Tuesday, October 27, 2026

higgledy-piggledy \ HIG-uhl-dee-PIG-uhl-dee \ , adverb; 

• in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter. 

adjective: 

• confused; jumbled. 

Origin: Higgledy-piggledy came to English in the late 1500s and is a rhyming compound of uncertain origin. 

Presponse

• To respond to a question before it is finished, often confusing the asker.

Wendy: So are you avail-

Jimmy: No. (Presponse)

Wendy: -ible Monday?

(silence)

Wendy: Are you?

History 

• Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Love was founded (1682)
• Federalist Papers: the first of a series of essays was published, calling for the ratification of the US Constitution; the essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (1787)
• IRT: New York City's first rapid transit subway opened (1904) [Pictured below: The City’s mayor, George McClellan, opens the world-renowned New York City subway system. He actually drove the first passengers, charging them 5¢ to ride a line that, back then, only covered 9.1 miles of track with 28 stations. How things changed…]
• nylon: chemical company DuPont announced the name of its new synthetic fiber (1938)
• Wall Street crash: trading was halted for a cooling-off period after the Dow fell more than 500 points (1997)

Birthdays

• James Cook 1728
• Nicola Paganini 1782
• Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 1858
  
• Emily Post 1872
• Leif Erickson 1911
• Dylan Thomas 1914
• Teresa Wright 1918
• Nanette Fabray 1920
• Ralph Kiner (MLB) 1922
• Roy Lichtenstein 1923
• Ruby Dee 1924
• Floyd Cramer 1933
• John Cleese 1939
• Lara Parker 1942
• Lee (Melvin) Greenwood 1942
• Carrie Snodgress 1946
• Terry Anderson 1947
• Jack Daniels (Highway 101) 1949
• Garry Tallent (E Street Band) 1949
• Fran Lebowitz 1950
• Jayne Kennedy-Overton 1951
• Roberto Benigni 1952
• Peter Firth 1953
• Robert Picardo 1953
• Simon LeBon (Duran Duran) 1958

• Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 1967 
• Sean Holland 1968
• Sheeri Rappaport 1977
• Kelly Osbourne 1984

  

 

  

NYCC 2026 - It begins!

Not going this year, AGAIN

Quote of the day: 8/1/2026

"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."

Will Rogers

Review Tuesday: The Accountant (2016)

 

  

The Accountant

2016 

A forensic accountant discovered a money trail in a big tech company, causing ripples with the wrong people. 

For years I heard all sorts of good things about the movie THE ACCOUNTANT. An action movie about an accountant? And it stars Ben Affleck? How absurd! However, on a recent vacation it was an inflight movie, so I gave it a go. 

 

Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a detail oriented forensic accountant for some very dangerous characters. In an effort to get away from such dangerous work, he took a forensic accounting job for a tech giant. Within a day he found a trend that money was being siphoned off at which point the company terminated his work contract. Then employees started getting murdered. 

 

The trouble for these killers is that Wolff also happens to be a violent killer trained by the military. So while he's doing his thing, treasury agents happen to be hunting him down. Agent Ray Kind (JK Simmons) and Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson).

 

The plotline with the corporate hits made sense. They were up to no good and they didn't want it exposed.  Affleck playing a socially inept yet brilliant accountant works because he is a very wooden actor and doesn't know how to act naturally. The plotline about the agents tracking down THE ACCOUNTANT because... why? They knew the accountant was supplying them with good information to make arrests. The accountant spared King's life during a previous killing spree. Why were they after him? Sure he dealt with some bad dudes, but he was a bean counter. I guess they wanted to add an edge to this. Not bad. I found it entertaining.     

  

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!?!?!

 

Tax season is over!

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Tax season

Pay your taxes

 

So the libtards can give it to people who are too lazy to work.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

plash \plash\ noun

1. a gentle splash.
2. a pool or puddle. 

Origin: Plash has been around in English since before 1000. Though the origins are unknown, it might be linked to the Middle Dutch plas meaning "pool."

  

Trivia

What is taxonomy?

• The field of biology devoted to naming, describing, and classifying organisms.

IRS

• Income Removal System

The IRS folks tried to jack 5 grand off my bank account

 

Holiday (?!?!)

• Tax Day - USA - Due date for personal tax returns is usually held on April 15th.  Don't forget, TAXATION IS THEFT!!!

History

• Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet: opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Connecticut (1817)
• Titanic: the "unsinkable" luxury liner sank after hitting an iceberg; over 1,500 died (1912)
• Bergen-Belsen: Nazi concentration camp was liberated by British and Canadian forces (1945)
• Jackie Robinson: made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers, scoring the game-winning run (1947)
• McDonald's: Ray Kroc opened the store that launched the empire (1955)
• Botox: botulinum toxin was approved by the FDA for treatment of moderate-to-severe frown lines (2002)
• Boston Marathon Bombing: terrorists set off explosives near the finish line just before 3 PM (2013) 

Birthdays

• Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - Artist ("Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper")
  

  
• Charles Peale 1741 - Artist, portrait painter, primarily created works of colonial and American Revolutionary War figures
• Henry James 1843 - Author ("The Turn of the Screw", "The Portrait of a Lady")
• Thomas Benton 1889 - Artist
• Bessie Smith 1894 - Blues singer
• Hans Conried 1917 - Actor ("Bus Stop", "Oh! God: Book 2")
• Jim Timmens 1920 - Composer, jazz musician, musical director
• Michael Ansara 1922
• Herb Pomeroy 1930 - Musician, bandleader
  Elizabeth Montgomery 1933 - Actress
• Roy Clark 1933 - Country musician, singer
• Bob Luman 1937 - Singer
• Claudia Cardinale 1939 - Actress ("The Pink Panther")
• Reginald Smith (Marty Wilde) 1939 - Singer, father of singer Kim Wilde
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  Willie (William Henry) Davis 1940 - Baseball player
• Clarence Satchell 1940 - Musician (The Ohio Plyers)
• Woody (Woodrow Thompson) Fryman 1940 - Baseball player
• Walt Hazzard 1942 - Basketball player
• Julie Sommars 1942 - Actress ("Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo")
• Allan Clarke 1942 - Musician (Hollies)
• Dave Edmunds 1944 - Musician (Rockpile)
• Ted Sizemore 1945 - Baseball player
• Amy Wright 1950 - Actress ("The Deer Hunter", "The Scarlet Letter")
• Dick (Richard Louis) Sharon 1950 - Baseball player
• Michael Tucci 1950 
  
• Heloise (Ponce Kiah Marchelle Heloise Cruse Evans) 1951 - Newspaper columnist, daughter of original Heloise
• Pete Shelley 1955 - Musician (Buzzcocks)
• Evelyn Ashford 1957 - Track athlete, 4-time Olympic gold medalist
• Emma Thompson 1959 - Actress
• Samantha Fox 1966 - Singer, Page 3 Girl, monster jugs
• Graeme Clark 1966 - Musician (Wet Wet Wet)
• Ed O'Brien 1968 - Musician (Radiohead)
• Seth Rogan 1982 - Actor, writer ("Knocked Up", "Superbad")
• Emma Watson 1990 - Actress ("Harry Potter" movie series)
  

  
  

  
  

  

 

• Samantha Fox!