convivial \kuhn-VIV-ee-uhl\ , adjective:
- Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable.
- 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.
History
- Leif Erikson: the Norwegian explorer became the first European to step on North American soil (1000)
- 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) (not the one from Little House on the Prairie)
Birthdays
- Rube Marquard 1889
- Bruce Catton 1899
- Aimee Semple McPherson 1890
- Otto Schnering 1891
- Alistair Sim 1900
- Howard St. John 1905
- Jacques Tati 1908
- Edward Andrews 1914
- Fyvush Finkel 1923
- Donald Sinden 1923
- Joe Pepitone (MLB) 1940
- John Lennon 1940 - Musician (Beatles)
- Peter Tosh 1944
- John Alec Entwistle 1944 - Musician (The Who)
- Jackson Browne 1948 - Musician
- Robert Wuhl 1951
- James Fearnley 1954 - Musician (The Pogues)
- Shona Laing 1955
- Scott Bakula 1955 - Actor
- Alain David "Al" Jourgensen 1958 - Musician (Ministry)
- Mike Singletary (NFL) 1958
- Michael Pare 1959
- Kurt Neumann 1961 - Musician (The Bodeans)
- Gary Bennett (BR5-49) 1964
- Guillermo del Toro 1964
- PJ Harvey (Polly Jean Harvey) 1969 - Musician, singer, songwriter
- Sean Lennon (Sean Tara Ono Lennon) 1975
- Randy Spelling 1978
- Zachery Ty Bryan 1981
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