Check the time

[msmoon]

Did anyone check the time?.....That's right.....it's not a typo. After all the drama and moaning...

AMOS IS BACK ONLINE!!!!!!!

*cough cough* I should know better than to do that when it's so nippy out >.> Oh well. I need to hurry up and shower so Mom and I can watch The Devil Wears Prada. I shall go through my e-mail (128 of the -.-) after that, and we shall see if there is any reason to post later. Ja!

 

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You Probably Look Younger Than Your Age

You live a healthy lifestyle and know how to take care of yourself. You'll probably have a youthful glow for many years.

Do You Look Your Age?

 

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On This Day:
Tuesday January 9, 2007

This is the 9th day of the year, with 356 days remaining in 2007.

Fact of the Day: Jack Russell terriers

The Jack Russell terrier is a type of dog that was bred for hunting. The breed is named after the Reverend John (Parson Jack) Russell (1795-1883) who first bred such a dog in the mid-1800s. Rev. Russell was an avid fox hunter and breeder of fox-hunting dogs. The first Jack Russell terrier went by the name "Trump."

Holidays

• Feast day of Saints Julian and Basilissa, St. Berhtwald of Canterbury, St. Peter of Sebastea, St. Waningus or Vaneng, and St. Marciana of Rusuccur.
• Panama: Martyrs' Day.
• Philippines: Feast of the Black Nazarene.

Events

• 1719 - Philip V of Spain declared war on France.
• 1768 - Englishman Philip Astley staged the first modern circus, in London.
• 1788 - Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America.
• 1793 - Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard made the first manned free-balloon flight in America, at Philadelphia, watched by President George Washington.
• 1799 - British prime minister William Pitt the Younger introduced income tax, at two shillings (10p) in the pound, to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1861 - Mississippi seceded from the Union.
• 1951 - The United Nations headquarters opened in New York City.
• 1972 - In Hong Kong harbor, the Queen Elizabeth passenger line was destroyed by fire.
• 2007 - MM's computer finally decided to get its butt in gear and get online!!!!
  

Births

• 1890 - Karel Capek, Czech writer and playwright.
• 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and critic.
• 1913 - Richard Milhous Nixon, first American president to resign from office (following his involvement in the Watergate scandal).
• 1914 - Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Hovick), American actress, dancer, stripper.
• 1941 - Joan Baez, American singer and activist.

Deaths

• 1873 - Napoleon III, French emperor.