January 20, 2026: National Penguin Awareness Day

Photo taken in CT by t3h Bax0jayz with an Olympus D-560 Dig Cam.

They may all look the same to you, but to penguins, no two are alike. The flightless birds recognize each other mostly by sound. When penguins mate — either for life or at least until the chicks are grown — they sing to learn each other's voices. Once an egg is laid, the male usually keeps it warm, while the mother goes to find food. After a few weeks, the two switch places. When the chick hatches, it immediately begins to call, so the parents will know its voice, too. Today is National Penguin Awareness Day in the US.

Quote: "They have wings but they cannot fly. They are birds that think they are fish." — Morgan Freeman, narrating March of the Penguins

Sunday, March 23, 2025

bevel \BEV-uhl\, adverb:

1. irresolutely.

noun:

1. the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
2. a surface that does not form a right angle with adjacent surfaces.
3. (of a lock bolt) the oblique end that hits the strike plate.
4. (of a lock with a beveled bolt) the side facing in the same direction as the bevel at the end of the bolt.
5. bevel square.
6. an adjustable instrument for drawing angles or adjusting the surface of work to a particular inclination.
7. Printing. beard (def. 5).

verb:

1. to cut or slant at a bevel: to bevel an edge to prevent splintering.

adjective:

1. Also, beveled; especially British, bevelled. oblique; sloping; slanted.

The origin of bevel, which entered English in the 1500s, is uncertain, though it could possibly come from the Old French term biaiser meaning "to slope" or "to make slanting." It is unclear which came first: the adjective or the noun form.

 

on blast

• to embarrass someone or to make someone look stupid

"I heard you told Jay he had bad breath in front of the whole class"

"Yeah, I put him on blast"

 

Barsexual

• A girl who kisses other girls in bars and clubs, usually for attention and the approval of men.

A BISEXUAL girl kisses girls at home when no ones looking.

A BARSEXUAL girl only kisses them in places that charge a cover.

 

Trivia
What is the only mammal capable of cleaning its ears and eyelids with its tongue?

• The okapi, whose tongue is as much as a foot long.

History

• "Give me liberty or give me death": in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry demanded freedom from England for the colonies (1775)
• Pakistan: became the first Islamic republic (1956)
• Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan announced a plan to protect the US from nuclear missiles, quickly dubbed "Star Wars"; the program is now called the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (1983)
• Mir: the Russian space station ended 15 years of orbit, disintegrating and falling into the South Pacific ocean (2001)

Birthdays

• Erich Fromm 1900 - German-American psychologist and humanistic philosopher
• Joan Crawford 1905 - Actress (Mildred Pierce, The Unknown), born: Lucille Fay LeSueur
• Akira Kurosawa 1910 - Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter (Sugata Sanshiro, Madadayo)
• Wernher Von Braun 1912 - Rocket scientist, generally regarded as the father of the United States space program (Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun)
• Johnny Guarnieri 1917 - Musician
• Marty Allen 1922 - Comedian
• Martha Wright 1926 - Actress
• Roger Gilbert Bannister 1929 - Neurologist, British athlete, first man to run the mile in less than four minutes
• Warren Godfrey 1931 - Hockey player
• Monique Van Vooren 1933 - Actress
• Mark Rydell 1934 - Director
• Craig Breedlove 1937 - First to reach 400 mi/h, 500 mi/h and 600 mi/h using turbojet-powered vehicles
• Ric Ocasek 1949 - Musician (The Cars), producer, zombie, married to former super-model Paulina Porizkova
• Chaka Khan 1953 - Singer ("I Feel For You")
• Moses Malone 1954 - Basketball player
• Teresa Ganzel 1957 - Comedienne, actress
• Amanda Plummer 1957 - Actress
• Richard Grieco 1965 - Actor
• Hope Davis 1964 - Actress
• Kevin Griffin 1965 - Country musician (Yankee Grey)
• Marti Pellow 1966 - Musician (Wet, Wet, Wet)
• Marin Hinkle 1966 - Actress ("Two and a Half Men", "Once and Again")
• Damon Albarn 1968 - Musician (Blur)
• John Humphrey 1970 - Musician (The Nixons)
• Karen McDougal 1971 Playmate (below)
• Jason Kidd 1973 - Basketball player
• Michelle Mohoghan 1976 - Actress
• Keri Russell 1976 - Actress ("Felicity")
• Nicholle Tom 1978 - Actress
• Paul Martin 1978 - Country singer (Marshall Dyllon)
• Maurice Jones-Drew 1985 - Football player
• Princess Eugenie (Eugenie Victoria Helena) 1990 - Daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York.

   

  

 

 

 

January 20, 2025: National Penguin Awareness Day

Photo taken in CT by t3h Bax0jayz with an Olympus D-560 Dig Cam.

They may all look the same to you, but to penguins, no two are alike. The flightless birds recognize each other mostly by sound. When penguins mate — either for life or at least until the chicks are grown — they sing to learn each other's voices. Once an egg is laid, the male usually keeps it warm, while the mother goes to find food. After a few weeks, the two switch places. When the chick hatches, it immediately begins to call, so the parents will know its voice, too. Today is National Penguin Awareness Day in the US.

