Tuesday, September 29, 2026

flibbertigibbet \ FLIB-er-tee-jib-it \ , noun; 

1. Archaic . a gossip. 
2. a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin: Flibbertigibbet is of obscure origin, but is thought have been formed as an imitative representation of the sound of chatter or gossip. It entered English in the late 1400s. 

 

White Girl Wasted

• To be extremely drunk, high or a mixture of both. The term is derived from the extreme inebriation most commonly experienced by white females between age 17 to 27.

Tonight is 50 cent shot night, we getting white girl wasted for sure!

 

 

History

• Richard II: became the first English king to abdicate his throne; he was forced to do so by his successor, Henry IV, and died shortly thereafter (1399)
• bobbies: Sir Robert Peel's police force went on duty at Scotland Yard (1829)
• Tylenol scare: began with the first of seven deaths in the Chicago area from ingestion of cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules (1982) 
  SOMEWHERE IN TIME - Iron Maiden's 6th studio album was released (1986)  
• Dow Jones: had its steepest one-day drop in history, 778 points (2008)

Birthdays

• Miguel de Cervantes 1547
• Horatio Nelson (England) 1758
• Gene Autry 1907
  
• Richard Harkness 1907
• Greer Garson 1908
• Michelangelo Antonioni 1912
• Stanley Kramer 1913
• Trevor Howard 1916
• Lizabeth Scott 1922
• Bum Phillips 1923
• Steve Forrest 1924
• Anita Ekberg 1931
• Jerry Lee Lewis 1935 - Musician
• Larry Linville 1939
• Jean-Luc Ponty 1942
• Madeline Kahn 1942
• Ian McShane 1942
• Lech Walesa 1943
• Mike Post 1944
• Patricia Hodge 1946
• Bryant Gumbel 1948
  
• Mike Pinera (Iron Butterfly) 1948
• Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad) 1948
• Alvin Crow 1950
• Sebastian Coe 1956
• Suzzy Roche (The Roches) 1956
• Andrew "Dice" Clay 1958
• Les Claypool (Primus) 1963
• Devante Swing 1969
• Emily Lloyd 1970
• Natasha Gregson Wagner 1970  

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

ardor \ AHR-der \ , noun; 

1. great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion: She spoke persuasively and with ardor.
2. intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal: his well-known ardor for Chinese art.
3. burning heat.

Origin: Ardor comes from the Latin ārd(ēre) meaning "to burn" and the suffix -or , which often occurs in loanwords from Latin and denotes a condition or property of things. In Middle English, this word was often spelled ardure.

Dumpster Break 

• The act of masturbating behind a dumpster while on a break at work. Often done in order to relieve stress or "clear" one's thoughts, such breaks are taken by employees in nearly every career field. However, studies show that the majority of cases occur in high-stress jobs such as: short-order cooks, security guards, carnival ride operators, janitors, and air traffic controllers.

• The dumpster break is signaled by the universal sign of a single sock hanging over the side of the dumpster, warning others to stay clear. 

"Yo B-Mart, can you keep an eye on my sector? Ima take me a dumpster break."

History

• Great Fire of London: conflagration that wiped out much of London began (1666 OS)
• United States Department of the Treasury: was established by an act of Congress (1789)
• "Speak softly and carry a big stick": policy was enunciated by US vice president Theodore Roosevelt at the Minnesota State Fair (1901)
• Japan's surrender: WWII officially came to an end with a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (1945)
• Principality of Sealand: North Sea micronation located off the coast of Suffolk was established by Paddy Roy Bates, who has ruled it ever since (1967)

Birthdays

• Cleveland Amory 1917
• Laurindo Almeida 1917
• Allen Drury 1918
• Martha Mitchell 1918
• Marge Champion 1923
• Horace Silver 1928
• Eddie Price 1929
• Grady Nutt 1934 - Comedian ("Hee Haw")
• Peter Ueberroth 1937
• Sam Gooden (Roosters, The Impressions) 1939
• Jimmy Clanton 1940
• Tom Keating 1942
• Joe Simon 1943
• Luke Walker 1943
• Rosalind Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas) 1943
• Marty Grebb (The Buckinghams) 1946
• Terry Bradshaw 1948
• Christa McAuliffe 1948
  
