Sunday, November 1, 2026

*11*1*

 

poltergeist \ POHL-ter-gahyst \ , noun; 

• a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc. 

Origin: Poltergeist comes directly from the German word of the same spelling which entered English in the 1850s. The term comes from the German word polter meaning "to make noise, knock, rattle" and Geist meaning "ghost."

ebola-head

• somebody with ebola; or an insult for a person who gets somebody worked-up.

My dad is an ebola-head because he installed spy software on my laptop!

 

Holidays

• All Saints' Day (Christianity)
• Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead, Mexico — 2 days)

History

• 1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public.
• 1765 - The British Parliament enacted The Stamp Act in the American colonies. The act was repealed in March of 1766 on the same day that the Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts which asserted that the British government had free and total legislative power of the colonies.
• 1879 - Thomas Edison executed his first patent application for a high-resistance carbon filament (U.S. Pat. 223,898).
• 1936 - Benito Mussolini made a speech in Milan, Italy, in which he described the alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.
• 1963 - The USSR launched Polyot I. It was the first satellite capable of maneuvering in all directions and able to change its orbit.
  1963 - The Arecibo Radio-Telescope Observatory in Puerto Rico officially opens.  
• 1968 - The movie rating system of G, M, R, X, followed by PG-13 and NC-17 went into effect.
  2014 - Wayne "Static" Wells was found dead from a drug overdose. 

 

Birthdays

• Stephen Crane 1871
• James Kilpatrick 1920
• Lou Donaldson 1926
• Betsy Palmer 1929
• Gary Player 1935
• Bill Anderson 1937
• Barbara Bosson 1939
• Robert Foxworth 1941
• Larry Flynt 1942
• Marcia Wallace 1942
• Chris Morris (Paper Lace) 1944
• Rick Grech (Blind Faith, Traffic) 1946
• Ted Hendricks (NFL) 1947
  
• Jeannie Berlin 1949
• Dan Peek (America) 1950
• Ronald Bell (Kool and the Gang) 1951
• Keith Stegall 1954
• Lyle Lovett 1957
• Rachel Ticotin 1958
• Eddie McDonald (The Alarm) 1959
• Fernando Valenzuela (MLB) 1960
• Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 1962
• Anthony Keidis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1962
• Rick Allen (Def Leppard) 1963
• Willie D (Geto Boys) 1966
  
• Sophie B. Hawkins 1967
• Alex James (Blur) 1968
• Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) 1969
• Toni Collette 1972
• Jenny McCarthy 1972
• Andrew Gonzales (Reel Big Fish) 1972
• Helene Udy 1976
• LaTavia Marie Roberson 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
• Penn Badgley 1986

  

 

  

Rock out with a song about shitting in a bag...

Shit in a bag

Static-X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-FxKl9KJho

Got to get it out of me

I feel it

I feel let down

Push it down in spite of me

I feel it

I feel let down

Lay it out in front of me

I feel it

I feel it now

Tie it up tie it up

And throw it

Throw it out

Tie me up

I'm cursing I'm searching

Tie me down

I'm giving up

Tie me up

I'm losing I'm drowning

Tie me down

In my shit

I'm cursing I'm Searching

I'm giving up hoping

I'm losing I'm drowning

In my shit I'm floating

It's after it's never

It's too late for reason

It's now or it's never

It's over it's pouring out

Tie me up

I'm cursing I'm searching

Tie me down

I'm giving up

Tie me up

I'm losing I'm drowning

Tie me down

In my shit

Tie me up

It's after it's never

Tie me down

It's too late

Tie me up

It's now or it's never

Tie me down

It's pouring out

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

shoal \shohl\, noun:

1. a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
2. a sandbank or sand bar in the bed of a body of water, especially one that is exposed above the surface of the water at low tide.

adjective:

1. of little depth, as water; shallow.

verb:

1. to become shallow or more shallow.
2. to cause to become shallow.
3. Nautical. to sail so as to lessen the depth of (the water under a vessel).

Shoal comes from the Old English term sceald meaning "shallow." It was spelled with a d up until the 1500s. 

 

Concentration marks

• The red marks you get on your elbows/forearms from resting your arms on your knees after having spent a long time on the toilet.

"Dude, you were in there for a really long time!"
"Yeah man, I was taking a massive shit."
"Bro, you've got some serious concentration marks. Look at your elbows!"  

