Thursday, August 13, 2026

environs \ en-VAHY-ruhnz, -VAHY-ernz, EN-ver-uhnz, -vahy-ernz \ , noun; 

1. the surrounding parts or districts, as of a city; outskirts; suburbs. 
2. surrounding objects; surroundings; environment. 
3. an area or space close by; vicinity. 

Origin: Environs came to English in the mid-1600s from the Old French word meaning "around." 

 

Destinesia

• When you get to where you were intending to go, you forget why you were going there in the first place. Not to be confused with being stoned, destinesia often occurs during working hours, and is the cause of much frustration.

John ran down the stairs to the dry storage and walk-in, but when he got there he couldn't remember what he needed. Consequently, he had to run back upstairs to the kitchen, and look at his prep list again. Damn you, destinesia!

Trivia

What 1950s-era car featured a speedometer that glowed when a preset speed was reached?

• The ill-fated Ford Edsel, in 1958.

History

• Mexico City: city then known as Tenochtitlán fell to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, along with the entire Aztec Empire (1521)

  
• taxicabs: first appeared on the streets of New York City (1907)
• Bambi: the animated Disney movie opened at Radio City Music Hall (1942)
• Echo 1: the first balloon satellite was launched, allowing the first two-way phone conversation via satellite (1960)
• Berlin: was divided by barbed wire, which soon became the Berlin Wall (1961)

Birthdays

• William Caxton 1422
• Lucy Stone 1818
• Annie Oakley 1860
• Bert Lahr 1895
• Alfred Hitchcock 1899
• Regis Toomey 1902
• "Buddy" Charles Rogers 1904
• Gene Raymond 1908
• Ben Hogan 1912
• Rex Humbard 1919
  
• George Shearing 1919
• Neville Brand 1920
• Fidel Castro 1926
• Pat Harrington 1929
• Don Ho 1930
• Joycelyn Elders 1933
• Son Seals 1942
• Kevin Tighe 1944
• Gretchen Corbett 1947
• Kathleen Battle 1948
• Bobby Clarke 1949
• Cliff Fish (Paper Lace) 1949
• Dan Fogelberg 1951
• Feargal Sharkey (Undertones) 1958
• Danny Bonaduce 1959
• Quinn Cummings 1967
• Andy Griggs 1973
• Vicca 1974 - t3h pr0n

  

 

  

Sunday, July 19, 2026

gloze \ glohz \ , verb; 

1. to explain away; extenuate; gloss over (usually followed by over ). 
2. Archaic . to make glosses; comment. 

noun: 

1. Archaic . flattery or deceit. 
2. Obsolete . a specious show.

Origin: Gloze came to English in the 1200s and finds its roots in the Medieval Latin glossāre . 

baxolicious

• The superlative of donovanesque.

As donovanesque as Bateman's ex-girlfriend is, she cannot hold a candle to the baxolicious Stacey.

History

• Franco-Prussian War: began after Bismarck provoked France; it ended in Germany's unification and the deposition of Napoleon III (1870)
• Holbrook, Arizona: a meteorite weighing nearly 200 kg exploded over Earth, showering the Navajo County town with debris (1912)
• V for Victory: British PM Winston Churchill launched WWII campaign (1941)
• "Don't ask; don't tell": policy on gays in the US military was announced by president Bill Clinton (1993)

Birthdays

• Samuel Colt 1814
• Edgar Degas 1834
• Lizzie Borden 1860
• Charles Horace Mayo 1865
• Percy Lebaron Spencer 1894
• A.J. Cronin 1896
• Charles Teagarden 1913
• Rosalyn Yalow 1921
• George McGovern 1922
• Pat Hingle 1924
• Sue Thompson 1926
• Helen Gallagher 1926
• Buster Benton 1932
• Philip Agee 1935
• George Hamilton IV 1937
• Richard Jordan 1938
• Vikki Carr 1941
• Natalya Bessmertnova 1941
• Dennis Cole 1943
• George Dzundza 1945
• Alan Gorrie (Average White Band) 1946
• Brian Harold May (Queen) 1947
• Bernie Leadon (The Eagles) 1947
• Beverly Archer 1948
• Keith Godchaux (Grateful Dead) 1948
• Allen Collins (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1952
• Peter Barton 1956
• Danny Chauncey (.38 Special) 1956
• Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets) 1960
• Campbell Scott 1962
• Anthony Edwards 1962
• Kelly Shiver (Thrasher Shiver) 1963
• Clea Lewis 1965
• Jared Padalecki 1982 - Actor ("Supernatural")

  

 

  

Monday, July 6, 2026

wildling \ WAHYLD-ling \ , noun;

• a wild plant, flower, or animal. 