Quote: "They have wings but they cannot fly. They are birds that think they are fish." — Morgan Freeman, narrating March of the Penguins

Sunday, November 3, 2024

supernormal \soo-per-NAWR-muhl\, adjective:

1. In excess of the normal or average: supernormal faculties; supernormal production.
2. Lying beyond normal or natural powers of comprehension: supernormal intimations.

Supernormal was first used in the 1860s. The prefix super- has a number of common senses. In this case, it is used in the sense of "an individual, thing, or property that exceeds customary norms or levels" as in superstar.

 

Bug-out Bag

• A pack be it small or large one would keep close by loaded with essentials of survival. Urban and Rural Bug-out bags may differ in contents but will be used during and for the same event.

Joe- Dude why did you spend $500 dollars on that nasty ass dehydrated food from eFoods.com?

Russ- Well, when the biological bomb goes off as an act of false flag terror by our own government to rape us of more liberties and send us to FEMA camps for our Vaccines Im grabbing my M4 500rounds and my Bug-out Bag stocked with food, rope a space blanket and my Kobe Tai synthetic ribbed anus and vagina and heading to the hills in Grizdale.

Joe- Is it the vibrating anus or just synthetic pocket pussy?

Trivia

What is a cross between a camel and a llama called?

• A cama. Because of the great size difference between the camel and the llama, artificial insemination was used to produce the first cama, a male named Rama, in 1998.

History

• The Times of India: the world's most widely circulated daily newspaper was founded under the name The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce (1838)
• Opium War: first broke out between China and Britain (1839)
• US presidential election of 1948: the Chicago Tribune reported erroneously that "Dewey Defeats Truman"
• Sputnik II: the Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space; Laika died in orbit (1957)
• Iran-contra affair: Reagan administration scandal came to light when a Lebanese periodical revealed that the US was selling weapons to Iran (1986)

Birthdays

• John Montague 1718
• William Cullen Bryant 1794
• Bronko (Bronislaw) Nagurski 1908
• James Reston 1909
• Bob Feller 1918
• Charles Bronson 1921
  
• Wanda Hendrix 1928
• Peggy McCay 1931
• Monica Vitti 1931
• Ken Berry 1933
• Micheal Dukakis 1933
• John Barry 1934
• Briam Poole 1941 - Musician (Tremeloes)
• Steve Landesberg 1945
• Shadoe Stevens 1946
• Lulu (Marie Lawrie) 1948
• Tom Shales 1948
• Mike Evans 1949
  
• Larry Holmes 1949
• Roseanne Barr 1952
• Kate Capshaw 1953
• Dennis Miller 1953
• Adam Ant 1954 - Musician (Adam & the Ants)
• Phil Simms 1956
• Lee Montgomery 1961
• Ian McNabb 1962 - Musician (Icicle Works)
• Aria Giovanni 1977 - adult model / t3h pr0n
• Elizabeth Smart 1988

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Saturday, November 2, 2024

uncanny \uhn-KAN-ee\, adjective:

1. Having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary: uncanny accuracy; an uncanny knack of foreseeing trouble.
2. Mysterious; arousing superstitious fear or dread; uncomfortably strange: Uncanny sounds filled the house.

Uncanny once meant "mischievous." The association with the supernatural arose in the 1770s. The word canny means careful, astute, skilled and frugal. 

 

Frankenstorm 

• A Frankenstorm is a hurricane and winter storm hybrid, involving a "monster" combination of high winds, heavy rain, extreme tides and snow. A Frankenstorm carries with it a risk of fatalities, power outages and severe property damage.

Farewell! I leave you, and in you the last of humankind whom these eyes will ever behold. Farewell, Frankenstorm!

 

Trivia

In the world of animal hybrids, what is a pizzly?

• A cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear. The hybrid is sometimes referred to as a grolar bear.

History

• North Dakota : became the 39th state; South Dakota became No. 40 on the same day (1889)
• Balfour Declaration: British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour declared support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" (1917)
• Spruce Goose: made of birch, not spruce, the largest flying boat was flown on its first and only flight by its designer, billionaire Howard Hughes (1947)
• Levelland UFO sighting: several separate witnesses in Texas claimed to have seen, late at night, a bright egg-shaped object near which their car engines died (1957)
• Lady Chatterley's Lover: in Britain, publisher Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity for printing the D.H. Lawrence novel (1960)

Birthdays

• Daniel Boone 1734
• James Knox Polk (U.S.) 1795
• Warren G. Harding (U.S.) 1865
• Paul Ford 1901
• Burt Lancaster 1913
• Ray Walston 1914
• Ann Rutherford 1920
• Charlie Walker 1926
• Earl "Speedo" Carroll (The Coasters) 1937
• Patrick J. Buchanan 1938
• Jay Black (Jay and The Americans) 1938
• David Stockton 1941
• Shere Hite 1942
• Stefanie Powers 1942
• Keith Emmerson (ELP) 1944
• Maxine Nightingale 1953
• Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses) 1960
• k.d. lang 1961
• Bobby Dall (Poison) 1961
• Ron McGovney 1962 - Musician (Metallica)
• David Schwimmer 1966 - Actor ("Friends")
• Alvin Chea (Take 6) 1967
• Charlie 'Steele' Pennachio (Linear) 1967
• Brandi Brandt (Playboy Centerfold 10/87) 1968
• Nelly 1974 - Pop-rapper
  

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