Friday, June 5, 2009

abstemious \ab-STEE-mee-uhs\, adjective:

1. Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent.
2. Sparingly used or consumed; used with temperance or moderation.
3. Marked by or spent in abstinence.

Abstemious comes from Latin abstemius, from ab-, abs-, "away from" + the root of temetum, "intoxicating drink."

SOML

• Story of my life, used to tell someone that an occurance has happened to them frequently.

lolz1: ur so ghey
omfg2: oh shoot stfu errbudy be rejectin my azz
lolz1: soml
Trivia

What is “the best song ever made, ever produced, ever sung,” according to TV’s American Idol judge Simon Cowell?

• Bobby Darin’s version of “Mack the Knife.”

Today in History:

•gold standard: was abandoned by the United States (1933)
•Six-Day War: began; Israel was victorious against Egypt, Syria and Jordan; Jerusalem was reunited (1967)
•Robert Kennedy: US presidential candidate was shot by Sirhan Sirhan; he died the next day (1968)
•AIDS: first cases were reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; they were five people in Los Angeles (1981)

Today's Birthdays:

•John Couch Adams (1819-1892): mathematician and astronomer who predicted the existence of the planet Neptune
•John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946): economist who developed Keynesian economics; economist Adam Smith (1723-1790) shared this birth date
•Federico García Lorca (1898-1936): passionate Spanish poet, playwright and musician
•Ken Follett (60): author of Eye of the Needle; also born on this date was writer Margaret Drabble (70)
•Kenny G. (53): smooth jazz saxophonist, Duotones; also, rockers Laurie Anderson (62), Nicko McBrain (57) and Pete Wentz (30)
•Mark Wahlberg (38): actor, Boogie Nights, The Departed; also, actors Bill Hayes (84), Ron Livingston (42), Chad Allen (35), and Liza Weil and Navi Rawat (both 32)