Turtle Thursday: Diagnosis EVIL (2026)

From 2007:

There must be a special course dedicated to evil. In Rob Zombie's additions to the Halloween franchise, Dr. Loomis diagnoses Michael Myers as "evil." I've heard of people being referred to as evil before, but not diagnosed medically as evil.

 

However, I have heard of an animal being diagnosed as evil. It was my little map turtle, Jay. When I got the little girl it took a while for her to become accustomed to human touch and would "come out of his shell" for us. When she finally did, I noticed this turtle had a horn on her neck. It wasn't some illusion, there was an actual out-growth that was spike-like in nature. Puzzled, I went back to the pet shop where I purchased the animal. After I described the physical aberration the clerk grabbed a book off the shelf and checked his references.

 

"Hmm," the clerk started, "there's nothing in here about horns on Maps. I guess she's just evil."

 

He said it with a straight face! Stupefied, I walked out of the shop.

 

So now am I to believe that Michael Myers and my little turtle are both evil? Maybe so. I think I'll be wise to hide all my butcher knives from the turtle...

Turtle Thursday: Bad influences

Saturday, October 17, 2026

troth \ trawth, trohth \ , noun;

1. one's word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry. 
2. faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth.
3. truth or verity: in troth.

Origin: Troth entered English in the 1100s from the Middle English trowthe, trouthe meaning "truth." It ultimately comes from the Old English trēowth.

The Spousal We

• The opposite of the royal we, meaning "you". Used by your significant other to get you to do something.

The Spousal We: "We should clean the bathroon today", or "we should get Johnny to practice his viola more".
 

October 17

• National girl hug a boy day, girls get to hug any boy they want :)

"Nation Girl Hug a Boy day is October 17!"

 

Trivia

What now extinct flightless bird weighed close to a half-ton and stood 10 feet tall?

• The elephant bird of Madagascar. A relative of the ostrich and emu, it’s believed to have been the largest bird ever. It disappeared soon after Madagascar was colonized in the 17th century. Scientists hope to bring the gigantic bird back through DNA extracted from eggshell fossils.
  

underboob

• cleavage visible from the part of the shirt that covers the bottom of the female breasts

If that is not a deliberate underboob, I don't know what is.

 

History

• Battle of Saratoga: key battle of the American Revolutionary War ended with a major British surrender (1777)
• Al Capone: mobster called Scarface who ruled much of Chicago was finally convicted — of income tax evasion; he served eight years of an 11-year sentence (1931)
• 1973 Oil Crisis: was sparked when OPEC cut oil supplies to nations that supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War

Birthdays 

• Jupiter Hammon 1711
• Charles Kraft 1880 - Founder of Kraft
• Spring Byington 1893
• Jean Arthur 1900
• Irene Ryan 1902
• Cozy (William) Cole 1909
• John Mosley 1914
• Jerry Siegel 1914
• Arthur Miller 1915
• Marsha Hunt 1917
• Rita Hayworth 1918
• Elie Abel 1920
• Montgomery Clift 1920
• Julie Adams 1926
• Beverly Garland 1926
• Tom Poston 1927
• Johnny Klippstein (MLB) 1927
• Jimmy Breslin 1930
• Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938
• James Seals (Seals and Crofts) 1940
• Earl Thomas Conley 1941
• Gary Puckett (The Union Gap) 1942
• Bob Seagren 1946
• Jim Tucker (The Turtles) 1946
• Michael McKean 1947
• George Wendt 1948
• Margot Kidder 1948
• Bill Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) 1949
  
• Howard Rollins 1950
• Sam Bottoms 1955
• Mae Jemison 1956
• Vincent Van Patten 1957
• Alan Jackson 1958
• Mike Judge 1962
• Norm MacDonald 1963
• Ziggy Marley 1968
• Chris Kirkpatrick ('N Sync) 1971
• Marshall "Eminem" Mathers 1972
• Rosa Azorra 1978 (t3h pr0n)
  
• Felicity Jones 1983
  
  
  

 

 

Pseudonyms:

Rosa Azorra
Clarissa | Christine | Chrystal | Cindy | Crystal | Laura | Linda P. | Louise | Rebecca | Susan
Suzanna | Storm A. | Victoria | Viktoria | Vikki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

Turtle Thursday: TMNT!

I bet that's Mikey...

NOT NINJA TURTLES!!!

Truth be told, all animals carry bacteria on them. So do we. The salmonella scare is just a deterrent for people who are easily swayed and gullible. But the real story to consider is that a pet turtle is a lifetime commitment. A red-ear slider can easily live 20-25 years. My big girl just turned 32! If you treat them well they can live INDEFINITELY. Before buying a child a "ninja turtle" you should first consider having this pet in your life for a long time. If you can't handle that, then buy the toys.

Turtle Thursday: I AM THE LAW

Turtle Inception

Turtle Thursday: Baby Pic [2008]

This is a pic of Silent Bob when we first got him as a hatchling. He was less than three months old when the pic was taken. He's a Dark Phased Texas Diamondback Terrapin. Photo taken with an Olympus, but I'm not sure which. Either a D-560 of an FE-180. He turns 21 this month!

Thursday, September 24, 2026

fink \ fingk \ , verb; 

1. Slang . to inform to the police; squeal. 
2. Slang . to act as a strikebreaker; scab. 

noun: 

1. Slang . a strikebreaker. 
2. Slang . a labor spy. 
3. Slang . an informer; stool pigeon. 
4. Slang . a contemptible or thoroughly unattractive person.

Origin: Fink emerged as a slang term in the US in the early 1900s. Its origin is unknown, but some etymologists cite the German word of the same spelling, which means "a frivolous or dissolute person," as a possible lexical ancestor.

 

Layout Bitching

• The act of users posting statuses on Facebook, bitching and moaning unnecessarily about new layouts.

Person A: "WHAT THE HELL FACEBOOK, Y U ALWAYS CHANGE LAYOUT?"

Person B: "Shut the hell up and stop layout bitching."

 

confident turtle

• When one sticks their neck out so far as to avoid double chins and exude the confidence of a turtle that comes out of its shell.

She used the confident turtle to replace duck face in photos.

History

• Black Friday: Wall Street panicked as speculators tried to corner the gold market, causing a collapse (1869)
• USS Enterprise: first nuclear aircraft carrier was launched, in Newport News, Virginia (1960)
• 60 Minutes: investigative TV news-magazine debuted on CBS (1968)

Birthdays 

• John Marshall 1755
• F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896
• Don Porter 1912
• Larry Gates 1915
• Jim McKay 1921
• Sheila MacRae 1924
• Anthony Newley 1931
• Jim Henson 1936
• Barbara Allbut (The Angels) 1940
• Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles)
• Phyllis "Jiggs" Allbut (The Angels) 1942
• Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) 1942
• "Mean" Joe Green (NFL) 1946
• Phil Hartman 1948
• Gordon Clapp 1948

• Kevin Sorbo 1958
• Nia Vardalos 1962
• Cedric Dent (Take 6) 1962
• Rafael Palmeiro 1964
• Lisa Matthews (born Lisa Reich) 1969 (PB Playmate Apr 1990)
• Marty Mitchell (Ricochet) 1969
• Megan Ward 1969
• Marty Cintron (No Mercy) 1971
• Kyle Sullivan 1988