Candy Corn Day - 10/30/2026

Candy Corn Day

[Oct 30]

Do you know that old wives' tale about the Candy Corn being made back in the 1880s and it's still being distributed? Well, my sister Liz and I still argue about that to this day! Somehow she really doesn't like Candy Corn and almost every Halloween I remember she makes fun of me having Candy Corn.

I LOVE Candy Corn. Sure, there's not much to it except sugar but I love the simplicity of it. I mean, I can't think of a Halloween without Candy Corn! So while I was planning the Halloween party with Rachael at their place, Rachael brought up the subject of having loads of Candy Corn, so I said, "Of course we have to have Candy Corn, Halloween won't be the same without it!" And of course my big sis had to cut in and tell her the whole story about how Candy Corn was never made after the 1880s. We had our old brother and sister annual Candy Corn debate. It was fun. I remember about the old days when we were teenagers and we used to argue back and forth, you know the whole, "Is to!" and "Is not!" rebuttals. Man, we were like cartoon characters. Now we argue just to remember those times and pull each other's legs. We reminisce about them and think how silly we were. But we're still not giving up! We're still sticking to the same sides. For me that brings out the Halloween spirit, silly and fun. And that's one of the most important ingredients in planning a Halloween party.

Happy Birthday HOOTERS!

Happy Birthday Hooters!

2026

  

  

 

 

 

Happy Birthday Hooters!

 

 

 

 

Cuz who doesn't love buffalo wings and cold beer?

 

 

 

Rock out with your PIZZA out!

Tonight is PIZZA NIGHT at the BPMS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfcQSl8coU 

 

 

The I Love Pizza Song

by bigedude33 

It's all about pizza

It's all about pizza

I like the pizza.
I love the pizza going to eat a lot and put it in my tummy it hits a spot, oh I like pizza I like it a lot.
Oh oh oh
Pizza, pizza, I love to eat the pizza
Pizza very hot pizza, not cold pizza
Pizza... actually I like cold pizza too.
Pepperoni pepperoni pepperoni, sausage, ham, ham, ham
Pepperoni pepperoni pepperoni, sausage, ham, mushrooms, mushrooms and maybe onions and peppers
But probably not anchovies, no onions, no onions dog
Pizza seasoning, that's cruel, that's cruel
Cheesy in the crusty crusty, oh
Pizza pizza, oh pizza pizza pizza, yummy mushrooms
Oh don't—somebody just wrote "cat pizza", cat pizza, it's not very tasty and it's illegal.
I like pizza.

 

 

TGIF: BPMS PIZZA NIGHT! 2026

Tonight is PIZZA NIGHT at the BPMS. My record is NINE SLICES of Brooklyn-made NY-Style pizza, which also happens to be the club record. I wonder what damage can I do tonight?

 

Eat well!

Have a great weekend!

Turtle Thursday: Pizza!

 

Tomorrow night I have a date with some New York Style Pizza at the BPMS Meeting. Cowabunga!

 

Monday, July 20, 2026

embroil \ em-BROIL \ , verb;

1. to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife. 
2. to throw into confusion; complicate. 

Origin: Embroil entered English at the turn of the 17th century and comes from the Middle French embrouiller.

baxon

• bacon prepared by t3h bax0jayz

renee: this bacon is amazing!
soula: that's because it's not bacon, it's BAXON!

 

History

• Locust Plague of 1874: largest recorded swarm of locusts descended on North America's Great Plains, destroying some $200m in crops; the plague lasted about 10 days, but larger-than-usual swarms of locusts continued to plague the area for several more years
  
• Sitting Bull: Sioux leader surrendered to the US Army under a promise of amnesty (1881)
• Abdullah I: the king of Jordan was killed by a Palestinian gunman in Jerusalem (1951)
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike: was elected leader of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female prime minister (1960)
• Special Olympics: took place for the first time, in Chicago; 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities competed (1968)
• Neil Armstrong: the astronaut became the first human to set foot on the moon (1969)
  Chester Bennington of Linkin Park committed suicide (2017)

Birthdays 

• Francesco Petrarch 1304
  

  
• Veron Felton 1890 - Actress (Picnic, The Oklahoman)
• Theda Bara 1890
• Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - Explorer, first to climb Mt. Everest
• Ted Schroeder 1921 - Tennis player
• Lola Albright 1925 - Actress (The Tender Trap, The Impossible Years)
• Robert D. Maurer 1924
• Michael Gielen 1927
• Mike Ilitch 1929 - Founder of Little Caesar's Pizza franchises, owner of Detroit Red Wings
• Sally Ann Howes 1930 - Actress (Dead of Night, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang)
• Nam June Paik 1932
• Chuck Daly 1933
• Sleepy LaBeef 1935
• Butch (Fred) Baird 1936 - Golfer
• Diana Rigg 1938 - Actress (Medea, King Lear, The Avengers)
• Natalie Wood (Natasha Nikolaevna Gurdin) 1938 - Actress (From Here to Eternity, West Side Story, Rebel Without a Cause)
• Tony (Pedro Lopez) Oliva 1938 - Baseball player
• Jo Ann Campbell 1938
• Pete Hamilton 1942 - Auto racer
• Mickey (Mitchell Jack) Stanley 1942 - Baseball Player
• Chris Amon 1943 - Auto racer
• John Lodge 1943 - Musician (The Moody Blues)
• T.G. Shepherd (William Bowder) 1944 - Singer
• Betty Burfeindt 1945 - Golfer
• Kim Carnes 1946 - Singer
• John Almond 1946 - Musician (Johnny Almond and the Music Machine)
• Carlos Santana 1947 - Musician (Santana)
• Frank Whaley 1953
• Paul Cook (Sex Pistols, Professionals) 1956
• Donna Dixon 1957 - Actress (Wayne's World, Dr. Detroit)
• Mick McNeil 1958 - Musician (Simple Minds)
• Radney Foster 1959
• Dino Esposito 1963 - Singer
• Chris Cornell 1964 - Musician (Soundgarden)
• Stone (Carpenter) Gossard 1966 - Musician (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog), also known as Carpenter Newton
• Reed Diamond 1967
• Josh Holloway 1969 - Actor ("Lost")
  Judy Greer 1975
• Ray Allen 1975 - Basketball player
• Charlie Korsmo 1978 
• Gisele Bundchen 1980 
  Julianne Hough 1988
  Alycia Debnam-Carey 1993