"O furtuna, vela luna, statu variabilis..."

Hehe, normally I would say name that band, but this time, Name That Symphony!
Anyone who has hung out with me in the last three months should know this. It's the only CD I've ever bought in my life!

If you are new to my daily emails, welcome! You rock. I'm trying to get a solid reader-base, but people keep leaving and refusing to check their email for two years... psh!

Bands that everyone should give thought to: Swell Maps, Phish, Enon, The Postal Service, Velvet Underground. Mos!

Since I haven't written a daily email since Saturday, I'll catch up on the obscure holidays today. Friday was Dance Like a Chicken Day and National Receptionist Day (I think this includes Royal Official Advisors too). Saturday was International Migratory Bird Day, Hug Your Cat Day, Police Memorial Day, and National Chocolate Chip Day. Sunday was Love a Tree Day and Wear Purple For Peace Day. And today is Armed Forces Day and Pack Rat Day!

Words of the Day!!
Ludibrious- Inclined to scoff, scornful, mocking.
Maffick- to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Redoubtable- 1. Arousing fear or alarm 2. Illustrious, eminent, worthy of respect or honor

Irish Word of the Day!!

Word: pós (POHS)
Meaning: pós = marry
Usage: Verbs are shown in Irish dictionaries in the imperative singular, which for almost all verbs is identical with the verb root. "Pós!" by itself means "Marry!" or "Get married!" Other forms:

-Phós mé. (FOHS may) = I got married.
-Níor phós mé. (NEE-uhr FOHS may) = I didn't get married.
-Tá mé pósta. (TAW may POHS-tuh) = I am married.
-Níl mé pósta. (NEEL may POHS-tuh) = I'm not married.

History: Pós is not a native Celtic word. It was borrowed into Irish from Early French "espouser" or a similar form, descended from Latin "sponsare", which in turn comes from the Indo-European root *spend- (to bind oneself by a ritual act). Cognates are "spouse" and "sponsor".

Happy Birthday:
Antoine Court, 1691
John Penn, 1741
Edward Jenner, 1749 (STUD LIST!!) <--- FIRST TO TELL ME WHAT HE DID WINS A PRIZE!!
Joseph Norman Lockyer, 1836 (discovered Helium and founded Nature magazine)
Gerrit Mannoury, 1867
Werner Egk, 1901 (cool dude!)
Bob Saget, 1956 (hehe, anyone remember Save The Saget? I donated a quarter...)
Enya, (Eithne N¡ Bhraon in), 1961 <--- FIRST TO TELL ME HER BIRTH-CITY WINS A PRIZE!!
*Yesterday's birthday: Stephen Longmuir (aka Canada, Canuck, Linda's Lover)

Happy Deathday:
Guido van Arezzo, 1050
Alessandro di Botticelli, 1510
Jacob Wilhelm Lustig, 1796
Niccolo Paganini, 1840
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1864
Adolf Bernhard Marx, 1866
Lawrence Welk, 1992

Fun things that happened today in history:
1st merry-go-round seen at a fair, 1620
Niccolo Zucchi sees two belts on surface of Jupiter, 1630
Lewis & Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase, 1804
Rubber band patented, 1845
Saxophone patented, 1846 (by Antoine Joseph Sax)
Edwin T Holmes installs first telephone switchboard burglar alarm, 1877
Congress changes name "Porto Rico" to "Puerto Rico", 1932
Pennsylvania declares legal holiday to honor A's manager Connie Mack, 1941
Prayer Pilgrimage, 1957 <--- FIRST TO NAME THE CITY WINS A PRIZE!!
Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft, 1970
Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches, 1975
Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games, 1983

Random Invention of the Day: Play-Doh. Invented by Noah McVicker and Joseph McVicker in 1956. Cool stuff. Definitely very tasty and salty.

Ranom Influential Person of the Day: Joseph Lister (1827 - 1912), inventor of antiseptics. Definitely a good move.

Quotes of the Day:

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay
They sicken of the calm that know the storm.
Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)
Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
Lynda Barry
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
Woody Allen (1935 - )
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1895)
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
Menander (342 BC - 292 BC)
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
Hesiod (~800 BC)
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
So there are your random useless facts for the day, I hope you enjoyed them. Personal stories: I went out a couple of nights back with Steve and Kelv and we broke a Nalgene bottle. It took a few tries and we dragged it behind Steve's car and I chucked it out the window, going 75. And then we dropped it 8 stories. So that was pretty cool. And uhhh, I mowed the lawn... There really is nothing to do in Boise. I wish I could go see one of those rockin cool International Cinema flicks, or possibly catch a free concert in the HFAC. Alas, I'm stuck in Boise, where there are rarely good concerts, let alone free ones. And no one ever wants to go anyway. Lots of benefits there at the Y. Oh well. I cleaned out the fridge today. It was really really nasty. There was a bowl of potatoes in there that I didn't recognize as potatoes until I dumped it out, there was so much mold on top. Now aren't you glad I write to you? I hope you're all having a great time doing whatever it is you've been up to. Marc, I hope your white blood cells prevail against those accursed loser-cold-germs. Kevin, we need to plan. Or something. Mallory, thanks again for the uber-cds! *big smile* All the rest of ya's, keep being my friend please
Your Buddy,
Brian Harris