Monday, August 24, 2026

shoat \ shoht \ , noun; 

1. Also, shote. a young, weaned pig. 
2. geep. 

Origin: Shoat has been in English since the 1300s. It comes from the late Middle English shote and is related to the dialectal Dutch schote. 

half and half and half

• A type of coffee so diluted by sugar, cream or milk that it no longer tastes like coffee, instead like milk and sugar, and has a beige or light brown color to it. The drink is typically concocted by those who want to appear as if they are drinking coffee but despise the taste.

Anne: Carrol is such a coffee poser, she'll only fill her mug with coffee halfway before she drowns it in milk and sugar.

Jill: Yeah, i hate the taste of her half and half and half.

History

• St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: the murder of 70,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) by Catholics began (1572)
• White House: the seat of the US government was burned down by the British when they invaded Washington, DC, during the War of 1812 (1814)
• Treaty of Cordóba: Mexico gained independence from Spain (1821)
• Pluto: got demoted to dwarf planet following a redefinition of "planet" by the International Astronomical Union (2006)

Birthdays

• Joshua Lionel Cowen 1880
• Jose Luis Borges 1899
• Edmund Germer 1901
• Preston Foster 1901
• Durward Kirby 1912
• Dennis James 1917
• Penny Edwards 1919
• Louis Teicher 1924
• Yasser Arafat 1929
• Roger McCluskey 1930
• Kenny Baker1934
• Murray Balfour 1936
• Mason Williams 1938
• David Freiburg (Jefferson Starship) 1938
• Ernest Wright (Little Anthony and the Imperials) 1941
• Marshall Thompson (The Chi-Lites) 1942
• John Cipollina (Quicksilver Messenger) 1943
• Gregory Jarvis 1944
• Jim Capaldi (Traffic) 1944
• Jim Brady (The Sandpipers) 1944
• Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) 1945
• Joe Regalbuto 1949
• Mike Shanahan 1952
• Jeffrey Daniel (Shalamar) 1955
• Gerry Cooney 1956
• Stephen Fry 1957
• Steve Guttenberg 1958
• Cal Ripken, Jr. 1960
• Mark Bedford (Madness) 1961
• Craig Kilborn 1962
• John Bush (Anthrax) 1963
• Marlee Matlin 1965
• Reggie Miller 1965
• Kristin Osborn (SheDaisy) 1970
• David Chappelle 1973
• Carmine Giovinazzo 1973
• Beth Riesgraf 1978 
• Chad Michael Murray 1981
• Rupert Grint 1988

  

 

  

Heaven?









Sunday, August 23, 2026

diffluence \ DIF-loo-uhns \ , noun; 

1. the act of flowing off or away. 
2. the act or process of dissolving into a liquid; liquefaction; deliquescence. 
3. the rate at which fluid flow diverges along an axis perpendicular to the direction of flow at a given point. 

Origin: Diffluence derives from the Latin prefix dis- , meaning "apart" or "away," and fluent- , meaning "flowing."

 

prefill

• When, in cases of extreme thirst, a person using a soft-drink fountain fills the beverage container, chugs it, and then fills it again before sitting down to eat.

Person 1: Hey man, why did it take you so long to get a soda? 
Person 2: I was prefilling my cup; I've been thirsty all day.

Trivia

What cigarette was once advertised with the slogan, “More doctors smoke [this brand] than any other cigarette”?

• Camel.
  

History

• William Wallace: Scottish nationalist who opposed British rule, and on whom Braveheart was based, was executed in London (1305)
• Franklin: area that is now part of Tennessee seceded from North Carolina; it failed to win acceptance as one of the United States (1784)
• Rudolph Valentino: death of the 31-year-old silent screen sex symbol known as the quintessential Latin lover caused mass hysterical mourning (1926)
• Sacco and Vanzetti: Italian-American anarchists were executed by electric chair for murder during an armed robbery; questions about the fairness of their trial remain (1927)

Birthdays

• Louis XVI (France) 1754
• Oliver Hazard Perry 1785
  
• Edgar Lee Masters 1869
• Gene Kelly 1912
• Bob Crosby (The Bob Cats) 1913
• Tex Williams 1917
• Jean Darling 1925
• Peter Thompson 1929
• Vera Miles 1930
• Mark Russell 1932
• Barbara Eden 1934 - Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie")
• Sonny Jurgensen 1934
• Rudy Lewis (Drifters) 1936
• Ronnie Cox 1938
• Tony Bill 1940
• Richard Sanders 1940
• Patricia McBride 1942
• Antonia Novello 1944
• Rex Allen Jr. 1947
• Keith Moon 1947 - Musician (The Who)
• Shelley Long 1949 - Actress
• Rick Springfield 1949 - Actor / Singer
• Woody Paul (Riders in the Sky) 1949
• Mark Hudson 1951
• Jimi Jamison 1951 - Musician (Survivor)
• Bobby G. (Bucks Fizz) 1953
• Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots) 1961
• Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays, Black Grape) 1962
• River Phoenix 1970
• Jay Mohr 1971
• Ray Park 1974 (Darth Maul)
• Kobe Bryant 1978 - Basketball player
• Joanne Froggatt 1980 - Actress ("Downton Abbey") 

  

  

I'm not complaining...

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Cuz why not?

 

 

 

Quagmire approves!

Saturday, August 22, 2026

grok \ grok \ , verb; 

1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively. 
2. to communicate sympathetically. 

Origin: Grok was coined by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land.

 

gitgo

• from the very start, or from the beginning

I never believed that boy's BS story from the gitgo.

History 

• English wars: War of the Roses ended (1485), Civil War began (1642)
• America's Cup: international yachting competition was first won, by the America, thus providing the trophy with its name (1851)
• Michael Collins: Irish national leader was shot dead in an ambush (1922)
• Texas Rangers: set an MLB record by wiping out the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 (2007)

Birthdays

• Samuel Langley 1834
• Archibald Willard 1836
• Melville Stone 1848
  
• Claude Debussy 1862
• Gene Herriman 1880
• Dorothy Parker 1893
• Leni Riefenstahl 1902
• Deng Xiaoping 1904
• John Lee Hooker 1917
• Ray Bradbury 1920
• Dr. Denton Cooley 1920
• Bob Flanigan 1926 - Musician (The Four Freshmen)
• Honor Blackman 1929
• Diana Sands 1934
• Sylvia Koscina 1934
• Norman Schwarzkopf 1934
• Morton Dean 1935
• Carl Yastrzemski 1939
• Valerie Harper 1940
• Bill Parcells 1941
• Joe Chambers 1942 - Musician (The Chambers)
• Tom Mitchell 1944
• Cindy Williams 1947
• Sam Neely 1950
• Paul Molitor 1956
• Holly Dunn 1957
• Vernon Reid 1958 - Musician (Living Colour)
• Collin Raye 1960
• Debbie Peterson 1960 - Musician (The Bangles)
• Roland Orzabal 1961 - Musician (Tears For Fears)
• Jay Aston 1961 - Musician (Gene Loves Jezabel)
• Michael Aston 1961 - Musician (Gene Loves Jezabel)
• Gary Lee Connor 1962 - Musician (Screaming Trees)
• Tori Amos 1963
• Mila Mason 1963
• James DeBarge 1963
• Mats Wilander 1964
• Layne Staley 1967 - Musician (Alice in Chains) 
• Kristen Wiig 1973
• Howie Dorough 1973 - Musician (Backstreet Boys)
• Dua Lipa 1995 - singer