Sunday, January 25, 2009

unconscionable \uhn-KON-shuh-nuh-buhl\, adjective:

1. not influenced or guided by conscience
2. very great

by 1570, "showing no regard for conscience," from un- (1) + now rare conscionable "conscientious" (1549), from conscioned "having a conscience."

Baby Goggles

• A phenomenon where the parents of an ugly baby think their baby is adorable and no one else does.

Nancy: Here's our little bundle of joy! Isn't she just the cutest thing ever?!?

Lisa & Kate (after one look at Nancy's ugly baby): Ohhhh...! Yessss....

Lisa to Kate: I think Nancy has baby goggles - that's got to be the ugliest baby I've ever seen!

Trivia

What country has a young princess who was named after the fictional Princess Leia of Star Wars fame?

• Norway. In 2005, Norway’s Princess Martha Louise, noting that she was a big Star Wars fan, named her second child Leah. She didn’t explain why she opted for a different spelling of the name Leia.

Today in History:

• Anne Boleyn: already pregnant, the lady-in-waiting was wed in secrecy to King Henry VIII of England (1533)
• Winter Olympics: were played for the first time in Chamonix, France in the I Olympic Winter Games (1924)
• Emmys: the first awards for excellence in TV were presented for local LA productions; Shirley Dinsdale was the first winner (1949)
• jet age: American Airlines ran its first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707 (1959)

Today's Birthdays:

• Joseph Louis Lagrange (1736-1813): astronomer and mathematician; chemist Robert Boyle (1627-1691) shared this birth date
• Robert Burns (1759-1796): Scotland's favorite-son poet, "Auld Lang Syne"; other writers born on this date include W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) and Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
• Alicia Keys (28): Grammy-winning R&B singer with a huge ass
• Eduard Shevardnadze (81): former president of the Georgian Republic; also, former Philippines president Córazon Aquino (76)
• Steve Prefontaine (1951-1975): long-distance runner who was the first athlete to sign a contract with Nike
• Ana Ortiz (38): Ugly Betty's sister, Hilda Suarez; also, actors Dean Jones (78), Jenifer Lewis (52), Dinah Manoff (51) and Mia Kirshner (34)

Quote:

• "A world without mistakes would unquestionably be less fun." — Edwin Newman