Thursday, June 4, 2026

spumescent \ spyoo-MES-uhnt \ , adjective; 

• foamy; foamlike; frothy.

Origin: Spumescent entered English in the mid-1800s. It came from the Latin word spūma which meant "foam" along with suffix -escent which is added to adjectives borrowed from Latin. 

 

bacon tetris

• The act of arranging bacon strips on a frying pan in the most efficient way possible given the dimensions of your pan. The goal is to maximize the number of bacon strips on the heating surface without leaving any part of any strip uncooked.

I have 100 square inches of bacon and only 36 square inches of frying pan area. Time to play bacon tetris.

 

History

• quadricycle: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive (1896)
• Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
• Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
• Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
• Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

Birthdays

• George III (England) 1738
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 1867

  
• Rosalind Russell 1908
• Charles Collingwood 1917
• Robert Merrill 1919
• Russell Train 1920
• Bobby Wanzer 1921
• Gene Barry 1922
• Dennis Weaver 1924
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928
• Morgana King 1930
• John Drew Barrymore 1932
• Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor
• Freddy Fender 1937
• Robert Fulghum 1937
• Roger Ball 1944 - Musician (Average White Band)
• Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas and the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing")
• Anthony Braxton 1945
• Gordon Waller 1945 - Musician (Peter and Gordon)
• Bettina Gregory 1946
• Danny Brown 1951 - Musician (The Fixx)
• Parker Stevenson 1952 - Actor
• Keith David 1954
• Eddie Velez 1958
• Julie Gholson 1958
• El DeBarge 1961 - Singer (DeBarge)
• Julie White 1961 - Actress
• Andrea Jaegar 1965
• Scott Wolf 1968 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Horatio Sanz 1969 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
• Noah Wyle 1971 - Actor ("ER")
• Darin Erstad 1974
• Stefan Lessard 1974 - Musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
• Russell Brand 1975 - Actor, hack-comedian, socialist
• Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress
• Bar Refaeli 1975 - Model
  Josh McDermott 1978 - The Walking Dead
  

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KNIGHT RIDER

The '80s. Those were the Hasselhoff glory days to be sure. When Knight Rider was running, he might've been the coolest dude on TV...

At least to a bunch of pre-teen boys he was.

And all of Germany.

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

grimalkin \ gri-MAL-kin, -MAWL- \ , noun; 

1. a cat.
2. an old female cat.
3. an ill-tempered old woman. 

Origin: Grimalkin is apparently an alteration of the words gray and malkin , which is a diminutive form of the name Maud.

Rebound Job

• A job you take knowing that it isn't long term. Often due to an emergency situation where you know your losing your current job. It provides a paycheck while you take your time looking for a better job.

Starbucks was totally a rebound job, I was minutes from getting fired and needed something fast!

History

• ''Casey at the Bat'': was first published, in the San Francisco Examiner (1888)
• Duke of Windsor: the former King Edward VIII wed American divorcee Wallis Simpson, for love of whom he abdicated the throne of England (1937)
• Edward White: Gemini 4 astronaut became the first American to walk in space (1965)
• Tupolev Tu-144: Soviet jet crashed at the Paris Air Show; it was the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft (1973)
• The Producers: Broadway musical by Mel Brooks won a record 12 Tony Awards (2001)

Birthdays

• William Hone 1780
• Richard Cobden 1804
• Jefferson Davis 1808
• Maurice Evans 1901
• Jan Pierce 1904
• Josephine Baker 1906
• Ellen Corby 1911
• Paulette Goddard 1911
• Leo Gorcey 1915
• Lily St. Cyr 1917
• Tony Curtis 1925 - Actor
• Allen Ginsberg 1926
• Colleen Dewhurst 1926
• Boots Randolph 1927
• Chuck Barris 1929 - Game show host ("The Gong Show")
• Dakota Stanton 1932
• Larry McMurtry 1936 - Author
• Curtis Mayfield 1942
• Billy Cunningham 1943 - Basketball player
• Emmit Thomas 1943 - Football player
• Mike Clark 1944 - Musician (The Byrds)
• Ian Hunter 1946 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
• John Paul Jones 1946 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Michael Burton 1947
• Too Slim 1948 - Musician (Riders in the Sky)
• Suzi Quatro 1950 - Singer
• Deniece Williams 1951 - Actress
• Billy Powell 1952 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Dan Hill 1954
• Scott Valentine 1958
• Charles Hart 1961 
  Kerry King (1964): guitarist, Slayer
• Mike Gordon 1965 - Musician (Phish)
• Anderson Cooper 1967 - Broadcast journalist
• Gabriel Hernandez (No Mercy) 1971
• Ariel Hernandez (No Mercy) 1971
• Rafael Nadal 1986 - Tennis player
  Imogen Poots 1989 - Actress

 

 

  

 

  

Review Tuesday: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

 

 

Edge of Tomorrow

2014

A soldier has to die and relive the same day over and over until they achieve victory.  

