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Monday, September 7, 2026

gibbosity \ gi-BOS-i-tee \ , noun; 

1. a protuberance or swelling. 
2. the state of being gibbous. 

Origin: Gibbosity is related to the word gibbous , which comes from the Latin gibbōsus meaning "humped." 

Song Binging

• To binge on a song or artist. The act of repeatedly and obsessively listening to a particular song or artist over a relatively short period of time. Periods of song binging are followed by extended periods of skipping the certain track or artist, leaving them unplayed.

girl: omg, im so bloody obsessed with fall out boy's new song!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ive played it 84 times in the last 24hrs!!!

guy: stop song binging and go listen to other shit for once.

  

Holiday

• Labor Day: Holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. In most other countries—and among the leftists in the United States and Canada—May Day (May 1) is celebrated instead.

 

History

• Brazil: the largest country in South America declared its independence from Portugal (1822)
• Peking Protocol: ended the Boxer Rebellion in China (1901)
• Miss America: the first competition began, as a two-day beauty contest, in Atlantic City, New Jersey (1921)
• Tasmanian wolf: the last known thylacine, Benjamin, died in Hobart Zoo, though there may be survivors in the wild (1936)
• London Blitz: heavy bombing of the UK by the Nazi Luftwaffe began during WWII (1940)
• ESPN: the popular all-sports network made its debut on cable TV (1979)
  Astroland: After decades of amazing visitors, the Brooklyn amusement park closed for the last time ever. (2008)

Birthdays

• Elizabeth I (England) 1533
• Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses) 1860
• J.J. Morgan 1867
• Taylor Caldwell 1900
• Michael DeBakey 1908
• Elia Kazan 1909
• David Packard 1912
• Sir Anthony Quayle 1913
• Al Caiola 1920
• Arthur Ferrante 1921
• Louise Suggs 1923
• Peter Lawford 1923
• Al McGuire 1928
• Sonny Rollins 1930
• Little Milton 1934
• Buddy Holly 1936
• John Phillip Law 1937
• Richard Roundtree 1942
• (Chic) Alfa Anderson 1946
• Alfa Anderson (Brown Sugar) 1946
• Gloria Gaynor 1949
• Susan Blakely 1950
• Julie Kavner 1951
• Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders) 1951
• Corbin Bernsen 1954
• Doug Bradley 1954 - Actor (Hellraiser)
  
• Michael Emerson 1954 - Actor ("Lost", "Saw") 
• Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) 1954
• Michael Feinstein 1956
• Margot Chapman 1957
• Chad Sexton (311) 1970
• Shannon Elizabeth 1973
• Devon Sawa 1978

 

 

       

         

          

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

  

Ready for the football?

The 26/27 season opens this week

Sunday, September 6, 2026

favonian \ fuh-VOH-nee-uhn \ , adjective; 

1. of or pertaining to the west wind. 
2. mild or favorable; propitious. 

Origin: Favonian comes from Favonius , the ancient Roman personification of the west wind. The word entered English in the mid-1600s. 

Bus Surfing

• The act of attempting to ride a bus by standing in the aisle like a surfer. The goal is to stand for as long as possible without touching anything (seats, poles, people) for support. Often a competition between two people to see who can stand the longest..

''On the way home last night I was bus surfing for a full 3 minutes!''

History

• 
  William McKinley: US president was shot by an anarchist; he died eight days later (1901)
• Piggly Wiggly: the first self-service supermarket opened in Memphis, Tennessee (1916)
• Queen Juliana: popular monarch assumed the throne of the Netherlands, which she retained until 1980 (1948)
• Hendrik Verwoerd: South African prime minister was stabbed to death by a deranged parliamentary messenger in parliament in Cape Town (1966)
• Saint Petersburg: the original name was restored after the Russian city had been Leningrad since 1924 (1991)
• Cal Ripken Jr.: played in his 2,131st consecutive game and broke Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" record (1995); his streak ended at 2,632 games on September 20, 1998

