Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Robin Lakoff

Born: May 24, 1942 (age 83)
Bio: Robin Tolmach Lakoff is a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. Her 1975 book Language and Woman's Place is often credited with establishing language and gender as an object of study in linguistics and other disciplines.
Known for:
- Language and Woman's Place (1972)
- The Language War (2000)
- Talking power (1964)