Friday, June 19, 2026

matrifocal \ ma-truh-FOH-kuhl, mey- \ , adjective;

1. focused or centered on the mother. 
2. of, pertaining to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods. 

Origin: Matrifocal is a blend of the combining form of māter , Latin for "mother," and focal , "of or pertaining to a focus." It entered English in the mid-1900s in the context of cultural anthropology.

Bat Shit Signal

• Like the Bat Signal, but used to summon someone crazy.

"Hey look, there's Gary Busey. Someone must have turned on the Bat Shit Signal."

Holiday

• Juneteenth (southern United States) - June 19 - Celebrated in Texas to commemorate the day in 1865 when Union General Granger proclaimed the slaves of Texas free. Also proclaimed as Emancipation Day by the Florida legislature. Juneteenth has become an occasion for commemoration by African Americans in many parts of the US.

History

• Belmont Stakes: had its first running (1867)
• Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: were executed in New York's Sing Sing prison for conspiracy to commit espionage for the USSR (1953)
• Civil Rights Act of 1964: was approved after outlasting an 83-day US Senate filibuster
• The Rocky Horror Show: romped for the first time, on stage in London (1973)
• John Neumann: Philadelphia bishop became the first US male saint when he was canonized by Pope John Paul II (1977)
• Garfield: Jim Davis's comic strip about a lazy, overeating cat debuted (1978)

Birthdays

• Blaise Pascal 1623
• Moe Howard 1897
• Charles Cunningham Boycott 1897
• Elbert Hubbard 1856
• Guy Lombardo 1902
• Lou Gehrig 1903
• Earl Bascom 1906
• Mildred Natwick 1908
• Abe Fortas 1910
• Martin Gabel 1912
• Lester Flatt 1914 - Musician (Flatt and Scruggs)
• Pat Buttram 1917
• Pauline Kael 1919
• Louis Jourdan 1920
• Shelley Mayfield 1924
• Nancy Marchand 1928
• Pier Angeli 1932
• Marisa Pavan 1932
• Gena Rowlands 1930 - Actress
• Tommy DeVito 1936 - Singer (The Four Seasons)
• Robert Aspromonte 1938
• Al Wilson 1939
• Spanky McFarlane 1942 - Musician (Spanky and Our Gang)
• Aung San Suu Kyi 1945 - Politician
• Salman Rushdie 1947 - Author

  
• Walt McKechnie 1947
• Phylicia Rashad 1948 - Actress
• Ann Wilson 1951 - Musician (Heart)
• Larry Dunn 1953 - Musician (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• Kathleen Turner 1954 - Actress
• Doug Stone 1956
• Mark DeBarge 1959 - Musician (DeBarge)
• Paula Abdul (Paula Julie Abdul) 1962 - Singer, dancer, judge on "American Idol"
• Brian Vander Ark 1964
• Andy Lauer 1965
• Robin Tunney 1972 - Actress
• Bumper Robinson 1974
• Poppy Montgomery 1975 - Actress ("Without a Trace")

  Garfield 1978 - comic strip cat invented by Jim davis
• Zoe Saldana 1978 - Actress ("Avatar" "Star Trek")
• Lauren Lee Smith 1980 - Actress ("CSI")

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Turtle Thursday: It came from the water [2009]

This is Roxy giving the photographer the evil eye. 

Pic taken with an Olympus FE-180 digital camera by Mrs. Bax0jayz

Thursday, June 18, 2026

zephyr \ ZEF-er \ , noun;

1. a gentle, mild breeze. 
2. ( initial capital letter ) Literary . the west wind. 
3. any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc. 

Origin: Zephyr can be traced to the Greek zéphyros meaning "the west wind."

htf

• How the fuck.

HTF do you expect to pull that off?