Origin: Wildling joins the word wild , "living in a state of nature," with -ling , an Old English suffix meaning "a person or thing concerned with." It entered English in the mid-1800s.

Sorry for party rockin'

• An apology for any acts that you may (or may not) remember after a bout of drinking/partying. While not required, it is almost always accepted by the receiving party. It is almost always said while hungover.

Friend 1: "Dude, you left the club last night with my sister, and banged her. Then when you were leaving you stumbled in my mom's room and had sex with her too!"

Friend 2: "Sorry for party rockin'"

Friend 1: Oh when you put it that way...it's cool

History

• Sir Thomas More: author of Utopia was beheaded for refusing to recognize Henry VIII as head of the new Church of England; More was canonized 400 years later (1535)
• Major League Baseball All-Star Game: was first played, in Chicago, as part of the 1933 World's Fair; AL over NL, 4-2 (1933)
• Anne Frank: 13-year-old diarist took refuge from the Nazis, along with her family, in the Secret Annex; they were discovered two years later and most were slaughtered (1942)
• AK-47 production begins. Goes on to become the most reliable and widely used rifle in the world (1947)
• The Beatles: John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time (1957)
• Althea Gibson: became the first black woman to win the women's singles tennis match at Wimbledon and the US Open (1957)

Birthdays

• John Paul Jones 1747 - First United States' well known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War
• Harold Vanderbilt 1884 - American railroad executive
• LaVerne Andrews 1911 - Singer (The Andrews Sisters)
• Sebastian Cabot 1918 - Actor
• Nancy Reagan (Anne Frances Robbins) 1921 - Wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, actress
• William Schallert 1922 - Actor ("The Patty Duke Show")
• Merv Griffin 1925 - Television host, singer
• Susan Cabot 1927 - Actress
• Pat Paulsen (Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen) 1927 - Comedian, satirist
• Janet Leigh 1927 - Actress
• Bill Haley 1927 - Musician (Bill Haley and His Comets)
• Della Reese 1931 - Actress, singer
• Dalai Lama (Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, usually shortened to Tenzin Gyatso) 1935 - Fourteenth Dalai Lama
• Ned Beatty 1937 - Actor
• Gene Chandler (Eugene Dixon) 1937 - Singer, known as "The Duke of Earl"
• Jeannie Seely 1940 - Country music singer
• Ric Elswit 1945 - Musician (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
• Burt Ward 1946 - Actor, best known for his role as Robin in the television series "Batman"
• Fred Dryer 1946 - Football player, actor ("Hunter")
• Jamie Wyeth 1946 - Artist
• Sylvester Stallone 1946 - Actor ("Rocky" series of movies)
• George W. Bush (U.S.) 1946 - 43rd President of the United States
• Nathalie Baye 1948 - Actress
• Geoffrey Rush 1951 - Actor
• Shelly Hack 1952 - Actress, model
• Grant Goodeve 1952 - Actor ("Eight is Enough"), television host
• Nanci Griffith 1953 - Singer, guitarist, songwriter
• Allyse Beasley 1954 - Actress ("Moonlighting")
• Willie Randolph 1954 - Baseball player, manager
• John Jorgenson 1956 - Musician (Desert Rose Band, The Hellecasters, Elton John)
• Ron Duguay 1957 - Hockey player, coach
• Jon Keeble 1959 - Musician (Spandau Ballet)
• Glenn Scarpelli 1968 - Actor ("One Day at a Time")
• Stacey "Mrs. Bax0jayz" 1971 - super hot hottie of the forevers!
• 50 Cent (Curtis James Jackson III) 1976 - Rapper, actor
• Tia Mowry (Tia Dashon Mowry Hardrict) 1978 - Actress
• Tamera Mowry (Tamera Darvette Mowry) 1978 - Actress
  Kevin Hart 1979 - Comedian 
  Eva Green 1980 - Actress
• Brandon Jacobs 1982 - Football player 

  

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Monday, February 23, 2026

maw \maw\, noun:

1. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death.
2. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
3. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.

