Thursday, October 1, 2026

*10*01*

raze \ reyz \ , verb;

1. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings. 
2. to shave or scrape off.

Origin: Raze comes from the Middle French verb meaning "to shave," raser , a variant on the Latin rādere , "to scrape." It entered English in the late 1300s. 

 

 

Restless Lip Syndrome 

• When a person keeps interrupting a conversation and can't keep her mouth shut.

Chris has to come my house to drink because when we're at his house, Linda's Restless Lip Syndrome prevents us from carrying on a conversation.

History

• Treaty of San Ildefonso: secret pact in which Spain ceded Louisiana to France was signed (1800)
• Yosemite National Park: central California preserve called "the greatest marvel of the continent" was established (1890)
• Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market. The 2-seater Model T cost $825. By 1927, when the Model T was phased out, production had become so streamlined that dealers were able to reduce the price to $300. While Ford did not invent the assembly line, he made it so much more efficient that it revolutionized the industry. In the very early days, it took 12 hours to produce an automobile. By 1913, when Ford opened his new, more efficient Model T factory, it took only 93 minutes; by the time the last Model Ts rolled off the line in 1927, a car was produced every 24 seconds. (1908)
• Walt Disney World: world's largest resort opened its doors southwest of Orlando (1971)

Birthdays

• James Lawrence 1781
• William Boeing 1881
• Vladimir Horowitz 1903
• Everette Sloane 1909
• Walter Matthau 1920
• James Whitmore 1921
• William Rehnquist 1924
• Jimmy Carter (U.S.) 1924 worst US President until Obama
• Max Morath 1926
• Roger Williams 1926
• Tom Bosley 1927
• Laurence Harvey 1928
• George Peppard 1928
• Richard Harris 1930
• Philippe Noiret 1930
• Frank Gardner 1932
• Albert Collins 1932
• Julie Andrews 1935
• Stella Stevens 1936
• Edward Vilella 1936
• Herb Fame (Peaches & Herb) 1943
• Jerry Martini (Sly and the Family Stone) 1943
• Scott McKenzie 1944
• Rod Carew 1945
• Donny Hathaway 1945
• Stephen Collins 1947
• Randy Quaid 1950
  
• Howard Hewett 1957
• Youssou N'Dour 1959
• Richard Barone 1960
• Kelly Willis 1968
• Jay Underwood 1968
• Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra) 1968
• Zach Galifianakis 1969
• Jurnee Smollett 1986
   
   

  

 

  

Monday, September 14, 2026

 

 [Pictured: Katie Fey, aka Jenya D]

fey \FAY\, adjective:

1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin.

2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant.

3. Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched.

4. (Scots.) Fated to die; doomed.

5. (Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.

Fey comes from Middle English feye, feie, from Old English fæge, "fated to die."

taradiddle \ tar-uh-DID-l \ , noun; 

1. Informal . a small lie; fib. 
2. Informal . pretentious nonsense. 

Origin: Taradiddle builds on the term diddle , "to cheat or swindle" or "a deception," however, the origin of the first element, tara , is uncertain. It entered English in the late 1700s.

liptease

• The act of putting on lipstick suggestively; The oral equivalent of a striptease.

Diane was giving me a liptease from across the room, so I went over and asked her out.

 

Trivia 

What product was ceremoniously unveiled to the public on September 4, 1957, a day its manufacturer hailed as “E-Day”?

• The Edsel, the Ford that never took off.  

History

• "The Star Spangled Banner": US anthem was written by attorney Francis Scott Key during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore (1814)
• 
  Selective Service Act: Congress authorized the first peacetime draft in US history (1940)
• Luna 2: the spherical Soviet spacecraft became the first man-made object to reach the Moon; it crashed onto the lunar surface (1959)
• Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: widow who founded the American Sisters of Charity was canonized by Pope Paul VI, becoming the first US-born saint (1975)
• 1994 Major League Baseball season: was officially canceled by acting commissioner Bud Selig, 34 days after the players' strike began (1994)

Birthdays 

• Ivan Pavlov 1849
• Charles Dana Gibson 1867
• Margaret Sanger 1879
• Jack Hawkins 1910
• Clayton Moore 1914
• Kay Medford 1920
• Hughes Rudd 1921
• Constance Baker Motley 1921
• Bud Palmer 1923
• Jerry Coleman 1924
• Allan Bloom 1930
• Zoe Caldwell 1933
  
• Harve Presnell 1933
• Kate Millett 1934
• Walter Koenig 1936
• Nicol Williamson 1938
• Priscilla Mitchell 1941
• Joey Heatherton 1944
• Pete Agnew (Nazareth) 1946
• Sam Neill 1947
• John "Bowser" Bauman (Sha Na Na) 1947
• Steven Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1949 
• Paul Kossoff (Free) 1950
• Barry Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1954
• Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) 1955
• Joe Penny 1956
• John Berry 1959
• Mary Crosby 1959
• Mary Frances 1959
• Morton Harket (a-ha) 1959
• Faith Ford 1964
• Don Cortese 1968
• Tyler Perry 1969
• Craig Montoya (Everclear) 1970
• Kimberly Williams-Paisley 1971
• Andrew Lincoln 1973 (Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead)
• Nas 1973
• Amy Weinhouse 1983 (singer turned zombie)
• Adam Lamberg 1984
  

