Re: Off Topic Bullsh*t Thread Volume X

[preddy08]

Just downloaded the new Metallica, damn does it kick ass!!!

[Sand84]

Just downloaded the new Metallica, damn does it kick ass!!!

From where?

[preddy08]

ISOHUNT!!!

I've DL like 30GB worth of music in the last week....LOL

[Peelz]

Just downloaded the new Metallica, damn does it kick ass!!!

  My apocalypse!

[NaturalRaptor]

Just downloaded the new Metallica, damn does it kick ass!!!

I can't wait to get home and do the same!
I heard a new song from AC~DC yesterday and it was good. They have anew album due out in October.

[socalrappy700]

Mornin

[Peelz]

Mornin

Already? 

[socalrappy700]

yep, its going to be one of those days.   

[Krandall]

Just downloaded the new Metallica, damn does it kick ass!!!

you dirty pirate. 

[Flynbyu]

Just downloaded the new Metallica, damn does it kick ass!!!

  My apocalypse!

Cyanide.

Bad ass.

~Brian

[NaturalRaptor]

Mornin

Morning all! How's it going?

Things are getting tense around here as they are now saying we in the certer of the cone of prediction for Hurricane Ike. We have been in meetings still 6:30 this morning. This is when it sucks to work for the utility company!

[Flynbyu]

Today in history...

Sep 10 1846

1,000 members of the Illinois State Militia, under the command of one Thomas Brockman, begin what will become a six-day campaign to drive out the Mormon settlement of Nauvoo. The first day consists of a cannon bombardment of the town, and things escalate from there. A treaty signed at the end of the week exchanges a Mormon surrender for the preservation of life and property, but the Illinois side flagrantly violates this agreement by raping and looting the village.

Sep 10 1977

Convicted torture-killer Hamida Djandoubi, an immigrant from Tunisia, becomes the last person executed by France when he is guillotined in Marseilles.

Sep 10 1990

Liberian president Samuel Doe is stripped naked, beaten, and tortured to death. He had been taken hostage in Monrovia the previous day by rebels led by Prince Johnson. They capture the entire process on videotape, which soon becomes West Africa's most-watched snuff film. Most memorable moment: when they cut off one of Doe's ears and Johnson chews it up.

Sep 10 1993

The X-Files premieres on the Fox network. 7.4 million homes tune in for the science fiction/conspiracy/detective show.

Birthdays today...
1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
1487 - Pope Julius III, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (d. 1555)
1550 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)
1561 - Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
1588 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666)
1624 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
1786 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
1786 - William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
1801 - Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
1836 - Joseph Wheeler, American general (d. 1906)
1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912)
1839 - Charles Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914)
1844 - Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
1861 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941)
1866 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
1871 - Charles Collett, British mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
1886 - Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961)
1890 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
1890 - Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945)
1892 - Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1893 - Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian
1895 - Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976).
1896 - Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
1896 - Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
1896 - Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
1897 - Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)
1897 - Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
1898 - Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
1898 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
1904 - Max Shachtman, American politician (d. 1972)
1907 - Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
1908 - Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (d. 1996)
1908 - Raymond Scott, American composer, bandleader, electronic music pioneer (d. 1994)
1912 - Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993)
1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
1915 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
1917 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat
1918 - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)
1920 - Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001)
1922 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer
1924 - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1924 - Boyd K. Packer, LDS apostle
1928 - Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate
1928 - Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer
1931 - Philip Baker Hall, American actor
1932 - Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
1934 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
1934 - Roger Maris, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1935 - Mary Oliver, American poet
1937 - Jared Diamond, American biologist and author
1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
1941 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
1942 - Danny Hutton, American singer
1943 - Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler
1943 - Daniel Truhitte, American actor
1943 - Neale Donald Walsch, American author
1944 - Sir Thomas Allen, English baritone
1945 - Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete
1946 - Don Powell, English drummer
1946 - Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
1948 - Judy Geeson, English actress
1948 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player
1948 - Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau
1948 - Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer
1948 - Charlie Waters, American football player
1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler
1949 - Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and commentator
1950 - Joe Perry, American musician
1952 - Vic Toews, Canadian politician
1953 - Amy Irving, American actress
1956 - Johnny Hickman, American musician
1957 - Carol Decker, UK singer
1957 - Kate Burton, Swiss actress
1958 - Chris Columbus, American film director
1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer
1959 - Peter Nelson, American actor
1960 - Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist
1960 - Colin Firth, English actor
1960 - David Lowery, American musician
1963 - Randy Johnson, American baseball player
1963 - Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician
1964 - John E. Sununu, American politician
1965 - Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer
1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director
1969 - Jonathon Schaech, American actor
1970 - Paula Kelley, musician
1972 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
1972 - James Duval, American actor
1972 - Bente Skari, Norwegian cross-country skier
1972 - Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer
1973 - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
1974 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor
1974 - Mirko Filipovic, Croatian martial artist
1974 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player
1975 - Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor
1975 - Sammy Knight, American football player
1976 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
1976 - Federico Gasperoni, San Marinese football player
1977 - Danys Báez, Cuban baseball player
1978 - Nish Selvadurai, Australian comedian
1979 - Jacob Young, American actor
1979 - Mustis, Norwegian musician (Dimmu Borgir)
1980 - Mikey Way, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1980 - Roger Mason, American basketball player
1981 - Tracy Ip, Miss Hong Kong 2005
1982 - Travis Rice, American snowboarder
1982 - Staffan Kronwall, Swedish hockey player
1982 - Guillermo Israilevich, Argentinian-Israeli footballer
1983 - Joey Votto, Canadian Major League baseball player
1983 - Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer
1984 - Matthew Followill, guitarist of American rock band Kings Of Leon
1985 - James B Graham, English rugby player
1986 - Greg Garbowsky, American Musician
1988 - Jordan Staal, Canadian hockey player
1989 - Sanjaya Malakar, TV show contestant

