Turtle Thursday: I AM THE LAW

NYCC 2024 - It begins!

Skipping it again this year. 

It's rough being your own boss...

Thursday, October 17, 2024

catachresis \kat-uh-KREE-sis\, noun:

• Misuse or strained use of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect.

Catachresis is derived from the Greek root chrêsis which meant "to use." The prefix cata- means "down, back, against." The word katachrêsthai meant "to misuse" in Greek. 

Generation XL 

• A generation of obese kids.

I belong to the generation X. 
My 6 years old cousin definitely belongs to the generation XL.

Trivia 

What is the three-word motto of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point?

• Duty, Honor, Country.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Hoffed

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

hirtellous \hur-TEL-uhs\, verb:

• Minutely hirsute.

Hirtellous comes from the Latin word hirt meaning "hairy." The suffix -ellus is a diminutive adjective suffix. 

 
grown-up 

• A nickname for your supervisor at work; usually used in plural form to describe a group of supervisors.

The grown-ups are going to yell at me again for forgetting to clock in.

 

History

• Marie Antoinette: extravagant queen was beheaded during the French Revolution (1793)
• John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry: the abolitionist John Brown attempted to seize a US arsenal in West Virginia; his group was defeated and he was executed for treason (1859)
• birth control: nurse Margaret Sanger founded the first clinic in the US, in Brooklyn, New York, for which she was arrested (1916)
• Cuban missile crisis: cold war confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union began when Khrushchev installed ballistic missiles in Cuba (1962)
• Million Man March: black men rallied in Washington, DC, led by Louis Farrakhan, in an effort to increase voting and community involvement (1995)

Birthdays

• Noah Webster 1758
• Oscar Wilde 1854
• David Ben-Gurion 1886
• Eugene O'Neill 1888
• Linda Darnell 1921
• Bert Kaempfert 1923
• Angela Lansbury 1925
• Gunter Grass 1927
  
• Charles Colson 1931
• Tony Anthony 1937
• Nico (Velvet Underground) 1938
• Barry Corbin 1940
• Fred Turner (Bachman Turner Overdrive) 1943
• Dwight Douglas Lewis 1945
• Suzanne Somers (Mahoney) 1946
• Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) 1947
• Bob Collyard 1949
• Tim Robbins 1958
• Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet) 1959
• Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1962
• Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips) 1969
• B-Rock (B-Rock and the Bizz) 1971
• Kellie Martin 1975
• Jeremy Jackson 1980

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Review Tuesday: The Witch (Original title: The VVitch: A New-England Folktale) 2015

 

The Witch

(Original title: The VVitch: A New-England Folktale)

2015

An early 17th century family is banished from their community for their strict views religious views ends up prayed upon by magic and witchcraft. 

We first attempted to see this movie YEARS ago based on the reviews of friends. At the time, however, the pathetic speakers in our television wasn't able to handle the deep-bass voice of Ralph Ineson playing the role of the family patriarch, William. So, a little more than a year ago we finally got around to watching this, again, once we got a proper sound bar and sub-woofer tube that can handle this man's voice. 

 

This family was banished from their community for their strict religious beliefs and wanting it imposed on everyone. The governor was having none of it and sent them off. The family selected a spot, and began their life anew. Things seemed fine until the baby son vanished mysteriously while being watched by the eldest daughter, Thomasin (expertly performed by Anya Taylor-Joy). The descent began at that point. A serious of mishaps, strange things, and accusations fly within the family. Of course, there are many occurrences that defy explanation. Since this takes place circa 1630, there were not many things to attribute these weird happenings other than being the work of evil and darkness.

 

The direction and production values in this movie are outstanding. There's a level of realism that's almost surprising bordering on unsettling. That leads to one difficulty. They speak an old English, couple that with a lot of whispering and it can be a little difficult to follow. Mrs. Baxojayz fell asleep a couple times during the movie. She simply lost interest. 

 

The most compelling part of this is that it was written based on actual accounts from that time period. So this movie is a compilation of curious reports. Some people will scoff and say that this is proof that religion is BAD, but in the 1630s, there were a great many unknown things in this world and when bad things happened, it didn't seem out of line to blame it on evil, black magic, and sorcery. While this movie did have some creepy scenes, I found it intriguing and it held my interest the entire time. Worth watching!

   

AMAZON 

 

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

agita \AJ-i-tuh\, noun:

1. Agitation; anxiety.
2. Heartburn; indigestion.

Agita was coined in America in the 1980s. It comes from the Italian word agitare meaning "to bother."

 

Bacon Wrap

A) Verb. To take something that is already in a positive state of being and then elevate it to an unprecedented level of excellence by modifying or adding to it.

B) Verb. A deal sweetener.

Andre really bacon wrapped the deal by offering to deliver that muthafucka to LaRon's aunntie's house where he stay at.

The pizza shop hottie really bacon wrapped my order, she hooked it up with a free calzone AND extra ranch sauce.

If the bouncer isn't taking your $20 and is asking for more money, bacon wrap the deal by whispering a haiku in his left ear.

History

• Gregorian calendar: was adopted by Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain; the Julian calendar ended the previous day, October 4, and the intervening 10 days were deleted (1582)
• Abraham Lincoln: was encouraged to grow a beard in a letter he received from 11-year-old Grace Bedell (1860)
• The Great Dictator: Charlie Chaplin's scathing satirical film attack on Nazi Germany was released (1940)
• I Love Lucy: one of television history's most popular sitcoms debuted (1951)
• Department of Transportation: was signed into existence by LBJ (1966)
• sound barrier: was broken on land for the first time, by RAF pilot Andy Green in Black Rock Desert in Nevada, 50 years and a day after it was broken in the air by Chuck Yeager (1997)

Birthdays

• Virgil 70 B.C.
• Friedrich Nietzsche 1844 - German philosopher
• Mule (George) Haas 1903
• John Kenneth Galbraith 1908
• David Carroll 1913
• Jan Miner 1917
• Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 1917
• Robert Walker 1918
• Mario Puzo 1920
• Lee Iacocca 1924
• Jean Peters 1926
• Peter Haskell 1934
• Linda Lavin 1937
• Barry McGuire 1937
  
• Marv Johnson 1938
• Dick Lotz 1942
• Penny Marshall 1942
• Don Stevenson (Moby Grape) 1942
• Jim Palmer 1945
• Victor Banerjee 1946
• Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters) 1946
• Roscoe Tanner 1951
• Tito Jackson (The Jackson 5) 1953
• Jere Burns 1954
• Tanya Roberts 1955
• Sarah Ferguson 1959
• Mark Reznicek (Toadies) 1962
• Ginuwine 1970