Happy Berfday FR!!!

Today my little Blue Ford turns TWENTY-ONE years old. The car is clocking in at around 179,000 miles and still runs like a champ.

HAPPY BERFDAY,

LITTLE BLUE CAR!!!

Thursday, June 4, 2026

spumescent \ spyoo-MES-uhnt \ , adjective; 

• foamy; foamlike; frothy.

Origin: Spumescent entered English in the mid-1800s. It came from the Latin word spūma which meant "foam" along with suffix -escent which is added to adjectives borrowed from Latin. 

 

bacon tetris

• The act of arranging bacon strips on a frying pan in the most efficient way possible given the dimensions of your pan. The goal is to maximize the number of bacon strips on the heating surface without leaving any part of any strip uncooked.

I have 100 square inches of bacon and only 36 square inches of frying pan area. Time to play bacon tetris.

 

History

• quadricycle: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive (1896)
• Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
• Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
• Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
• Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

Birthdays

• George III (England) 1738
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 1867

  
• Rosalind Russell 1908
• Charles Collingwood 1917
• Robert Merrill 1919
• Russell Train 1920
• Bobby Wanzer 1921
• Gene Barry 1922
• Dennis Weaver 1924
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928
• Morgana King 1930
• John Drew Barrymore 1932
• Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor
• Freddy Fender 1937
• Robert Fulghum 1937
• Roger Ball 1944 - Musician (Average White Band)
• Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas and the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing")
• Anthony Braxton 1945
• Gordon Waller 1945 - Musician (Peter and Gordon)
• Bettina Gregory 1946
• Danny Brown 1951 - Musician (The Fixx)
• Parker Stevenson 1952 - Actor
• Keith David 1954
• Eddie Velez 1958
• Julie Gholson 1958
• El DeBarge 1961 - Singer (DeBarge)
• Julie White 1961 - Actress
• Andrea Jaegar 1965
• Scott Wolf 1968 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Horatio Sanz 1969 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
• Noah Wyle 1971 - Actor ("ER")
• Darin Erstad 1974
• Stefan Lessard 1974 - Musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
• Russell Brand 1975 - Actor, hack-comedian, socialist
• Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress
• Bar Refaeli 1975 - Model
  Josh McDermott 1978 - The Walking Dead
  

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Sunday, May 31, 2026

toothsome \TOOTH-suhm\, adjective:

1. Pleasing to the taste; delicious; as, "a toothsome pie."
2. Agreeable; attractive; as, "a toothsome offer."
3. Sexually attractive.

Toothsome is derived from tooth + -some.

 

As You Know

• A derogatory preparatory statement in a sentence used when telling someone something they should already know, but, in fact the author knows they do not.

As you know, gang leadership is run from the Prison Infrastructure.

History

• Copyright Act of 1790: was signed into law by US president George Washington; it initially covered only books, maps and charts
• Ford Motor Company: produced the last "Tin Lizzie" and began producing the Model A (1927)
• South Africa: became an independent republic (1961)
• Ancash earthquake: killed more than 47,000 in Peru (1970)
• Deep Throat: Watergate whistleblower's identity was revealed after 30 years of secrecy; he was W. Mark Felt, a former associate director of the FBI (2005)

Birthdays

• Alexander Cruden 1701
• Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist

  
  
