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Provided by the compucert hubris \HYOO-bruhs\, noun:
- Overbearing pride or presumption.
Hubris comes from Greek hybris, "excessive pride, wanton violence."
- farting while walking; walking while farting;
i crop dusted my way down the aisle at the grocery store.
Trivia
What was the first rap single to hit the top of the charts?
- The hip-hop classic “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang, in 1979.
Today's Holiday
- Devil's Night: The name Devil's Night or Mischief Night is used in the eastern U.S. and Canada, although the acts are generally less destructive and violent than those committed in Detroit.
Today in History
- Tsar Bomba: the largest and most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested was detonated by the Soviet Union over the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya (1961)
- Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in a heavyweight bout in Congo (then called Zaire) (1974)
- Quebec: voters opted to stay part of Canada by a hair's-breadth majority of 50.6% to 49.4% (1995)
- John Adams (1735-1826): the first vice president of the US, and its second president
Charles Atlas (1893-1972): Italian-born bodybuilder who ran a mail order course for "97-pound weaklings" - Henry Winkler (63): The Fonz of Happy Days; other actors born on this date are Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) and Nia Long (38)
- Bobby "The Blue Bastard" Baxojayz (37): supreme evil dictator of the universe.
2 comments:
Happy B-day Bob! You look very young for your age and have a hell of a lot more hair on your head than I do. Hope it was a good one. :)
Thanks a lot Steve! It was good. We headed for Pennsylvania and went to a haunted house. Fun!
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