Monday, October 12, 2026

tintinnabular \ tin-ti-NAB-yuh-ler \ , adjective;

• of or pertaining to bells or bell ringing. 

Origin: Tintinnabular comes from the Latin tintinnābulum meaning "bell."

bangover

• Sore neck as a result of headbanging at a metal concert.

"How was the Meshuggah show last night dude?"

"Ah man it was sick! I got the worst fucking bangover d00d."

Trivia
How old was Christopher Columbus when he went to sea for the first time?

• 14.

Where in the U.S. was the first monument to Christopher Columbus erected?

• In Baltimore, Maryland, in 1792, on the 300th anniversary of his historic voyage. Originally on the private estate of the French consul, the 44½-foot-tall white obelisk now stands in Herring Run Park in northeast Baltimore.

Holiday

• Columbus Day [USA]

History

• New World: Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Bahamas (1492)
• Oktoberfest: tradition of beery celebration began with the wedding reception of King Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1810)

  
• The Pledge of Allegiance: was first recited in US public schools (1892)
• Nikita Krushchev: the Soviet premier made an impact when he pounded his shoe on his desk at a UN General Assembly meeting (1960)
• the day of six billion: the official UN-designated approximate day that the world population hit 6 billion; it was 12 years after the population reached 5 billion (1999)
• USS Cole: suicide bombers on an explosives-laden boat rammed into the American destroyer in Yemen; 17 US sailors died (2000)
• Bali: 202 people died when a terrorist's bomb destroyed a nightclub on the Indonesian island (2002)

Birthdays

• Elmer Sperry 1860
• Perle Mesta 1891
• Joe Cronin (MLB) 1906
  
• Guitar Gabriel 1925
• Antonia Rey 1927
• Nappy Brown 1929
• Ned Jarrett 1932
• Jean Nidetch 1932
• Dick Gregory 1932
• Luciano Pavarotti 1935
• Samuel Moore (Sam & Dave) 1935
  
• Lawrence Jeffrey 1940
• Melvin Franklin (Temptations) 1942
• Chris Wallace 1947
• Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) 1948
• Susan Anton 1950
• Ronald E. McNair 1950
• Pat DiNizzio (Smithereens) 1955
• Dave Vanian (The Damned) 1956
• Claude McKnight (Take 6) 1962
• Adam Rich 1968
• Hugh Jackman 1968
• Garfield Bright (Shai) 1969
• Martie Seidel (Dixie Chicks) 1969
• Kirk Cameron 1970

 

 

 

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Ursprache \ OOR-shprah-khuh; German OOR-shprah-khuh \ , noun;

• a hypothetically reconstructed parent language, as Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of the Germanic languages.

Origin: Ursprache came to Enlgish in the 20th century from the German prefix ur- meaning "earliest, original" and Sprache meaning "speech." 

tinnies \ Australian, noun;

• cans; tins of beer.

Hundereds of empty tinnies littered the floor of my house.

 

 

History 

• Daughters of the American Revolution: lineage-based, conservative patriotic society was founded (1890)
• Vatican II: ecumenical council that led to liberalization and modernization of the church was convened by Pope John XXIII(1962)
• Saturday Night Live: late-night comedy-variety show debuted on NBC; George Carlin hosted (1975) 

Birthdays

• Parson Mason Weems 1759 - He was responsible for the story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree.
• Henry Heinz 1884
• Eleanor Roosevelt 1884
• Willie Hoppe 1887
• Charles Revson 1906
• Joseph Alsop 1910
• Jerome Robbins 1918
• Art Blakey 1919
• Linda Stirling 1921
• Knobby (Grant) Warwick 1921
• Elmore Leonard 1925
• James Morrison 1931
• Dottie West 1932
• Ron Leibman 1937
• Maria Bueno 1939
• Gene Watson 1943
• Robert Gale 1945
• Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates) 1948
• Catlin Adams 1950
• Andre Woolfolk (Earth, Wind and Fire) 1950
• David Morse 1953
• Paulette Carlson 1953
• Lindy Boone (The Boone Family) 1955
• Steve Young (NFL) 1961
• Joan Cusack 1962
• Sean Patrick Flanery 1965
• Luke Perry 1966
• Jane Kradowski 1968
• MC Lyte 1971
  Claudia Black 1972
  
• NeeNa Lee 1975
• Michelle Trachtenberg 1985

    

      

                  

        

 

 

Happy Birthday HOOTERS!

Happy Birthday Hooters!

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Happy Birthday Hooters!

 

 

 

 

Cuz who doesn't love buffalo wings and cold beer?

 

 

 

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Is it Friday yet?

Need a drink? This looks like the strong stuff!

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

flibbertigibbet \ FLIB-er-tee-jib-it \ , noun; 

1. Archaic . a gossip. 
2. a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin: Flibbertigibbet is of obscure origin, but is thought have been formed as an imitative representation of the sound of chatter or gossip. It entered English in the late 1400s. 

 

White Girl Wasted

• To be extremely drunk, high or a mixture of both. The term is derived from the extreme inebriation most commonly experienced by white females between age 17 to 27.

Tonight is 50 cent shot night, we getting white girl wasted for sure!

 

 

History

• Richard II: became the first English king to abdicate his throne; he was forced to do so by his successor, Henry IV, and died shortly thereafter (1399)
• bobbies: Sir Robert Peel's police force went on duty at Scotland Yard (1829)
• Tylenol scare: began with the first of seven deaths in the Chicago area from ingestion of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules (1982) 
  SOMEWHERE IN TIME - Iron Maiden's 6th studio album was released (1986)  
• Dow Jones: had its steepest one-day drop in history, 778 points (2008)

Birthdays

• Miguel de Cervantes 1547
• Horatio Nelson (England) 1758
• Gene Autry 1907
  
• Richard Harkness 1907
• Greer Garson 1908
• Michelangelo Antonioni 1912
• Stanley Kramer 1913
• Trevor Howard 1916
• Lizabeth Scott 1922
• Bum Phillips 1923
• Steve Forrest 1924
• Anita Ekberg 1931
• Jerry Lee Lewis 1935 - Musician
• Larry Linville 1939
• Jean-Luc Ponty 1942
• Madeline Kahn 1942
• Ian McShane 1942
• Lech Walesa 1943
• Mike Post 1944
• Patricia Hodge 1946
• Bryant Gumbel 1948
  
• Mike Pinera (Iron Butterfly) 1948
• Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad) 1948
• Alvin Crow 1950
• Sebastian Coe 1956
• Suzzy Roche (The Roches) 1956
• Andrew "Dice" Clay 1958
• Les Claypool (Primus) 1963
• Devante Swing 1969
• Emily Lloyd 1970
• Natasha Gregson Wagner 1970