History

• War of 1812: US President James Madison declared war on Great Britain (1812)
• Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon was defeated by the Duke of Wellington (1815)
• Susan B. Anthony: was fined $100 for her attempt to vote in the 1872 US presidential election; she did not, however, pay it (1873)
• Amelia Earhart: became the first woman to fly trans-Atlantically; she went from Newfoundland to Wales (1928)
• "This was their finest hour": address delivered by PM Winston Churchill to the House of Commons to inspire his embattled nation during WWII (1940)
• International Declaration of Human Rights: was adopted by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1948)
• Columbia Records: unveiled its new long-playing 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record (1948)
• Egypt: republic was declared; monarchy abolished (1953)
• Sally Ride: became the first American woman in space, aboard the space shuttle Challenger (1983)

Birthdays

• Sir Thomas Overbury 1581 - Poet, essayist
• Viscount Castlereagh (Robert Stewart) 1769 - British statesman known as Lord Castlereagh
• Edouard Daladier 1884 - French politician
• George Mallory 1886 - Mountaineer
• M.C. Escher (Maurits Cornelis Escher) 1898 - Graphic artist
• Jeanette MacDonald 1901 - Singer, actress
• Keye Luke 1904 - Actor
• Kay Kyser (James Kern "Kay" Kyser) 1906 - Bandleader
• Bud Collyer 1908 - Radio announcer/actor
• E.G. Marshall 1910 - Actor ("The Defenders")
• Ray McKinley 1910 - Drummer, singer, bandleader
• Samuel Cahn (Samuel Cohen) 1913 - Lyricist, songwriter, musician
• Sylvia Porter 1913 - Economist, journalist
• Richard Boone (Richard Allen Boone) 1917 - Actor
• Ian Carmichael 1920 - Actor
• Robert Arthur (Robert Arthaud) 1925 - Actor
• Tom Wicker (Thomas Grey "Tom" Wicker) 1926 - Journalist
  

  
• Maggie McNamara (Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara) 1928 - Actress
• Eva Bartok 1929 - Actress
• Lou Brock (Louis Clark "Lou" Brock) 1939 - Baseball player
• Paul McCartney 1942 - Musician (Beatles, Wings)
• Roger Ebert 1942 - Film critic, screenwriter
• Linda Thorson (Linda Robinson) 1947 - Actress
• Carol Kane (Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane) 1952 - Actress
• Isabella Rossellini (Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini) 1952 - Actress
• Jerome Smith (KC & The Sunshine Band) 1953 - Musician
• Tom Bailey (The Thompson Twins) 1957 - Musician
• Alison Moyet (Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet) 1961 - Singer (Yazoo or Yaz in the US)
• Nathan Morris 1971 - Singer (Boyz II Men)
• Alana de la Garza 1976- actress
  

   

  

 

  

Hasselhoff Rectum

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

diction \ DIK-shuhn \ , noun;

1. style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: good diction . 
2. the accent, inflection, intonation, and speech-sound quality manifested by an individual speaker, usually judged in terms of prevailing standards of acceptability; enunciation. 

Origin: Diction stems from the Latin dīcere meaning "to say." The term entered English in the early 1400s.

amuse booze

• A small fancy drink at home before you go out to drink more.

I'm going to have a glass of champagne as my amuse booze before I go to brunch for more drinks.

History

• California: was claimed by Sir Francis Drake for England; he called it Nova Albion (1579)
• Battle of Bunker Hill: first great battle of the Revolutionary War began (1775)
• Statue of Liberty: gift from France arrived in New York (1885)
• Watergate: office break-in at Democratic Headquarters in Washington began a scandal that would bring down a government (1972)
• O.J. Simpson: the car chase watched by millions on TV ended in the arrest of the NFL Hall-of-Famer suspected of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman (1994)

 

Birthdays

• Edward I 1239 - Edward of Carnarvon, King of England from 1307-1327
• John Wesley 1703 - Cleric, Christian theologian
• James Weldon Johnson 1871 - Author, politician, diplomat, critic
• Igor Stravinski (Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky) 1882 - Composer
• Ralph Bellamy 1904 - Actor
• Red Foley (Clyde Julian Foley) 1910 - Singer, musician, television personality
• John Hersey (John Richard Hersey) 1914 - Writer, journalist
• Stringbean (David Akeman) 1915 - Country singer
• Elroy Hirsch 1923 - Football player
• Peter Lupus 1932 - Bodybuilder, actor
• Dickie Doo 1939 - Musician (Dickie Doo and The Don'ts)
• Bobby Bell (Robert "Bobby" Lee Bell, Jr) 1940 - Football player
• Norman Kuhlke 1942 - Musician (The Swinging Blue Jeans)

