Sunday, December 8, 2024

balsamaceous \bawl-suh-MEY-shuhs\, adjective:

• Possessing healing or restorative qualities.

Balsamaceous derives from the Latin balsamum, "resin of the Balsam tree." This substance is historically celebrated for its aroma and healing properties.

 
Pavlov's Dougie

• When a person hears the song "Teach Me How to Dougie" by Cali Swag District, and has a pavlov's dog-type reaction, being un-able to do anything but the "Dougie" dance. This term references an experiment by Ivan Pavlov in which dogs were trained to salivate upon hearing the ringing of the bell.

Duder 1: "I know what will get him going."

Duder 2: "Yea put on that Dougie son. He can't resist them shits. Might as well call that kid Pavlov's Dougie."

(song starts playing)

Duder 3: "Oh damn you guys." (starts Dougie-ing)

History

• Immaculate Conception: the belief that the Virgin Mary was born free of sin was defined as a dogma by Pope Pius IX (1854)
• World War II: the day after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the US entered into WWII (1941)
• CIS: the Commonwealth of Independent States was established instead of the USSR by Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (1991)
• NAFTA: Canadian-Mexican-US trade pact was signed into law by US President Bill Clinton (1993)

Birthdays

• Horace 65 B.C.
• Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots) 1542
• Bjornstjerne Bjornson 1832
• Diego Rivera 1886
• James Thurber 1894
• Lee J. Cobb 1911
• Floyd Tillman 1914
• Sammy Davis, Jr. 1925
• Richard Fleischer 1926
• Maximillian Schell 1930
• Flip Wilson 1933
• David Carradine 1936
• James MacArthur 1937
• Jerry Butler 1939
• James Galway 1939
• Bobby Elliot (The Hollies) 1942
• Jim Morrison (Doors) 1943
• John Rubenstein 1946
• Greg Allman (Allman Brothers) 1947
• Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant) 1949
• Kim Basinger 1953
• Warren Cuccurullo (Duran Duran) 1957
• Phil Collen (Def Leppard) 1957 
• Marty Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) 1959
• Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) 1959
• Marty Friedman (Megadeth) 1962
• Malcolm Gets 1963
• Teri Hatcher 1964
• Sinead O'Connor 1966
• Matthew Laborteaux 1966
• Bushwick Bill (The Geto Boys) 1966
• Ryan Newell (Sister Hazel) 1972
• Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) 1973
• Dominic Monaghan (Dominic Bernard Patric Monaghan) 1976 - Actor ("Lost," "Lord of the Rings")
• Ian Somerhalder 1978 - Actor ("Lost," "The Vampire Diaries")