Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

entelechy \en-TEL-uh-kee\, noun:
  1. A realization or actuality as opposed to a potentiality.
  2. In vitalist philosophy, a vital agent or force directing growth and life.
Entelechy is built from the Greek roots telos "goal" andech "to have."
 
shark porn
  • chilling cinematic moments when hungry sharks chomp on underwater aluminum cages, filled with divers, during TV news stories and so-called documentaries
I saw a show where a thirteen foot great white shark tried to eat some cage divers near Guadalupe Island. It's nothing more than 'shark porn'.

History
  • Declaration of Independence: members of the Continental Congress began putting their John Hancocks on "The Unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America" (1776)
  • Marihuana Tax Act: US law doused marijuana use, sale and possession with sheer legal intricacy (1937)
  • PT-109: a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer (1943)
  • Gulf of Tonkin: the Pentagon reported attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese; the incident led to a Congressional resolution and expansion of the war effort (1964)
  • Kuwait: was invaded by Iraq, triggering the Gulf War five months later (1990)
Birthdays
  • Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss 1891
  • Myrna Loy 1905
  • Beatrice Straight 1918
  • James Baldwin 1924
  • Carroll O'Connor 1924
  • Peter O'Toole 1932
  • Hank Cochran 1935
  • Garth Hudson (The Band) 1937
  • Wes Craven 1939
  • Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips) 1939
  • Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles) 1941
  • Kathy Lennon 1942 - Musician (The Lennon Sisters)
  • Max Wright 1943
  • Joanna Cassidy 1945
  • Lance Ito 1950
  • Andrew Gold 1951
  • Butch Vig 1955 (Garbage)
  • Mojo Nixon 1957
  • Victoria Jackson 1959
  • Apollonia 1961
  • Cynthia Stevenson 1963
  • Mary-Louise Parker1964
  • John Stanier (Helmet) 1968
  • Kevin Smith 1970
  • Zelma Davis (C+C Music Factory) 1970
  • Angel Lynn Boris 1974
  • Edward Furlong 1977
  • Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchinson) 1992 
    Charli XCX Nude - Fappenist
     
  


 
  
  
  
 
 

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