  
• Steve Clark 1943 - Musician (Def Leppard)
• Newt Gingrich (Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich) 1943 - Politician, historian, author
• Randy Johnson (Randolph Klaus "Randy" Johnson) 1944 - Football player
• Chris Spedding (Peter Robinson) 1944 - Musician
• Barry Manilow 1946 - Musician
• Joe Piscopo (Joseph Charles John "Joe" Piscopo) 1951 - Comedian, actor
• Dave Fortier 1951 - Hockey player
• Mark Linn-Baker 1953 - Actor ("Perfect Strangers"), director
• Bobby Farrelly 1954 - Writer, director
• Jello Biafra 1959 - punk rocker (Dead Kennedys)

  
• Thomas Haden Church 1961 - Actor
• Greg Kinnear 1963 - Actor, television personality
• Dan Jansen 1965 - Speed skater
• Jason Patric 1966 - Actor
• Kevin Thornton 1969 - Musician (Color Me Badd)
• Will Forte 1970 - Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live," "MacGruber")
• Venus Williams 1980 - Tennis player 

  

  

 

  

Review Tuesday: The Flash 2023

  

 

The Flash

2023 

The Flash tries to change the past to save his family with dire consequences.

I had heard that THE FLASH was a fun movie but like most of the movie watching public I had no interest in supporting it after finding out what sort of a colossal degenerate Ezra Miller turned out to be. My BFF, however, owns a copy and wanted me to watch it with her one night. So, why not? 

 

Barry Allen / The Flash (Ezra Miller) is frustrated. He's treated like the Justice League's janitor, his boss treats him like trash, his father's legal defense is falling apart, and Barry is feeling sad and lonely. So he hatches the bright idea to use his gift of speed to travel back in time and change things. 

 

And he ends up changing everything. 

 

It's just another one of these ridiculous multi-verse movies and I was tired of it almost from the start. There were a couple good things about it. The whole Michael Keaton Batman / Bruce Wayne story-line was pretty good and really made the movie watchable. The should really get back to that idea and make a full movie around an older Bruce Wayne played by Michael Keaton. I also have to admit that I found Sasha Calle to be the only sexy Supergirl / Kara Zor-El in my mind, but then again, I prefer brunettes so that;s not a surprise. 

 

Is this a good superhero movie? Not really. Is it fun and has some good points? Sure. If you can watch it for free, I recommend it.   

 

 

 

  

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

wanderlust \ WON-der-luhst \ , noun; 

• a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about. 

Origin: Wanderlust is a German loanword that translates literally to "wander desire." It entered English in the early 1900s. 

Friends with possibilities

• Starting out as friends with someone, but have the possibility or potential for a relationship on the next level.

"Are y'all dating yet?" 

"No we're just friends with possibilities for now. "

History

• Battle of Stoke: marked the tail end of the Wars of the Roses (1487)

  
• House Divided speech: Abraham Lincoln, as a senatorial candidate, warned that the Union must become either all-slave or all-free (1858)
• Bloomsday: James Joyce's Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom through this one day of his life (1904)
• New Deal: FDR opened his recovery program, signing bank, rail and industry bills and initiating farm aid (1933)
• Valentina Tereshkova: Soviet cosmonaut became the first woman in space aboard Vostok 6 (1963)

Birthdays

• Stan Laurel 1890
• Helen Traubel 1899
• Jack Albertson 1910
• Hank Lusetti 1916
• Katherine Graham 1917
• John Howard Griffin 1920
• Erich Segal 1937
• Joyce Carol Oates 1938 - Author
• Corin Redgrave 1939
• Billy 'Crash' Craddock 1939 - Country singer
• Lamont Dozier 1941 - Songwriter
• Eddie Levert 1942 - Musician (The O'Jays)
• Joan Van Ark 1943 - Actress ("Knot's Landing")
• Ian Matthews 1945 - Musician (Fairport Convention)
• Derek Sanderson 1946
• James Smith 1950 - Musician (The Stylistics)
• Roberto Duran 1951 - Boxer
• Gino Vannelli 1952 - Singer
• Laurie Metcalf 1955 - Actress ("Roseanne")

  
• Jenny Smimizu 1967
• Phil Mickelson 1970 - Golf player
• Tupac Shakur 1971 - Rapper
• Eddie Cibrian 1973
• Frederick Koehler 1975
• China Shavers 1977
• Kerry Wood 1977 - Baseball player
• Missy Peregrym 1982 - Actress
• Olivia Hack 1983

  

  

 

   

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