actor
- Kristy Swanson (38): actress
- Criss Angel (40): magician, Mindfreak
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