• Nate 'Tiny' Archibald 1948
• Jerry Augustyniak (10,000 Maniacs) 1948
• Lamar Johnson 1950
• Mark Harmon 1951
• Lenvil Elliott 1951
• Jimmy Connors 1952
• Rick Manning 1954
  
• Linda Purl 1955
• Steve Porcaro (Toto) 1957
• Fritz McIntyre (Simply Red) 1958
• Paul Deakin (The Mavericks) 1959
• Eric Dickerson 1960
• Keanu Reeves 1964
• Salma Hayek 1966
• K-Ci (Jodeci) 1969
• Tony Thompson 1975

Salma Hayek demonstrates the proper technique for giving me a handy jay!

Happy berfday, yo!

  

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Look forward to Heather!

Heather Carolin

All In The Suit That You Wear

   

  

   

Hottie of the day!

  

 

  

Full set at

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Friday, May 15, 2026

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apotheosis

1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: Down here I'm the apotheosis of cool (Sewer Urchin from the animated series The Tick).
3. An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.

misnomer \mis-NO-muhr\, noun:

1. The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment.

2. Any misnaming of a person or thing; also, a wrong or inapplicable name or designation.

Misnomer is from Medieval French mesnommer, "to misname," from mes-, "wrongly" + nommer, "to name," from Latin nominare, "to name," from nomen, "a name."

and then I found five dollars

• a phrase used at the end of a story that had really no point to be told to someone. used at the end of boring stories to make them seem more interesting and worthwhile.

"yesterday i went to the fridge and took out a yogurt but put it back and got an apple instead.

...and then i found 5 dollars."

History

• Las Vegas: the glitzy "entertainment capital of the world" was founded (1905)
• Standard Oil Company: in a historic ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Rockefeller's mega-monopoly; several of the pieces would later be known as Exxon, Mobil, Amoco and Chevron (1911)
• air mail: first route in US was set up between NY and Washington (1918); on a Boeing flight 12 years later, Ellen Church became the first stewardess (1930)
  

  
• nylon stockings: first went on sale in the US (1940)
• Portrait of Dr. Gachet: Van Gogh painting fetched a record high price of $82.5 million; the record stood till 2006, and Dr. Gachet is now No. 4 (1990)

Birthdays

• Lyman Frank Baum 1856 - Author of children's books ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz")
• Pierre Curie 1859 - Physicist
• Katherine Anne Porter 1890 - Journalist, essayist, short story writer
• Joseph Cotten (Joseph Cheshire Cotten) 1905 - Actor
• James Mason (James Neville Mason) 1909 - Actor
• Constance Cummings 1910 - Actress
• Max Frisch 1911 - Architect, playwright, novelist
• Eddy Arnold (Richard Edward Arnold) 1918 - Country singer
• Ellis Larkins 1923 - Musician
• Richard Avedon 1923 - Photographer
• Anthony Shaffer 1926 - Playwright, novelist, screenwriter
• Jasper Johns 1930 - Artist
• Wavy Gravy (Hugh Nanton Romney) 1936 - Entertainer, peace activist
• Paul Zindel 1936 - Playwright, author
• Anna Maria Alberghetti 1936 - Opera singer, actress
• Trini Lopez (Trinidad López III) 1937 - Singer, guitarist

  
• Madeleine Albright 1937 - First woman to become a U.S. Secretary of State
• Lenny Welch 1938 - Singer
• Paul Rudd 1940 - Actor
• Lainie Kazan 1940 - Actress, singer
• K.T. Oslin (Kay Toinette Oslin) 1942 - Country singer, songwriter
• Graham Goble 1947 - Musician (Little River Band)
• Brian Eno 1948 - Musician (Roxy Music)
• Chazz Palminteri (Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri) 1951 - Actor, writer
• Pat Hickey 1953 - Hockey player

  
• George Brett 1953 - Baseball player
• Mike Oldfield (Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield) 1953 - Musician, composer
• Lee Horsley 1955 - Actor
• Emmitt Smith 1969 - Football player
• Prince Be 1970 - (PM Dawn)
• David Charvet 1972 - Singer, actor
• Ahmet Rodan Zappa 1974 - Musician
• Amy Chow 1978 - Comedienne
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler 1981
  • Julieta "Keyra Agustina" Machado 1986