Hey everyone.

BenBlair, DoneThat here. sorry for being out of touch. Work at HOBY has been busy.
I promise to do more and get better content up here.

Enjoy the funny stuff.

BBDT.

WORD OF THE DAY

***Ok, so this one seemed really appropriate given the time of year. Be safe out there Monday night!***

Word of the Day for Sunday, December 30, 2007
bibulous \BIB-yuh-luhs\, adjective:

1. Of, pertaining to, marked by, or given to the consumption of alcoholic drink.
2. Readily absorbing fluids or moisture.

"Vineyards are everywhere, especially when Felix approaches Paris, the most populous city in Christendom -- and the most bibulous too, since lousy local wine had to be drunk before it   more...turned sour in a few months."
-- Eugen Weber, "Renaissance Men", New York Times, April 13, 1997

"Ever since the joys of the fermented grape were discovered, the bibulous have been waking up feeling the worse for wear."
-- Sally Chatterton, "The Daily Website: www.hungover.net"

Bibulous comes from Latin bibulus, from bibere, "to drink."
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Reference of the Day:
On This Day: Sunday December 30, 2007
(This is the 364th day of the year, with 1 day remaining in 2007. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!)

HOLIDAYS:
Feast day of St. Sabinus of Spoleto, St. Anysia, St. Anysius, and St. Egwin.
Philippines: Rizal Day.

EVENTS
1853 - The United States bought 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. The treaty established the final boundaries of the southern United States.
1862 - The Union ironclad ship USS Monitor (famous for her battle   more...with the Merrimac) sank off Cape Hatteras during a storm.
1879 - Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" was first performed, in England.
1880 - In British South Africa, the Transvaal province was declared an independent Boer republic, which set off an armed conflict with Britain.
1911 - Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China.
1922 - Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, comprising a confederation of Russia, Byelorussia, the Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation.
1940 - California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened.
1948 - "Kiss Me Kate" opened on Broadway, New York City.
1951 - "The Roy Rogers Show" premiered on TV.
1963 - "Let's Make a Deal" premiered on television.
1965 - Ferdinand E. Marcos was sworn in as the Philippine Republic's sixth president.
1972 - The United States halted its heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

Births
1865 - Rudyard Kipling, English novelist, short story author, poet, Nobel Prize for Literature winner.
1867 - Simon Guggenheim, American philanthropist.
1928 - Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates, Ellas McDaniel), American rhythm and blues singer.
1959 - Tracey Ullman, English comedienne.
1975 - Tiger Woods, American pro golfer.

Deaths
1933 - Ion Duca, the liberal premier of Romania, assassinated by a member of the Iron Guard, an extreme rightist movement.
1979 - Richard Rodgers, American composer of musical comedies and collaborator with Oscar Hammerstein.
2004 - Arthur Arshawsky (Artie Shaw), an accomplished jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer.
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Ok, so I used to do this blog on myspace that put gave a "word" of the day and then listed a bunch of things that happened on this day in history. Well, I sucked at keeping it up to date, so I'm gonna try and do it here for a little bit.

P.S. Props to PhotoJeNic for being my friend. Check out her Channel. Her channel is www.livevideo.com/photojenic

Peace.
benblairdonethat

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.
~ Paulo Choelo