Thursday, August 3, 2017

hacienda \hah-see-EN-duh\, noun:

• A large estate, especially one used for farming or ranching.

Hacienda enters English from the Spanish word of the same meaning, which derives from the Latin facienda, "things to be done or made."

 

Boner Shock

• Expressions or actions performed that causes your boner to go into "shock" or go back into the flaccid stage.

That girl gave me boner shock when right before sex she said "I always forgets to take my birth control."

History

• Christopher Columbus: set sail from Palos, Spain, on the voyage that would take him to America (1492)
• La Scala: leading opera house opened in Milan with a production of Salieri's opera Europa riconosciuta, which was not performed again until December 7, 2004, when La Scala reopened after renovations (1788)
• NBA: the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America merged to form America's professional basketball league (1949)
• USS Nautilus: the world's first nuclear-powered submarine sailed over the North Pole underwater in a journey under the Arctic ice cap (1958)
• Air Traffic Controllers Strike: PATCO workers walked out, leading to the firing of nearly all air traffic controllers by President Ronald Reagan two days later; in the wake of this event, US labor unions were weakened (1981)
• Statue of Liberty: pedestal reopened to the public for first time since 9/11 (2004)

Birthdays

• Ernie Pyle 1900
• John T. Scopes 1900
• Ray Bloch 1902
• Margaret Kuhn 1905
• Dolores Del Rio 1905
• John Gunther 1910
• Charlie Shavers (John Kirby Sextet) 1917
• Les Elgart 1918
• P.D. James 1920
• Richard Adler 1921
• Marilyn Maxwell 1921
• Leon Uris 1924
• Gordon Stoker 1924 - Musician (The Jordanaires)
• Tony Bennett 1926
• Gordon Scott 1927
• Alex Cord 1931
• Elsa Martinelli 1933
• Stephen Berkoff 1937
• Martin Sheen 1940
• Lance Alworth 1940
• Martha Stewart 1941
• Beverly Lee 1941 - Musician (The Shirelles)
• B.B. Dickerson 1949 - Musician (War)
• John Landis 1950
• JoMarie Payton 1950
• Jay North 1951
• Marcel Dionne 1951
• Johnny Graham 1951 - Musician (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• John C. McGinley 1959
• James Hetfield 1963 - Musician (Metallica)
• Ed Roland 1963 - Musician (Collective Soul)
• Dean Sams 1966 - Musician (Lonestar)
  Michael Ealy 1973 - Actor (Almost Human, Underworld 4)
• Shirley Manson 1966 - (Garbage)
• Evangeline Lilly 1979 - Actress ("Lost")
• Holly Artnstein (Dream) 1985