Holiday

• Election Day USA

 

 

 

History

• William and Mary: joint rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland were married (1677)
• cash register: was first patented by James and John Ritty (1880)

  
• King Tutankhamen: treasure-filled tomb was discovered in Luxor, Egypt, by archeologist Howard Carter (1922)
• Nellie T. Ross: Wyoming woman became the first female governor of a US state; she was serving out her late husband's term (1924)
• Iran hostage crisis: a mob seized the US Embassy in Teheran after the US admitted the exiled Shah Reza Pahlavi (1979)
• Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli prime minister was assassinated after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv (1995)
• Barack Obama: was elected the United States' first African-American chief executive (2008)

Birthdays

• Will Rogers 1879
• Pauline Trigere 1912
• Walter Cronkite 1916
• Virginia Field 1917
• Gig Young (Byron Barr) 1917
  
• Art Carney 1918
• Carmen Mitchell 1918
• Martin Balsam 1919
• Alfred Heineken 1923
• Kate Reid 1930
• Dick Groat 1930
• Doris Roberts 1930
• Loretta Swit 1937 - Actress (M*A*S*H*)
• Harry Elston (Friends of Distinction) 1938
• Delbert McClinton 1940
• Robert Mapplethorpe 1946
• Laura Bush 1946 - U.S. First Lady, wife of U.S. President George W. Bush
• Markie Post 1950
• Van Stephenson (Blackhawk) 1953
• Jordan Rudess 1956 - Musician (Dream Theater)
• Jim Honeyman-Scott 1957 - Musician (Pretenders)
• Ralph Macchio 1962
• Adrea McArdle 1963
• Wayne Richard "Static" Wells 1965  - Musician (Static-X)
• Chris Difford 1954 - Musician (Squeeze)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 1, 2025

*11*1*

 

pinion \PIN-yuhn\, noun:

1. Machinery. A. a gear with a small number of teeth, especially one engaging with a rack or larger gear. B. a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
2. Metalworking. a gear driving a roll in a rolling mill.

Pinion comes from the classical Latin pectin meaning "comb." It came to English in the mid-1600s.

 

nontroversy

A controversy that does not exist until created for political gain. A contraction of non and controversy

Flag-burning is so rare that it is a nontroversy when used by Congress to appear to be protecting family-values

 

Trivia

How many volts of electricity can an electric eel generate?

• About 600. The highest ever reported is 650. (The standard U.S. wall socket is 120 volts.)

Holidays

• All Saints' Day (Christianity)
• Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead, Mexico — 2 days)

History

• 1512 - Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first exhibited to the public.
• 1765 - The British Parliament enacted The Stamp Act in the American colonies. The act was repealed in March of 1766 on the same day that the Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts which asserted that the British government had free and total legislative power of the colonies.
• 1879 - Thomas Edison executed his first patent application for a high-resistance carbon filament (U.S. Pat. 223,898).
• 1936 - Benito Mussolini made a speech in Milan, Italy, in which he described the alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.
• 1963 - The USSR launched Polyot I. It was the first satellite capable of maneuvering in all directions and able to change its orbit.
  1963 - The Arecibo Radio-Telescope Observatory in Puerto Rico officially opens.  
• 1968 - The movie rating system of G, M, R, X, followed by PG-13 and NC-17 went into effect.
  2014 - Wayne "Static" Wells was found dead from a drug overdose. 

 

Birthdays

• Stephen Crane 1871
• James Kilpatrick 1920
• Lou Donaldson 1926
• Betsy Palmer 1929
• Gary Player 1935
• Bill Anderson 1937
• Barbara Bosson 1939
• Robert Foxworth 1941
• Larry Flynt 1942
• Marcia Wallace 1942
• Chris Morris (Paper Lace) 1944
• Rick Grech (Blind Faith, Traffic) 1946
• Ted Hendricks (NFL) 1947
  
• Jeannie Berlin 1949
• Dan Peek (America) 1950
• Ronald Bell (Kool and the Gang) 1951
• Keith Stegall 1954
• Lyle Lovett 1957
• Rachel Ticotin 1958
• Eddie McDonald (The Alarm) 1959
• Fernando Valenzuela (MLB) 1960
• Mags Furuholmen (a-ha) 1962
• Anthony Keidis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1962
• Rick Allen (Def Leppard) 1963
• Willie D (Geto Boys) 1966
  
• Sophie B. Hawkins 1967
• Alex James (Blur) 1968
• Dale Wallace (Emerson Drive) 1969
• Toni Collette 1972
• Jenny McCarthy 1972
• Andrew Gonzales (Reel Big Fish) 1972
• Helene Udy 1976
• LaTavia Marie Roberson 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)
• Penn Badgley 1986