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Word of the Day
Greasy spoon GREE-see-SPOON (noun) A dingy small cheap restaurant — www.merriam-webster.com
Website of the Day
Walt Disney’s birthday
www.justdisney.com
Celebrate Walt Disney’s birthday by visiting this site. Learn about his life, the story behind his characters, watch clips of him and read his famous quotes.
Number to Know
50.9 percent: Proportion of the nation’s spuds produced in Idaho and Washington in 2009. Potato latkes are always a crowd pleaser during Hanukkah. — Census.gov
This Day in History
Dec. 5, 2007: Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Neb., mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
Today’s Featured Birthday
Actor/racer Frankie Muniz (27)
Daily Quote
“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” — W.J. Cameron
Word of the Day
Greasy spoon GREE-see-SPOON (noun) A dingy small cheap restaurant — www.merriam-webster.com
Website of the Day
Walt Disney’s birthday
www.justdisney.com
Celebrate Walt Disney’s birthday by visiting this site. Learn about his life, the story behind his characters, watch clips of him and read his famous quotes.
Number to Know
50.9 percent: Proportion of the nation’s spuds produced in Idaho and Washington in 2009. Potato latkes are always a crowd pleaser during Hanukkah. — Census.gov
This Day in History
Dec. 5, 2007: Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Neb., mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
Today’s Featured Birthday
Actor/racer Frankie Muniz (27)
Daily Quote
“Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year - and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority.” — W.J. Cameron
