Word of the Day for Tuesday, July 1, 2008

condign \kuhn-DINE; KON-dine\, adjective:

• Suitable to the fault or crime; deserved; adequate.

carbon guilt

• The feeling of guilt for using too much carbon, e.g. too much air travel, driving to the corner shop in the car, etc

'Man, I have to fly to Zurich for the second time this month'
'Whoa, you must have some major carbon guilt over that'


Trivia
What national retail chain originally called its outlets Tote'm stores?

• 7-Eleven.

Today's Holiday

• Canada Day

Today in History

• Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: was signed by the US, UK, USSR and others to halt spread of nuclear arms (1968)
• Walkman: portable audio player was introduced by Sony (1979)
• "O Canada": became Canada's national anthem (1980)
• Hong Kong: reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years of British rule (1997)

Today's Birthdays

• George Sand (1804-1876): feminist novelist
• Olivia De Havilland (92): Melanie in Gone With the Wind; also, actors Jamie Farr and Jean Marsh (both 74), David Prowse (73), Geneviève Bujold (66), Dan Aykroyd (56), Pamela Anderson (41) and Liv Tyler (31)
• Sydney Pollack (1934-2008): director/actor, Out of Africa, Michael Clayton
• Twyla Tharp (67): dancer and choreographer
• Deborah Harry (63): singer, Blondie
• Princess Diana (1961-1997): humanitarian princess, Prince Charles' first wife
• Kalpana Chawla (1961-2003): astronaut who perished in the Columbia disaster
• Carl Lewis (47): Olympic gold medal winner in track