WTF Friday: Emma Watson was NOT happy for some reason...

I tried to get Emma's autograph.

She wasn't happy about it.

Friday, December 5, 2025

commix \kuh-MIKS\, verb:

• to mix together; blend.

Commix is a backformation of commixt which was a combination of com- meaning "together" and the variant stem mix.

 
go duck yourself

• When you try to type "Go fuck yourself", but you auto correct turned it to that. Also can happen if you have large thumbs, and you type "go fuck yourself"

"Fuck you"
"Go duck yourself"

Holiday

• Krampusnacht

 

History

• Phi Beta Kappa: oldest collegiate honors society was founded as a secret club at the College of William and Mary (1776)
• Gold Rush: President James Polk confirmed that gold had been found in California and triggered the mass move West (1848)
• Prohibition: the 21st Amendment was passed, repealing the 18th Amendment and ending the ban on alcoholic beverages in the US (1933)
• Bermuda Triangle: US Navy squadron disappeared in the mysterious area, as did aircraft sent to search for it (1945)
• AFL-CIO: George Meany led the newly formed federation of labor unions (1955)
• "irrational exuberance": former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the market might be dangerously overvalued (1996)

Birthdays

• Martin Van Buren (U.S.) 1782
  
• Christina Georgina Rossetti 1830
• George Armstrong Custer 1839
• Walt Elias Disney 1901 - Disney movies, music and books
• Otto Preminger 1906
• Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) 1932
• Joan Didion 1934
• Calvin Trillin 1935
• J.J. Cale 1938
• Jeroen Krabbe 1944
• Jose Carreras 1947
• Jim Messina 1947 - Musician (Buffalo Springfield)
• Morgan Brittany 1951
• Brian Backer 1956
• Jack Russell 1960 - Musician (Great White)
• Ty England 1963
• Carrie Hamilton 1963
• John Rzeznick 1965 - Musician (The Goo Goo Dolls)
• Gary Allan 1967
• Margaret Cho 1968
• Amy Acker 1976
• Jessica Pare 1980
• Amara Zaragoza aka Tamara Feldman 1980
  
• Frankie Muniz 1985
• Ross Bagley 1988

 

  

 

  

Turtle Thursday: Har Har

Thursday, November 4, 2025

antitype \AN-ti-tahyp\, noun:

• something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.

Antitype comes from the Late Greek word antítypos which meant "the impression left by a die."

 

sleep tattoos, N. 

• The markings on the body from sleeping for an extended period of time, caused by blankets, clothing, or any other thing one would sleep on. Commonly found on the chest, face, and arms.

Person 1: I just had the best nap of my life

Person 2: whats that all over your chest?
Person 1: oh those are just some sleep tattoos from my blanket.

 

Trivia
How long are loggerhead turtles able to hold their breath underwater?

• More than 10 hours, a feat not matched by any other marine vertebrate.
  

History

• Chicago: was founded with a mission established by French priest Jacques Marquette on the shore of Lake Michigan (1674)
• suttee: the Hindu practice of a widow's self-immolation on her husband's funeral pyre was outlawed by the British in India (1829)
• Mary Celeste: the ship was discovered heading toward the Strait of Gibraltar, sound if somewhat wet, but all its crew and passengers were missing and have never been found (1872)
• The Los Angeles Times: began publication; it is now the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in the US (1881)

Birthdays

• Wassily Kandinsky 1866
• Francisco Franco 1892
• Deanna Durbin 1921
• Wink Martindale 1934
• Max Baer Jr. 1937
• John Cale 1940
• Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon 1940
• Chris Hillman 1942
• Bob Mosley 1942 - Musician (Moby Grape)
• Chris Hillman 1942 - Musician (Flying Burrito Brothers, Byrds)
• Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) 1944
• Southside Johnny Lyon 1948
• Jeff Bridges 1949
• Patricia Wettig 1951
• Gary Rossington 1951 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Anthony "Tony" Todd - Actor (The Crow)

• Cassandra Wilson 1955
• Brian Prout 1955 - Musician (Diamond Rio)
• Bob Griffin 1959 - Musician (The BoDeans)
• Vinnie Dombroski 1962 - Muscian (Sponge)
• Jozef Sabovcik 1963
• Marisa Tomei 1964 - Actress
• Chelsea Noble 1964
• Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter) 1969 - Rapper
• Tyra Banks 1973
• Lila McCann 1981
• Orlando Brown 1987

 

  

 

 

 

  

Hasselhoff Wednesday - It's December!

'Tis the season!

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

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Review Tuesday: KRULL (1983)

  

KRULL

1983

A prince assembles a team and collects a mystical weapon to save his princess and his planet from alien invaders. 

I remember being a pre-teen in 1983 and how the ads for KRULL captured all of our imaginations. There was even an ATARI-2600 game for it, which we had. I have a feeling we had the game before we got to see the movie because we always just waited for everything to come to broadcast television.   

So imagine a movie about a fantasy movie, but with an alien invasion, and that's KRULL. Two kingdoms are joining through marriage for an alliance when the ceremony is crashed by aliens who kill everyone and capture the Princess. The Prince survives his wounds, and travels the land, building an army to attack the aliens and their moving base and take back his princess. 

The movie is a fun series of adventures. It's awesome in its corniness and well worth the investment of time to watch. 

 

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

maugre \MAW-ger\, preposition:

• in spite of; notwithstanding.

Maugre comes from the Middle French word that literally meant "spite, ill-will."

 

fart reduction

• The process of repeatedly farting into a confined space or area, or on an item so as to infuse the space or item with the pure essence of the fart musk.

I totally gave my ex girlfriend's pillow a fart reduction the week after we fought.

History 

• Napoleon Bonaparte: was crowned emperor of France at Notre Dame (1804)
• Monroe Doctrine: was articulated by President James Monroe; it told Europe to stay out of the Americas (1823)
• EPA: Richard Nixon established a federal agency to set and enforce national pollution-control standards (1970)
• scientific experimentation: Enrico Fermi produced the first nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago (1942); Louis Paul Cailletet liquified oxygen (1877)
• artificial heart: Barney Clark was the recipient of the first such transplant, a Jarvik-7; he lived for 112 days (1982)
• Benazir Bhutto: was sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head a modern Muslim nation (1988)

Birthdays

• George Seurat 1859
• Charles Ringling 1862
• S. Joseph Begun 1905
• Ray Walston 1914
• Adolph Greene 1915
• Leo Gordon 1922
• Maria Callas 1923
• Alexander M. Haig 1924
• Julie Harris 1925
• Edwin Meese III 1931
• Cathy Lee Crosby 1948
• John Wesley Ryles 1950
• Keith Szarabajka 1952
• Dan Butler 1954
• Stone Phillips 1954
• Dennis Christopher 1955
• Steven Bauer 1956
• Sydney Youngblood 1960
• Rick Savage (Def Leppard) 1960 
• Lucy Liu 1968
• Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) 1968
• Jimi Haha (Jimmie's Chicken Shack) 1968
• Anthony "Treach" Criss (Naughty By Nature) 1970
• Monica Seles 1973
• Nelly Furtado 1978
• Britney Spears 1981