• Fred Allen 1894
• Norman Vincent Peale 1898
• Don Ameche 1908
• Edward Bennett Williams 1920
• Denholm Elliot 1922
• Ellsworth Kelly 1923
• Prince Rainier III 1923
• Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Dirty Harry")
• Shirley Verrett 1933
• Jim Hutton 1934
• Ronald Laird 1935
• Keir Dullea 1936
• Johnny Paycheck 1938
• Peter Yarrow 1938 - Musician (Peter, Paul and Mary)
• Augie Meyers 1940 - Musician (Texas Tornados)
• Terry Waite 1939
• Joe Namath 1943 - Football player
• Sharon Gless 1943 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey") 
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  John Bonham 1948 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Stanley Dancer 1949
• Tom Berenger 1950 - Actor ("The Big Chill," "Platoon")
• Gregory Harrison 1950 - Actor
• Colm Meaney 1953
• Roma Maffia 1958 - Actress ("Nip/Tuck")
• Kyle Secor 1960
• Chris Elliot 1960 - Comedian
• Lea Thompson 1961 - Actress ("Back to the Future" movies)
• Corey Hart 1962 - Singer
• Wendy Smith 1963 - Musician (Prefab Sprout)
• Darryl McDaniels (DMC) 1964 - Rapper
• Kid Frost 1964 - Rapper
• Brooke Shields 1965 - Actress
• Charlie Schlatter 1966
• Kenny Lofton 1967 - Baseball player
• Christian McBride 1972 - Musician
• Colin Farrell 1976 - Actor
• Jake Peavy 1981 - Baseball player
• Curtis Williams Jr. 1987 

   

   

  
  

  
  

  

 

 

  

 

  

WTF friday: SJP

Happy Berfday FR!!!

Today my little Blue Ford turns TWENTY years old. The car is clocking in at around 174,000 miles and still runs like a champ.

HAPPY BERFDAY,

LITTLE BLUE CAR!!!

Saturday, May 31, 2025

feminacy \FEM-uh-nuh-see\, noun:

• feminine nature.

Feminacy entered English in the 18th century from the Latin roots fēmin meaning "woman" and -acy, a suffix denoting nouns of quality, such as papacy and legacy.

 

 

Porn Mode

• A mode available in modern web browsers that doesn't store any session information.

Porn Mode Coming to Firefox

 

Trivia

What was the name of Calvin’s private eye alter ego in the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip?

• Tracer Bullet.

History

• Copyright Act of 1790: was signed into law by US president George Washington; it initially covered only books, maps and charts
• Ford Motor Company: produced the last "Tin Lizzie" and began producing the Model A (1927)
• South Africa: became an independent republic (1961)
• Ancash earthquake: killed more than 47,000 in Peru (1970)
• Deep Throat: Watergate whistleblower's identity was revealed after 30 years of secrecy; he was W. Mark Felt, a former associate director of the FBI (2005)

Birthdays

• Alexander Cruden 1701
• Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist

  
  
• Fred Allen 1894
• Norman Vincent Peale 1898
• Don Ameche 1908
• Edward Bennett Williams 1920
• Denholm Elliot 1922
• Ellsworth Kelly 1923
• Prince Rainier III 1923
• Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Dirty Harry")
• Shirley Verrett 1933
• Jim Hutton 1934
• Ronald Laird 1935
• Keir Dullea 1936
• Johnny Paycheck 1938
• Peter Yarrow 1938 - Musician (Peter, Paul and Mary)
• Augie Meyers 1940 - Musician (Texas Tornados)
• Terry Waite 1939
• Joe Namath 1943 - Football player
• Sharon Gless 1943 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey") 
• 
  John Bonham 1948 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Stanley Dancer 1949
• Tom Berenger 1950 - Actor ("The Big Chill," "Platoon")
• Gregory Harrison 1950 - Actor
• Colm Meaney 1953
• Roma Maffia 1958 - Actress ("Nip/Tuck")
• Kyle Secor 1960
• Chris Elliot 1960 - Comedian
• Lea Thompson 1961 - Actress ("Back to the Future" movies)
• Corey Hart 1962 - Singer
• Wendy Smith 1963 - Musician (Prefab Sprout)
• Darryl McDaniels (DMC) 1964 - Rapper
• Kid Frost 1964 - Rapper
• Brooke Shields 1965 - Actress
• Charlie Schlatter 1966
• Kenny Lofton 1967 - Baseball player
• Christian McBride 1972 - Musician
• Colin Farrell 1976 - Actor
• Jake Peavy 1981 - Baseball player
• Curtis Williams Jr. 1987