Friday, October 09, 2009

convivial \kuhn-VIV-ee-uhl\ , adjective:

1. Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable.
2. Merry, festive

Origin: Convivial comes from Latin convivium, "a feast, entertainment, a banquet," from conviva, "a table-companion, a guest," from convivere, "to live with, hence to feast with," from com-, con-, with + vivere, "to live."Merry; festive.

porn storm

• Surfing for porn and getting bombarded with pop-up windows.

I tried to mouse off last night but I kept getting caught in a porn storm.

Trivia

What color was Agent Orange, the powerful defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam war?

• It was colorless—named for the orange stripes on the barrels used to transport it.

Today in History

• Roger Williams: religious dissident who espoused a separation of church and state was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; he went on to found Rhode Island (1635)
• Yale University: was founded in New Haven, as The Collegiate School of Connecticut (1701)
• Laura Ingalls: became the first woman to fly solo across the US, from New York to California (1930)

Today's Birthdays

• Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935): French captain wrongly accused of treason in the Dreyfus Affair
• John Lennon (1940-1980): Beatle, activist, singer of "Imagine"; other musicians born on this date include Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), John Entwistle (1944-2002), Jackson Browne(61), Kenny Garrett (49), P.J. Harvey (40) and Sean Lennon (33)
• Tony Shalhoub (56): Emmy-winning actor, Monk; also, actors Fyvush Finkel (87), Richard Chavesand Robert Wuhl (both 58), Sharon Osbourne (57), Scott Bakula and John O'Hurley (both 55),Steve Burns (36), Brandon Routh (30), Zachery Ty Bryan (28) and Tyler James Williams (17)
• Mike Singletary (51): NFL hall-of-famer; golfing legend Annika Sorenstam (39) shares this birth date