Maw comes to us from the Old English maga meaning "stomach." Its figurative use first appeared in the late 1300s.

Love and Tolerate

• A phrase used in the brony community, a reminder that the show teaches us to be nice to everyone, even internet trolls. Commonly seen in pony images with the caption "I'm gonna love and tolerate the shit out of you."

Troll: My Little Pony is for gayfags lol

Brony: You're making it hard to love and tolerate you, bro.

 

History

• Cato Street Conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the British cabinet and prime minister was uncovered; the conspirators were later executed (1820)
• Tootsie Roll: the chewy chocolate candy was introduced by Leo Hirshfield (1896)
• Guantánamo Bay: Cuba leased the area to the US to use as a naval base in perpetuity; it now serves as an internment camp for suspected Islamic militants (1903)
• Rotary Club: the not-for-profit service organization held its first meeting, in Beverly Hills, led by Paul P. Harris and three friends; it now has 1 million-plus members in about 200 countries (1905)
• Iwo Jima: Marines raised the US flag over the Japanese island after severe fighting during WWII; a Pulitzer-winning photograph was taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal (1945)

Birthdays

• Samuel Pepys 1633 - English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, known for his diary of events and quotes
• George Frederic Handel 1685 - Composer
• Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1734
• Emma Willard 1787 - Educator, writer of textbooks
• Istvan Ferenczi 1792
• George Watts 1817
• W.E.B. DuBois 1868
• Agnes M. Royden 1876
• Norman Lindsay 1879
• Victor Fleming 1883
• William Shirer 1904 - Jornalist, author ("The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "Ghandi: A Memoir")
• Walter Ernest Allen 1911
• Elston Howard 1929 - Baseball player
• Lee Calhoun 1933 - Hurdler, won the 110-meter hurdles twice in Olympics
• Diana Varsi 1938 - Actress ("Peyton Place")
• Sylvia Chase 1938 - Newscaster ("ABC News", "20/20")
• Peter Fonda 1940 - Director, actor ("Easy Rider"), Jane Fonda's brother, Henry Fonda's son, Bridget Fonda's dad
• Bobby (Wayne) Mitchell 1943 - Golfer
• Fred Biletnikoff 1943 - Football player
• Johnny Winter (John Dawson III) 1944 - Musician
• Mike Maxfield 1944 - Musician (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas)
• Allan Boesak 1945
• Rusty Young 1946 - Musician (Poco)
• Ken (Kenneth George) Boswell 1946 - Baseball player
• Terry "Tex" Comer 1949
• Larry Demps 1949 - Musician (Dramatics)
• Steve Priest 1950 - Musician (The Sweet)
• Jim Youngblood 1950 - Football player
• Eddie Dibbs 1951 - Tennis player
• Ed ‘Too Tall’ Jones 1951 - Football player
• Patricia Richardson 1951 - Actess ("Home Improvement")
• Ray Oldham 1951 - Football player
• Brad Whitford 1952 - Musician (Aerosmith)
• Lorne Henning 1952 - Hockey player
• Howard Jones 1955 - Singer
• David Sylvian 1958 - Musician (Japan)
• Ria Brieffies 1958 - Musician (Dolly Dots)
• Michael Wilton 1962 - Musician (Queensryche)

  
• Robert Collins 1963 - Musician
• Bobby (Roberto Martin Antonio) Bonilla 1963 - Baseball player
• John Norum 1964
• Helen Sukova 1965
• Kristin Davis 1965 - Actress ("Sex and the City")
• Pam Blundell 1967
• Marc Price 1968
• Jeff Beres 1971 - Musician (Sister Hazel)
• Lasse Johansson 1973 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Emily Blunt 1983 - Actress
• Dakota Fanning 1994 - Actress