Famous deaths...
210 BC - Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China.
918 - Count Baldwin II of Flanders (b. 865)
954 - King Louis IV of France (b. 920)
1167 - Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
1197 - Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
1217 - William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon
1308 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)
1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371)
1482 - Federico da Montefeltro, Italian Renaissance condottiero and arts patron
1519 - John Colet, English churchman and educator
1559 - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
1591 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542)
1604 - William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545)
1607 - Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b. 1545)
1669 - Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
1676 - Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
1680 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b. 1610)
1748 - Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
1749 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
1759 - Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (b. 1703)
1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)
1801 - Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (b. 1780)
1851 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b. 1787)
1867 - Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b. 1788)
1898 - Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1837)
1905 - Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
1915 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
1931 - Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1869)
1935 - Huey Long, American politician (b. 1893)
1937 - Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b. 1892)
1948 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
1952 - Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect (b. 1866)
1961 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (b. 1880)
1961 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. 1928)
1965 - Father Divine, American religious leader (b. 1880)
1966 - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891)
1971 - Pier Angeli, Italian actress (b. 1932)
1975 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1976 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (b. 1905)
1978 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)
1979 - Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (b. 1922)
1983 - Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1983 - John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1915)
1985 - Jock Stein, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1922)
1991 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
1995 - Charles Denner, French actor (b. 1926)
1996 - Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 - Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
1997 - Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
1998 - Carl Forgione, British actor (b. 1944)
1999 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927)
2000 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
2001 - DJ Uncle Al (b.1969)
2004 - Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (b. 1924)
2006 - Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
2006 - King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (b. 1918)
2006 - Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith (b. 1986)
2007 - Jane Wyman, American actress (b.1917)
2007 - Anita Roddick, British businesswoman (b.1942)
2007 - Ted Stepien, former basketball team owner (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances...
Calendar of Saints - Nicholas of Tolentino; Saint Aubert.
Also see September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Gibraltar - National Day.
Teacher's Day in China.

Have a great Wednesday.

~Brian
                     

[socalrappy700]

Sep 10 1993

The X-Files premieres on the Fox network. 7.4 million homes tune in for the science fiction/conspiracy/detective show.

And I was one of them.   

[preddy08]

Dirty priate, why yes, yes I am!

I had to reformat my HD and have lost all my music and all my movies!

[Krandall]

Sep 10 1990

Liberian president Samuel Doe is stripped naked, beaten, and tortured to death. He had been taken hostage in Monrovia the previous day by rebels led by Prince Johnson. They capture the entire process on videotape, which soon becomes West Africa's most-watched snuff film. Most memorable moment: when they cut off one of Doe's ears and Johnson chews it up.