TMNT Thursday

Don't let their appearance throw you off...

They will MESS you up!

TMNT Thursday! Photoshop...

These look like terrapins to me...

Leatherbacks

 

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Thursday, November 5, 2026

hypogeum \ hahy-puh-JEE-uhm, hip-uh- \ , noun; 

1. an underground burial chamber. 
2. Ancient Architecture . the underground part of a building, as a vault. 

Origin: Hypogeum comes from the Greek word hypógeion meaning “underground chamber.” It entered English in the early 1700s. 

wearable bed 

• Developed in Japan, has two modes: 'bed' and 'coat.' Can be worn as a coat or used as an inflatable bed. Allows a person to sleep anywhere they want, and is one size fits all.

Mike: "What a great idea! The wearable bed."

Ann: "Yeah, I wish I thought of that."

 
Holiday

• Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.

History

• Susan B. Anthony: the suffragist attempted to vote in the 1872 presidential election although women were not allowed to; she was fined $100 but refused to pay (1872)
• Monopoly: the popular Parker Brothers board game was released (1935)
• FDR: beat Wendell Wilkie to win an unprecedented third term as US president (1940)
• Ella Grasso: Connecticut woman became the first female to be elected governor of a US state without succeeding her husband (1974); Shirley Chisolm, the first black woman representative, was elected to Congress (1968)
• Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity (2006)

Birthdays

• Eugene Victor Debs 1855
• Will Durant 1885
• Alfred Neale 1891
• Raymond Loewy 1893
• Joel McCrea 1905
  
• Natalie Schafer 1912
• Roy Rogers (Leonard Slye) 1912
• Vivien Leigh 1913
• John McGiver 1913
• Myron Floren 1918
• Ike Turner 1931
• Billy Sherrill 1936
• Chris Robinson 1938
• Elke Sommer 1940
• Art Garfunkel 1941
• Sam Shepard 1943
• Gram Parsons (Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers) 1946
• Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits) 1947
• Armin Shimermin 1949
• Bill Walton 1952
• Jon-Erik Hexum 1958

• Robert Patrick 1958
• Bryan Adams 1959
• Tatum O'Neal 1963
• Andrea McArdle 1963
• Famke Janssen 1964
• Angelo Moore (Fishbone) 1965
• Mark Hunter (James) 1968
• Corin Nemec 1971
• Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) 1971
• Ryan Adams (Whiskeytown) 1974
• Heather Kinley (The Kinleys) 1978
• Jennifer Kinley (The Kinleys) 1978
• Jeremy Lelliott 1982

  

 

  

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Don't look at me

I voted for THIS guy!

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Did you vote?

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

bibliophobe \ BIB-lee-uh-fohb \ , noun; 

• a person who hates, fears, or distrusts books. 

Origin: Bibliophobe comes from the Greek biblion meaning "book" and phóbos "fear."

vote

• The best way you have of voicing your opinion in a way that can matter. Nothing's perfect, and there's always going to be mistakes, but there is simply no excuse for not casting a ballot for what you believe in. Take the time to understand the issues and then take the time to vote. Don't let people who aren't going to be around four years from now decide your future. Complaining without voting is worse than any hanging chad.

My conscience is clear because I took the time to vote.

Don't worry about rocking the vote, just vote!

 

History

• William and Mary: joint rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland were married (1677)
• cash register: was first patented by James and John Ritty (1880)

  
• King Tutankhamen: treasure-filled tomb was discovered in Luxor, Egypt, by archeologist Howard Carter (1922)
• Nellie T. Ross: Wyoming woman became the first female governor of a US state; she was serving out her late husband's term (1924)
• Iran hostage crisis: a mob seized the US Embassy in Teheran after the US admitted the exiled Shah Reza Pahlavi (1979)
• Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli prime minister was assassinated after speaking at a peace rally in Tel Aviv (1995)
• Barack Obama: was elected the United States' first African-American chief executive, worst president since Jimmy Carter (2008)

Birthdays

• Will Rogers 1879
• Pauline Trigere 1912
• Walter Cronkite 1916
• Virginia Field 1917
• Gig Young (Byron Barr) 1917
  
• Art Carney 1918
• Carmen Mitchell 1918
• Martin Balsam 1919
• Alfred Heineken 1923
• Kate Reid 1930
• Dick Groat 1930
• Doris Roberts 1930
• Loretta Swit 1937 - Actress (M*A*S*H*)
• Harry Elston (Friends of Distinction) 1938
• Delbert McClinton 1940
• Robert Mapplethorpe 1946
• Laura Bush 1946 - U.S. First Lady, wife of U.S. President George W. Bush
• Markie Post 1950
• Van Stephenson (Blackhawk) 1953
• Jordan Rudess 1956 - Musician (Dream Theater)
• Jim Honeyman-Scott 1957 - Musician (Pretenders)
• Ralph Macchio 1962
• Adrea McArdle 1963
• Wayne Richard "Static" Wells 1965  - Musician (Static-X)
• Chris Difford 1954 - Musician (Squeeze)

  

 

  

Review Tuesday: The Exorcist 1973

 

 

The Exorcist

1973

The classic 1973 film about demonic possession. 

It's still spooky season! So one night I asked Mrs bax0jayz to select a movie and she was having terrible difficulty with it. While flipping through horror titles I noticed THE EXORCIST. 

 

"Have you ever seen this before?" I queried. 

 

"No," she stated in a surprisingly firm tone.

 

"This is the ORIGINAL film about demonic possession. Look at the amazing reviews... for a HORROR movie! We MUST see it!" I said. 

 

And she agreed!

 

What is there to say? Horror films are usually half-baked, poorly filmed, and poorly developed. This movie is quite the opposite. Running at over two hours, THE EXORCIST is wonderful because of the build and development. 

 

You know what? I had planned to write an entire thesis style review on all the many reasons why this was a benchmark for horror. But why should I? You should just watch it if you haven't already, and if you have, this is the perfect time of year for a refresher. The slow build getting to the ultimate battle between good and evil is perfect and rewarding. 

 

So, yeah, loved it!   

 

 

Vote!

Better than the other choices!

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

nidificate \ NID-uh-fi-keyt \ , verb; 

• to build a nest. 

Origin: Nidificate entered English in the early 1800s from the Latin nīdificāre meaning "to build a nest."

scorpio

• scorpios are sensual, sexy and mesmerizing. they're loyal and sweet to the very end. they're highly intelligent have a quick wit. all the scorpios I know are adventurous, curious and very loving.

damn that baxojayz is hot! he must be a scorpio.

 

Holiday

• Election Day USA

 

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

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

  

Look forward to Christina

 

 

Christina Stefanidi

 

Esquire Greece February 2010

 

 

Hotty of the day!

 

cred to OU