Great Things on August 16th

August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 137 days remaining until the end of the year.

Steve Carrell was born on August 16th. Oh, so was Vanessa Carlton.

Some crazy shit in history also went down during the 16th. In 2005, West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 crashes near Machiques, Venezuela, killing the 160 aboard. I don't know how to feel about that, especially on today's date. I was going to say something like "Pure PWNAGE," but it doesn't feel appropriate.

"Fuck You" moment in 1992: In response to an appeal by President Fernando Collor de Mello to wear green and yellow as a way to show support for him, thousands of Brazilians take to the streets dressed in black. I imagine that he was pissed. Good thing he didn't pull a Stalin and just kill them all.

CHECK OUT THE AMERICAN PWNAGE. 1964. Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. YES YES.

This next one is my favorite, I'll be honest. 1384. The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them—a case considered equal to the act of destroying stamped government documents, which by law necessitated one hundred floggings by a bamboo rod. That'd be an awesome law nowadays.

But enough rambling. Today is my birthday, for those of you who are uninformed. I'll make this brief and stop with the Copypasta. I am 21. That means all the beer, all the alcohol, all the bad decisions, they are now officially my responsibility.

What's a Playboy to do? Well I'll tell you what I WONT DO, DAMNIT! I do NOT plan on remembering anything after 8pm.

Renarudo Out.