Katie FEY

 

 

     

 

  

   

  

Jevgenija Diordijchuk (real name)

AKA: Yevgenia / Eugenia / Evgenia Diordiychuk, Jenya D, Shawnee, Katie Fey, Shawnee, Vanesa Gojgik

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

aglet \ AG-lit \ , noun; 

1. a metal tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace. 
2. (in the 16th and 17th centuries) an ornament at the end of a point or other ribbon used to secure a garment.
3. aiguillette (def. 1). 

Origin: Aglet is derived from the Middle French word aiguille meaning "needle."

 

interneuter

• Losing your connection to the internet

Johnny was interneutered suddenly by his cable company which left him feeling much like his cat who was neutered a few days ago.

History

• Roman Empire: came to an end — or at least the Western part did — when emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed (476)
• Los Angeles: the US's No. 2 city, the City of Angels, was founded by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve (1781)
• Geronimo: Apache chief became the last Native American warrior to surrender to US troops (1886)
• Edsel: the most famous American automotive design that was reviled by the public despite having all the qualities that testing found that they wanted, was introduced by Ford; it was named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel (1957)
• Mark Spitz: swimmer won his seventh gold medal (1972); this record for the most golds at a single Olympics stood until it was broken by Michael Phelps in August 2008
• Google: the Internet's foremost search engine was introduced by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (1998)

Birthdays

• Anton Bruckner 1824
• Daniel Burnham 1846
• Richard Wright 1908
• Henry Ford II 1917
• Paul Harvey 1918
• Howard Morris 1919
• Craig Claiborne 1920
• Dick York 1928
• Mitzi Gaynor 1931
• Dawn Fraser 1937
• Leonard Frey 1939
• Ken Harrelson 1941
• Raymond Floyd 1942
• Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) 1942
• Jennifer Salt 1944
• Gene Parsons (The Byrds) 1944
• Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) 1946
  Michael Berryman 1948

  
• Tom Watson 1949
• Ronald LaPread (Commodores) 1950
• Judith Ivey 1951
• Martin Chambers (Pretenders) 1951
• Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 1953
• Khandi Alexander 1960
• Damon Wayans 1960
• Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) 1960
• Mike Piazza 1968
• Ione Skye 1971
• Ty Longley (Great White) 1971
• Donny Ponce 1972
• JeLana LaFleur (Quad City DJ's) 1973
• Stacy Sanches (playmate) 1973
• Wes Bentley 1978
• Dan Miller (O-Town) 1980
• Beyoncé Knowles (Destiny's Child) 1981
  Whitney Cummings (comedian) 1982 

  

  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

laciniate \ luh-SIN-ee-eyt, -it \ , adjective; 

• Botany, Zoology . cut into narrow, irregular lobes; slashed; jagged. 

Origin: Laciniate entered English in the 1750s from the word lacinia which referred to a jagged part of a leaf.

testicular fortitude

• balls, guts, intestinal fortitude

He lacked the testicular fortitude to stand up to his boss.

History

• San Marino: independent country inside Italy — arguably the world's smallest and oldest republic — was founded (301)
• Richard the Lion-Hearted: was crowned king of England after defeating his father, Henry II (1189)
• Treaty of Paris: the US Revolutionary War came to an official end (1783)
• Malcolm Campbell: English racer and journalist became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (1935)

Birthdays

• Nicolo Amati 1596
  
• Ferdinand Porsche1875
• Alan Ladd 1913
• Tom Glazer 1914
• Kitty Carlisle-Hart 1914
• Helen Wagner 1918
• Mort Walker 1923
• Hank Thompson 1925
• Irene Papas 1926
• Bill Fleming 1926
• Anne Jackson 1926
• Hugh Sidney 1927
• Tompall Glaser 1933
• Freddie King (Frederick Christian) 1934 - Guitarist and singer known as "the Texas Cannonball."
• Richard Castellano 1934
• Eileen Brennan 1935
• Pauline Collins 1940
• Al Jardine (Beach Boys) 1942
  
  
• Valerie Perrine 1943
• Dave Eichelberger 1943
• Gary Leeds (The Walker Brothers) 1944
• George Biondo (Steppenwolf) 1945
• Donald Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad) 1948
• Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) 1955 
• Charlie Sheen 1965 - WINNING!
• Costas Mandylor 1965
• Todd Lewis (The Toadies) 1965
• Jennifer Paige 1973

 

 

 

WW2 Elefant aka Ferdinand Tank Destroyer