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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

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.