I don't like Tom Cruise. He comes off as a maniac in interviews for years. His movies are good, but I can't justify supporting the work of this guy. So recently my BFF wanted to watch some sci-fi and decided on this film. Okay, I hear Tom Cruise dies over and over again in it, so it seemed promising. 

 

Tom Cruise is Major Cage. He's more involved in military public relations than actual grunt work. Regardless, the general sends him off to the front line for an upcoming major assault on the alien enemy. During the battle a weirder looking alien dies and spills its blood all over Cage. Next thing he knows, he's reliving and dying the same day over and over. 

 

So yeah. This movie is pretty fun watching Tom Cruise get killed over and over again! Highly recommend it!   

 

  

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

rile \ rahyl \ , verb;

1. to irritate or vex.
2. to roil (water or the like). 

Origin: Rile is a variant of roil that arose in the early 1800s.

Chuck a Spaz

• It means to have a fit, whether it be epileptic or emotional. To forego rationality and opt for spasmodic movements, arms flailing, and utterances of an incoherent nature. Likewise, it is the behavior of people who get upset when they don't understand something.

Ignorant people will chuck a spaz when you pitch your latest theory on anti-matter and the black hold vortices. 
OR 
I need some heroin now and if you don't give it to me I'll chuck a spaz.

History

• Grover Cleveland: married Frances Folsom, becoming the first (and, so far, only) president to be married in the White House (1886)
• Native Americans: were granted US citizenship (1924)
• Lou Gehrig: Yankee slugger died of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a rare degenerative disease that now carries his name (1941)
• Queen Elizabeth II: coronation of the long-reigning monarch was held in Westminster Abbey; she wore a gown embroidered with floral emblems of the countries of the Commonwealth (1953)

Birthdays

• Marquis de Sade 1740 - French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer
• Thomas Hardy 1840 - Novelist and poet of the naturalist movement
• Johnny Weissmuller 1904 - Olympic swimmer, he was the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in movies
• Ben Grauer 1908 - Radio and television personality
• Max Showalter 1917 - Film, television, stage actor, composer, pianist, singer
• Milo O'Shea 1926 - Actor
• Carl Butler 1927 - Country music singer
• Pete Conrad (Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr.) 1930 - American naval officer, third person to walk on the moon
• Barry Levinson 1933 - Screenwriter, film director, actor
• Sally Kellerman 1937 - Actress
• Charles Miller (Charles "Charlie" Miller) 1939 - Scottish football player
• Stacy Keach 1941 - Actor
• William Guest 1941 - Singer (Gladys Knight and The Pips)
• Charlie Watts 1941 - Musician (Rolling Stones)
• Charles Haid 1943 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
• Marvin Hamlisch 1944 - Composer
• Jon Peters (John H. Peters) 1945 - Movie producer
• Jerry Mathers 1948 - Actor ("Leave it to Beaver")
• Joanna Gleason 1950 - Actress
• Diana Canova 1953 - Actress
• Dennis Haysbert 1954 - Actor ("24")
• Dana Carvey 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Saturday Night Live," "Moving")
• Gary Grimes 1955 - Actor
• Lydia Lynch 1959 - Singer, poet, writer, actress
• Michael Steel 1959 - Musician (Bangles)
• Tony Hadley 1959 - Musician (Spandau Ballet)
• Kyle Petty 1960 - Auto racer
  Lester Napoleon Green 1968 - Beetlejuice (Stern Show)
• Merril Bainbridge 1968 - Singer, songwriter
• B-Real 1970 - Musician (Cypress Hill)
• Conny Valentina 1971 - Artist

  
• Wayne Brady 1972 - Actor, comedian ("Whose Line is it Anyway")
• Wentworth Miller 1972 - Actor ("Prison Break")
• Zachary Quinto 1977 - Actor ("Star Trek")
• Nikki Cox 1978 - Actress
• Justin Long 1978 - Actor ("Dodge Ball," "Live Free or Die Hard")
• Dominic Cooper 1978 - Actor
  Morena Baccarin 1979 - Actress (V, Firefly)
• Irish Grinstead 1980 - Musician (702)