Birthdays

• Marquis de Lafayette 1757
• Jane Addams 1860
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• Max Schreck 1879 
• Otto Kruger 1885
• Joseph P. Kennedy 1888 - bootlegger
• Billy Rose 1899
• Morgan Beatty 1902
• Maxie ‘Slapsie’ Rosenbloom 1904
• Vince DiMaggio 1912
• Jimmy Reed (Matthew James Reed Leland) 1925
• JoAnne Worley 1937
• David Allen Coe 1939
• Brian Smith 1940
• Mel McDaniel 1942
• Swoosie Kurtz 1944

• Roger Waters 1944 - Musician (Pink Floyd) 
• Ron Boone 1946
• Jane Curtin 1947
• Claydes Smith 1948 - Musician (Kool & the Gang)
• Banner Thomas 1954 - Musician (Molly Hatchet)
• Joe Smyth 1957 - Musician (Sawyer Brown)
• Jeff Foxworthy 1958
• Michael Winslow 1960
• Perry Bamonte 1960 - Musician (The Cure)
• Paul Waaktaar 1961 - Musician (a-ha)
• Mark Chestnut 1963
• Rosie Perez 1964
• William DuVall 1967 - Musician (Alice in Chains, Comes With The Fall)
• CeCe Peniston 1969
• Darryl Anthony 1969 - Musician (Az Yet)
• Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries) 1971
• Justin Whalen 1974
• Nina Persson 1974 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Foxy Brown 1979

  

  

 

  

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Saturday, September 5, 2026

euthenics \ yoo-THEN-iks \ , noun; 

• a science concerned with bettering the condition of human beings through the improvement of their environment.

Origin: Euthenics entered English in the early 1900s from the Greek word euthēn(eîn) meaning "to be well off, prosper."  

fexpensive, (adj.) 

• Fucking expensive

A: Oh man, look at the price! 200 bucks for a shirt!

B: Wow, it does look fexpensive.

Holiday

• International Bacon Day or Bacon Day is an unofficial observance held on the Saturday before Labor Day in theUnited States. (Labor Day is traditionally the first Monday of September). Bacon day celebrations typically include social gatherings during which participants create and consume dishes containing bacon, including bacon-themed breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and drinks 

History

• Peter the Great: the Russian czar levied a tax on beards (1698)

  
• Continental Congress: delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies (Georgia did not attend) convened in Philadelphia to seek repeal of the British Intolerable Acts (1774)
• Sam Houston: was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas (1836)
• On the Road: Jack Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness novel, considered a defining work of the Beat Generation, was published (1957)
• Munich Massacre: Palestinian terrorists of the Black September group murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics (1972)

Birthdays

• Louis VIII (King of France) 1187
• Louis XIV (King of France) 1638
• Johann Christian Bach 1735
• Jesse James 1847
• Morris Carnovsky 1897
• Arthur Charles Nielsen 1897
• Florence Eldridge 1901
• Darryl F. Zanuck 1902
• Arthur Koestler 1905
• John Cage 1912
• Gail Kubik 1914
• Jack Buetel 1917
• Jack Valenti 1921
• Bob Newhart 1929
• Andrian G Nikolayev 1929
• Robert Dennard 1932
• Carol Lawrence 1935
• John Ferguson 1938
• William Devane 1939
• Clay Regazzoni 1939
• Susumu Tonegawa 1939
• John Stewart (The Kingston Trio) 1939


• Raquel Welch 1940
• Eduardo Mata 1942
• Steve Miller 1943
• Al Stewart 1945
• Buddy Miles 1946
• Loudon Wainwright III 1946
• Freddie Mercury (Queen) 1946
• Kathy Cronkite 1950
• Cathy Lee Guisewaite 1950
• Jamie Oldaker (The Tractors) 1951
• Sandra Guiboard 1956
• Kristian Alfonso 1964
• Terry Ellis (En Vogue) 1966
  
• Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine) 1968
• Dweezil Zappa 1969
• Tina Yothers 1973
• Rose McGowan 1974
• Andrew Ducote 1986